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1. As the film begins, what island did the U.S. Marines invade on Easter Sunday, 1945?
2. Who first informed Harry Truman of the death of President Franklin Roosevelt?
3. In an early, informal encounter with the press, what did President Truman ask of them?
4. What did Truman do immediately after being sworn in as President?
5. Who questioned Truman about the strategy of "saturation bombing"?
6. Former Roosevelt advisor James Byrnes paid a visit on Truman shortly after he was sworn in as president. What job did Truman offer him?
7. What was the name of Japan's last battleship that had been sunk by the American Navy?
8. Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki stated that his wife had been the Emperor's kindergarten teacher. What did she teach him to do?
9. Major General Groves is in charge of the Manhattan Project which secretly developed the first atomic bomb. When briefing the President on the weapon, what prop does Groves use to demonstrate how the bomb works?
10. Truman formed a committee to make recommendations for the use of new atomic weapon. What bombing plan was the unanimous decision of the group?
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