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Medal Of Honor

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented St. Louis native and aviation ace Lieutenant (junior grade) Edward Henry (“Butch”) O’Hare, United States Navy, with the Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the White House on this day in 1942. O’Hare was section leader and pilot of Fighting Squadron 3, when on February 20, 1942, he lost …

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Desegregation And Truman 1

Today in 1945, Lamar, Missouri, native Harry S. Truman announced the stunning news that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had died unexpectedly, at the age of 63. Truman was serving as vice president at the time and assumed the presidency upon Roosevelt’s untimely death. He served as the 33rd president of the United States until January …

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