‘A Day That Will Live In Infamy’
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“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 ….
“How long is America going to pretend, that the world is not at war? From Berlin, Rome and Tokyo, we have been described as a nation of weaklings and playboys – who hire British or Russian, or Chinese soldiers, to do our fighting for us. We’ve been trained to think we’re invincible, and our people think Hitler and his Nazi thugs are Europe’s problem.
“We have to do more. Does anyone think that victory is possible without facing danger? At times like these we all need to be reminded who we truely are. That we will not give up. That we will not give in.”
– President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Pearl Harbor – December 7, 1941)
