Life, May 28, 1945
Life, May 14, 1945
Keep in mind that, at the time, this wasn’t in quite as much poor taste as it is now, residing somewhere in between draping the flag over the statue of Saddam in Firdos Square and videotaping oneself pissing on a dead enemy. It’s a thin line.
Truman, shown here displaying that rabbit-in-the-headlights dynamism America loved him for.