George Curry become governor of New Mexico Territory from 1907 until February 28, 1910. Curry’s engagements in New Mexico politics and as a businessman are almost too numerous to mention. At various times and in various places he dealt in real estate, in oil, and operated a hotel. He recruited four companies for World War I service, served on the International Boundary Commission (1922-1926), and in World War II was chairman of the draft board. In 1945 he became the first State Historian of New Mexico, a state whose history he had a large part in shaping.
truman doctrine is the principle that the US should give support to countries or people's threatened by Soviet forces or Communist insurrection. The invasion of South Korea made Truman genuinely fearful that the Soviet union and China intended to expand the sphere of communism throughout Asia.