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QuoteAges 12–13 · The Hero's Journey
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.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1941
Address to Congress, December 8, 1941

FDR's opening sentence in his speech to Congress the day after Pearl Harbor, requesting a declaration of war on Japan.

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FDR addressing Congress · December 8, 1941
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