Pearl Harbor Day serves as a remembrance of the surprise attack by the Japanese on the U.S. Pacific fleet located at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
Two battleships were completely destroyed, the Arizona and the Utah. Other ships were damaged but many were ultimately repaired and returned to service. Over 2,400 Americans were killed in the attack. Fortunately the Pacific Fleet's three aircraft carriers were not in port at the time of the attack.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to December 7, 1941 as "a date which will live in infamy" when he addressed Congress on December 8th and signed the Declaration of War against Japan. Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, there had been considerable opposition to United States' involvement in the war.
Web Sites
- Naval Historical Center
- National Geographic: Remembering Pearl Harbor
- The Library of Congress: Today in History
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