"'A Date Which Will Live in Infamy'"

FDR Signing Declaration of war against Japan on December 8th.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the morning of December 7, 1941.

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2,402 personnel were killed and 1,282 were wounded.
The Japanese sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship and one minelayer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed.