Minor factual quibble: Truman didn’t spend “years” as Vice President, he was sworn in as Vice President less than 3 months before being sworn in as President. Which possibly makes the fact that he wasn’t read in on the Manhattan Project a little less surprising.
Oh, good point, thanks! I had assumed Truman was VP for the whole time FDR was in office. I’ve now (a) edited the post to swap “during his years as Vice President” with “during his short time as Vice President”, and (b) learned a fact I’m a tad embarrassed I didn’t already know!
Minor factual quibble: Truman didn’t spend “years” as Vice President, he was sworn in as Vice President less than 3 months before being sworn in as President. Which possibly makes the fact that he wasn’t read in on the Manhattan Project a little less surprising.
Oh, good point, thanks! I had assumed Truman was VP for the whole time FDR was in office. I’ve now (a) edited the post to swap “during his years as Vice President” with “during his short time as Vice President”, and (b) learned a fact I’m a tad embarrassed I didn’t already know!