Truman, Harry S - (Born May 8, 1884; Died natural causes December 26, 1972, Missouri) Thirty-Third President of the United States of America, (April 12, 1944 – January 20, 1953) made the oft criticized final decision to deploy atomic weapons on Japan in order to shorten the war and reduce total casualties, recognized the new State of Israel, and fired the wildly popular General of the Armies, Douglas McArthur following the Korean War, promoted and sponsored the Marshall Plan for European recovery. (Democratic)