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December 7

If you are familiar with American history, you may know how that on December 7, more than 2,600 American soldiers lost their lives. But if you think I am talking about December 7, 1941, and the battle that took place at Pearl Harbor, you would be mistaken. I am talking about the events that transpired …

A Date That Shall Live In Infamy

Seventy years ago today, December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Imperial Japanese Navy.  This attack caused the United States Congress to declare war on Japan, and precipitated the now famous statement by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  Roosevelt  declared that  December 7, 1941, would be a date that would live in infamy.  And …