Front:
U. S. DECLARES WAR PACIFIC
BATTLE WIDENS
MANILA AREA
HOSTILE PLAN
HAMAII ANDT
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US
PHOENIA
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U.S. declares a
resOAN December 8
1991
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1 BATTLESHIP LOST
MBS
CBS NMBS
NBC
CBS
Capsized in Pearl Harbor,
Destroyer Is Blown Up,
Other Ships Hurt
FLEET NOW IS FIGHTING
Aid Rushed to Hawaii-
Some Congressmen
Sharply Critical
Chis lalle
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UNITED STATES DECLARES WAR UPON JAPAN
First Day of Issue: September 3, 1991
First Issue Location: Phoenix, Arizona
“Yesterday, December 7, 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." With these timeless words, U.S. Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared before a joint ses-
sion of Congress on December 8, 1941. In a pointed,
moving speech, Roosevelt, drawn and haggard from a
night with little sleep, continued: “I ask that the Congress
declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack on
Sunday, December 7, a state of war has existed between
the United States and the Japanese Empire." Only thirty-
three minutes later, Congress passed a declaration of war
with Japan. That same day, a resolute FDR signed the
declaration and America entered the Second World War.
Surprisingly, Roosevelt's words were a little different in
the first draft of the Congress message. After the initial
draft, the words “... a date which will live in world history"
were changed to the famous and powerful “... a date
which will live in infamy ...."
No. 91-68
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