What is the real story behind the "S" of the name of former president Harry S Truman?

pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/33_truman/t... Truman did not have a middle name, but he did have a middle initial. Truman explained that the S was a compromise tribute to his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young. For years there has been a controversy over whether or not the S should have a period after it; the Harry S.

Truman Library does use the period, as does the Government Printing Office, but many people don't, because the initial doesn't stand for a name. Truman did not have a middle name, only a middle initial. It was a common practice in southern states, including Missouri, to use initials rather than names.

In Truman's autobiography, he stated, "I was named for...Harrison Young. I was given the diminutive Harry and, so that I could have two initials in my given name, the letter S. Was added.

My Grandfather Truman's name was Anderson Shippe Truman and my Grandfather Young's name was Solomon Young, so I ... more.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.