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Roosevelt Delivers the Day of Infamy Speech

Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Date: December 8, 1941
President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Category: Speech
Era: World War Era
Source Type: Historical Record

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