General Ike and Mrs. Preston

This could be considered a “Truman” story – since he provided the setting.

The Truman Part

President Truman

In 1947, Harry S Truman was a generally unpopular President. He had assumed the office upon the death of very popular Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was considered by most-who-mattered, a light-weight. Truman himself, had no illusions, although he also knew he was beset by huge problems and challenges after World War II.

Truman and his wife Bess Wallace had much in common: they were the same age, went all through school together and had compatible dispositions. They also lost their fathers while they were still young. Harry’s mother, Martha (nee Young) had the limited means of a farming family. Madge Wallace (nee Gates) was financially comfortable but lacked the personal skills to live on her own. The Trumans lived with her, until the point where she lived with them. Both mothers, however…