UNITED STATES ENTERS SECOND WORLD WAR
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) Seventy-three years ago today, December 8, 1941, the Congress of the United States approved a war declaration on the Empire of Japan. The war declaration followed President Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to a joint session the day following the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands.
FDR's address was at 12:30 p.m. The Senate approved the war declaration first, and then the House of Representatives followed at 1:10 p.m. The tally was 82-0 in the Senate and 388-1 in the HR. The only NO vote in either body was by Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin.
The President signed the war declaration at 4:10 p.m.
FDR's Address to Congress
December 8, 1941
FDR concluded his address by saying...
"No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory.
With confidence in our armed forces- with the unbounding determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God."
Let's remember Pearl Harbor
As we go to meet the foe
Let's remember Pearl Harbor
As we did the Alamo
We will always remember
How they died for liberty
Let's remember Pearl Harbor
And go on to victory.
Lyrics by Don Reid and Sammy Kaye (1941)
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) Seventy-three years ago today, December 8, 1941, the Congress of the United States approved a war declaration on the Empire of Japan. The war declaration followed President Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to a joint session the day following the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands.
FDR's address was at 12:30 p.m. The Senate approved the war declaration first, and then the House of Representatives followed at 1:10 p.m. The tally was 82-0 in the Senate and 388-1 in the HR. The only NO vote in either body was by Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin.
The President signed the war declaration at 4:10 p.m.
FDR's Address to Congress
December 8, 1941
FDR concluded his address by saying...
"No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory.
With confidence in our armed forces- with the unbounding determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God."
Let's remember Pearl Harbor
As we go to meet the foe
Let's remember Pearl Harbor
As we did the Alamo
We will always remember
How they died for liberty
Let's remember Pearl Harbor
And go on to victory.
Lyrics by Don Reid and Sammy Kaye (1941)
