Document for December 8th:
Annotated Draft of "Day of Infamy" Speech: Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan
On December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt delivered this "Day of Infamy Speech." Immediately afterward, Congress declared war, and the United States entered World War II.
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From Prologue: "FDR’s ‘Day of Infamy’ Speech: Crafting a Call to Arms"
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"THIS IS NO DRILL"
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12th Amendment
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