On December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered this “Day of Infamy Speech,” shown here as the first draft. Immediately afterward, Congress declared war, and the United States entered World War II.

via Prologue: “FDR’s ‘Day of Infamy’ Speech: Crafting a Call to Arms”

Source: research.archives.gov

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