Pearl Harbor

A Maine hero finally comes home 82 years later.

Today, Wed, Dec 7, is a 'Day of Remembrance' and the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt asked for a declaration of war on Japan the following day, in his famous a 'Day Which Will Live in Infamy' Pearl Harbor address to congress...

This Sunday is the 73rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941. This is the day President Franklin Roosevelt said would be the day that 'lived in infamy'. It's the date that threw the United States into the World War.

Today, we solemnly remember the start of the war that culminated with the dropping of the first atomic bombs, World War II. It began with the Japanese attack on Pear Harbor at approximately 0755 local time on that terrible day. Following is Franklin Delano Roosevelt's speech to the American people in the aftermath of that attack...