The spotlight did not appeal to Bess Truman. "She would return home to Independence as often as possible, leaving the President feeling very alone, often desolate," says historian David McCullough.

The Truman Library also cites some of Truman's letters to his future wife Bess Wallace ... If things weren't going right along smoothly, Harry would come in and get them to going.

Harry S. Truman was famously from Independence, Mo. He lived much of his life there, and it’s where the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & ...

19): In a recent article there was mention of a “team of engineers and naval architects” that were onsite in Souda Bay base in Crete to assess the damage to the USS Harry S. Truman and begin ...