In recognition of the 75th anniversary of the attack, the U.S. This short, seven-minute speech “represents the tipping point, the actual moment when the United States was transformed from an isolationist nation to a global superpower and leader of the free world,” according to Roosevelt Library Directory Paul Sparrow. Roosevelt dictated this speech to his assistant “without hesitation, interruption or second thoughts,” as she later recalled. The next day, before a joint session of Congress, the President asked for a declaration of war against Japan, pronouncing Decemto be “a date which will live in infamy.” Congress responded by immediately declaring war, and the United States entered World War II. Just hours after learning of the attack, President Franklin D. In less than 2 hours, the fleet was devastated, and more than 3,500 Americans were either killed or wounded. Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, catapulting the United States into World War II. on December 7, 1941, Japanese bombers and torpedo planes attacked the U.S. Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” SpeechĪt 7:55 a.m.
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