Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Pearl Harbor” Speech

( 1941 ) Commentary by Carl Rollyson, Baruch College, The City University of New York

“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.” - Paragraph 1
“But always will our whole Nation remember the character of the onslaught against us.” - Paragraph 8
“With confidence in our armed forces—with the unbounding determination of our people—we will gain the inevitable triumph—so help us God.” - Paragraph 11

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan, December 8, 1941 (Library of Congress)

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