December 7

USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941

Japan bombs, U.S. declares war

anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, recall the words of President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered to a joint session of Congress

Dec. 7th, 1941

“Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives:

“Yesterday, December 7th, 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.