Fred Markowitz, Feb 1945
Veterans Day
"My dad was in the Navy and he was a radio man. He had trained for that job in Kansas City, where he met my mother. he was stationed at New Caledonia, in the South Pacific. The picture with Truman was taken when he was president of the Jewish War Veterans." - Susie Goodman, Nov 7, 2024
See picture of him with President Truman and Eddie Jacobson.
In 1919, after returning from WWI, Truman and his friend Eddie Jacobson opened a mens clothing store in KC. This relationship would prove critical in the formation of the State of Israel.
President Truman dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, ending WWII in that theater. Then in 1945 he arranged Germany's unconditional surrender endding WWII in Europe.