Wednesday is the 75th anniversary of the attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.
2335 American personnel died. Of these, 2008 were from the Navy, 218
from the Army, and 109 were Marines. 68 civilians died as well.
The day after the attack, President Roosevelt's delivered his "date which will live
in infamy" speech to a Joint Session of Congress. He said: "I ask that
the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly
attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a state of war has
existed
between the United States and the Japanese Empire."
That day, Congress voted to declare war against Japan.
Here is a video of part of President Roosevelt's speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK8gYGg0dkE
