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Early Life


A Long Way From Missouri

Beginnings of the CIA

Harry S Truman

Early Life

When I was a farmer and later a shopkeeper, little did I know that I would become President of the United States and that one of the things I would be remembered for would be establishing an intelligence agency. You just never know in this country, and I guess that's what makes it such a special place. I was born in Lamar, Missouri, in 1884. Like a lot of the other people you've been reading about in this history section, I didn't have much fancy education. I grew up on a farm and, outside of all the reading I did, that was the only world I knew. Fighting in World War I helped prepare me for the different battles I would face later in life.

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