December 7th, 1941 Japan pulled the US into World War II by bombing the fleet, and military installations at Pearl Harbor. ‘A Date Which Will Live in Infamy.’ Read President Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor Address
President Franklin Roosevelt called the unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor a “date which will live in infamy,” in a famous address to the nation delivered after Japan’s deadly strike against U.S. naval and military forces in Hawaii. He also asked Congress to declare war.
As the nation reflects on the anniversary of the surprise attack that led America to join World War II, here is the transcript of President Roosevelt’s speech, which he delivered in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 8, 1941—one day after the assault:
I guess the Japanese hoped to convince America to stay out of the war. That didn't work too well, if that was the plan.
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