December 07, 2008

Pearl Harbor - "A Date Which Will Live In Infamy"

Sixty Seven years ago, December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, bringing the United States into World War II.

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Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

United States Navy Memorial

Groundbreaking for the new Pearl Harbor Memorial Museum & Visitor Center took place November 5, 2008.
Update - Robineus in comments gave this link for audio of FDR's "Address to the Nation" given on December 8th, 1941

By Stable Hand at 11:14 AM | |