What event had occurred when Franklin D. Roosevelt said that this is a "date which will live in infamy"?
Correct answer: Pearl Harbor
:(Nancy E):
Still very moving to see the memorial in the harbor in Honolulu. The museum with all the memorabilia is pretty special, too.
chica...
So many Americans died that day and also. soldiers were stranded on the other side and unable to help...MY UNCLE was on that side... And, everyone was going crazy seeing what was unfolding and were unable to help something he never got over..
Centenarian
America entered the war and saved Australia from being taken over by Japan
Player #11718030
redslove... it was fat man and little boy. we dropped the first and asked 4 surrender. they did not comply. the dropping of the second was actually merciful because if we had to invade Japan losses on both sides would have been horrible.
10bwc
:(Nancy E):, I cried, tears of joy that my dad & grandpa's names were not on that placque. Sad that so many gave their lives.
Player #6482125
Player #11718030, We asked for Japan to surrender, they refused, so we dropped the first bomb. Again we asked for their surrender, they refused, so, we flattened Nagasaki. They got the message after we flattened two of their cities..
Player #1952
I read it was a Sunday morning and most likely a lot of people were in church. And those people who tried to alert the authoraties we're not believed.
Ms. B2606
My Grandpa was at Pearl Harbor. Obviously I wasn't alive yet, but visiting the site still brings tears to my eyes.
JimmyLovesQL
Yeah, but there was chatter before the attack.
Gina
My Grandfather is in the museum. He was an amazing man, & I'm so proud to say those words whenever the topic of Pearl Harbor is brought up❤
Player #130998363
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor with over 300 planes. Shameful
Laura
that event is what drove my grandfather to become a Marine
MCA
I pray that what happened at Pearl Harbor helps to keep our mind open to the fact that we are vulnerable to attacks from others if we let our guards down.
Anthony
I met a former soldier at the Veteran Hospital in St. Louis that was involved in Pearl Harbor. He had dementia but still could remember that faithful day. I believe his name was Mr. Fogolia.
Player #118044812
Caopolican, got that right , Lenny
Tony
Caopolican, Good quotation
Angela
George, True if they had time to.
Angela
George, Thanks so much Navajo 's and God bless everyone.
Angela
Curmudgeon, Good information... lack of communication can mean everything.
Angela
Shark Asylum 1962, Lots of information thanks... sad all of it especially 12 year olds and 70 years old. They really should of listened... we did what we had to.
Angela
Gina, You should be proud and he deserves to be in the museum.
Angela
Ms. B2606, I bet it does... sorry.
Angela
Player #6482125, They should of surrender the had a chance and made the wrong decision. So we had to make sure they got the point for our safety.
Angela
10bwc, It's devastating!!!
Angela
Centenarian, That is awesome.
Angela
chica..., That would of been so hard and sad. Life is just crazy and sad especially when people are cruel and full of hate. We need more of God! So we can have more kindness and love.
Angela
:(Nancy E):, I bet it is really interesting and cool.
Player #58092313
chica...,
thanks for sharing this.
this information is not well known
George
A big thank you to the Navajo code talkers. A code the Japanese were never able to break.
George
If they had only taken a look through binoculars, they would have seen all the zeros that the new radar had sensed. at the least they could have called battle stations!!
Tur D'ferguson
steelworker1957, this is not completly accurate. They could not sustain an invasion...impossible logistics
Max_Powers
The most dramatic opening to any war in history.
Player #39541451
So sad and what was the reason they bombed us?
Player #39755771
weve been at war longer now than any weve been in
Player #39755771
whose next, we are allready in the longest war america has ever been in
Player #39755771
so sad, but in my opinion what we did to the japanese was not acceptable
Player #31649236
ironic... today is 12/7
79 yrs ago
K1dd64
Ms. B2606, I’ve been three times and it brings tears to my eyes every time.
K1dd64
steelworker1957, to paraphrase Yamamoto Isoroku, “To invade the US Mainland would be foolish, as behind every blade of grass would be a rifle”.