December 7, 2006 "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy"

Pearl Harbor Day. December 7, 1941.

Sixty-five years have passed since the Japanese attack on the U. S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

The actions of the Japanese on that day altered world history and spurred the United States to enter World War II.

Japanese Admiral Yamamoto has been widely quoted to have said after the attack, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant."

Indeed, the giant awoke with swift and firm resolve.

President Franklin Roosevelt (pictured) gave a stirring address to the U. S. Congress on December 8, 1941:

"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."

Roosevelt's entire speech can be read and heard here. (www.Americanrhetoric.com)

It is magnficient.