Listen to Franklin D. Roosevelt's reaction to the Pearl Harbor attack
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, “a date which will live in infamy” during his request to Congress on December 8 that it declare war against Japan.
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Transcript
PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT: Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan.
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