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Truman Fires MacArthur
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A large number of original documents from the Truman administration were studied by students from Palo Alto High School in 2010-2011, including this one:

   

 

Here is the public statement made when President Truman relieved General MacArthur of command.
 
 

Click here to download Truman's draft order relieving MacArthur. Notice the handwritten changes made by Truman himself.

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