Day of Infamy Address
President Franklin Roosevelt issued a national call to arms on the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. He expressed outrage at Japan and confidence in the "inevitable triumph" of the United States. On December 8, 1941, the United States declared war against Japan; on December 11 Germany and Italy declared war against the United States.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Day of Infamy Speech (page 1), December 8, 1941, RG 46, Records of the U.S. Senate, National Archives.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Day of Infamy Speech (page 2), December 8, 1941, RG 46, Records of the U.S. Senate, National Archives.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Day of Infamy Speech (page 3), December 8, 1941, RG 46, Records of the U.S. Senate, National Archives.
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