The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 - The day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, President Roosevelt appeared before a joint session of Congress and declared, "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."
To learn more about "a date which will live in infamy" open the links below.
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
If your computers have speakers and audio turned on = YouTube has a great
selection of "Day of Infamy" clips to go along with FDR's speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VqQAf74fsE
Chances of you knowing someone or having a family member who was lucky enough to have been a Pearl Harbor Survivor are slim.
To hear a survivor of that day, here is the story of a 90 year old survivor living about an hour north of New York City.
http://www.lohud.com/article/20111205/NEWS01/112050313/Veteran-s-memories-Pearl-Harbor-captured-video
http://www.lohud.com/article/20111205/NEWS01/112050313/Veteran-s-memories-Pearl-Harbor-captured-video
Thanks to:
Evan Frankl
Bronx Campus Librarian
Boricua College
for the links.
