70th Anniversary Of Attack On Pearl Harbor

Today is the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on U.S. armed forces in and around Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as well as other American territories acrose the Pacific.  This event marked the beginning of the official U.S. entry into World War II.  Many organizations are observing this anniversary with the note that, due to the passage of time, the survivors of this event, and the veterans of the war, are steadily declining in number.  Below, from the Internet Archive, is a recording of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech to the U.S. Congress on December 8, 1941, in which he declares the previous day "a date which will live in infamy," and requests that Congress declare war on Japan.