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A Date Which Will Live In Infamy

On this date… Treachery ruled the day. While noble words promising peace were being spoken by ambassadors, death and destruction were the real agenda. Hostility reached a crescendo, making war inevitable. Innocent life was taken in service and defense of loved ones. Neutrality was impossible. We had to take sides in this great conflict. Would …

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 …