The Catholic Priest Who Forged a Lifelong Friendship With Harry Truman

June 26, 2026 World News

President Harry S. Truman and Father L. Curtis Tiernan, chief chaplain of the U.S. Army Forces in the European Theater, speak after Mass during the Potsdam Conference in Potsdam, Germany, on July 22, 1945. The two first met while serving together in World War I.

During World War I, Father Curtis Tiernan and Capt. Harry Truman discovered they shared the same values — and forged a friendship that endured for the rest of their lives.

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