Dear Commons Community,

At 7:48 a.m. on December 7, 1941, 353 Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours during which 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (above) asked Congress to declare war on Japan in what has become known as his “Day of Infamy ” speech. Congress approved his declaration with just one dissenting vote. Three days later, Japanese allies Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States.   World War II would last another four years at the end of which an estimated 70-85 million people died.

Remember Pearl Harbor!

Tony

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