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1、Headoffice管理总部Trumaninuniformca.1918TrumanenlistedintheMissouriArmyNationalGuardin1905,andserveduntil1911.Athisphysicalin1905,hiseyesighthadbeenanunacceptable20/50intherighteyeand20/40intheleft.Reportedly,hepassedbysecretlymemorizingtheeyechart.Withtheo
2、nsetofAmericanparticipationinWorldWarI,TrumanrejoinedtheGuard.BeforegoingtoFrance,hewassenttoCampDoniphan,nearLawton,Oklahomafortraining.HeranthecampcanteenwithEdwardJacobson,whohadexperienceinaKansasCityclothingstoreasaclerk.AtFt.SillhealsometLieutenan
3、tJamesM.Pendergast,thenephewofThomasJoseph(T.J.)Pendergast,aKansasCitypolitician.BothmenweretohaveaprofoundinfluenceonTruman'slaterlife.Trumanwaschosentobeanofficer,andthenbatterycommanderinanartilleryregimentinFrance.HisunitwasBatteryD,129thFieldArtill
4、ery,60thBrigade,35thInfantryDivision,knownforitsdisciplineproblems.DuringasuddenattackbytheGermansintheVosgesMountains,thebatterystartedtodisperse;Trumanorderedthembackintopositionusingprofanitiesthathehad"learnedwhileworkingontheSantaFerailroad."Shocke
5、dbytheoutburst,hismenreassembledandfollowedhimtosafety.UnderCaptainTruman'scommandinFrance,thebatterydidnotloseasingleman.HisbatteryalsoprovidedsupportforGeorgeS.Patton'stankbrigadeduringtheMeuse-ArgonneOffensive.OnNovember11,1918hisartilleryunitfiredso
6、meofthelastshotsofWorldWarIintoGermanpositions.ThewarwasatransformativeexperiencethatbroughtoutTruman'sleadershipqualities;helaterrosetotherankofColonelintheArmyReserves,andhiswarrecordmadepossiblehislaterpoliticalcareerinMissouri.JacksonCountyjudgeIn19
7、22,withthehelpoftheKansasCityDemocraticmachineledbybossTomPendergast,TrumanwaselectedasajudgeoftheCountyCourtoftheeasterndistrictofJacksonCounty—anadministrative,notjudicial,positionsimilartocountycommissionerselsewhere.In1922,Trumangaveafriend$10forani
8、nitiationfeefortheKuKluxKlanbutlateraskedtogethismoneyback;hewasneverinitiated,neverattendedameeting,andneverclaimedmembership.ThoughTrumanattimesexpressedangertowardsJewsinhisdiaries,hisbusinesspartnerandclosefriendEdwardJacobso
