Harry Truman had the courage to be a leader. While Harry Truman was Vice President the President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, died which meant he became the President of the United Sates. “Within the first few months, I learned that being a president is like riding a tiger. Hold on or be swallowed.”(Whitman).This shows that Truman was in a way thrown into becoming president and learned to ‘hold on’ as he went. When Harry Truman took office in 1945, World War II was going on. Not only did he just become President of the United States but he also had to guide a nation through a war. This shows that Harry Truman he had the courage to step up to the plate and do what needed to be done as his country depended on him. Harry Truman had the courage to
