On December 7, 1941(72 years ago,this Saturday) Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and many other places, and killed 2,402 Americans.On the 8th(72 years from today) F.D.R. performed "The Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation".Here it is:
"Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives:
Yesterday, December 7th, 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.
The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its empe