For Truly Truman Trivia regarding the use of "S." or "S" in the middle name:

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/speriod.htm



-----Original Message-----
From: Wirt Atmar [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 9:59 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Timezone trivia


Denys writes:

> I can't believe I defended the USPS, after they misspelled  Harry
>  Truman's name on the 20 cent stamp.  They are showing it as "Harry S.
Truman".
>  Unbelievable!  I even wrote to the post office to point out their error.
> They just said thank you.

It's clear that I am getting very dense, but I'll be damned (Harry S.
Truman-speak) if I can see what's wrong with the spelling of "Harry S.
Truman." It's the same way he spelled it (see, e.g.,
http://www.sandia.gov/Truman.htm), and by God, if anyone should know how to
spell his own name, it's Harry!

Wirt Atmar