On Wednesday, we will remember a date that 75 years later still lives in infamy.
It was a Sunday in late 1941. While tensions between America and Japan were high, there had been no declaration of war, no clear warning of attack. In fact, negotiations to improve relations were still ongoing.
But on December 7, before 8 a.m. in Hawaii, 353 Japanese war planes descended on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor destroying ships and planes and killing 2,403 American sailors.
The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt addressed Congress and a shaken nation.
"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," said President Franklin D. Roosevelt when he addressed America.
With the passage of time and the passing on of that generation, it's easy to forget a day, an event that impacted nearly every living person in the world when it happened.
Other days compete for the attention given Pearl Harbor Day - the death of John F. Kennedy, landing on the moon. Some even mention the death of Princess Diana.
Sept. 11 probably comes closest, but it’ll take another 60 years to find that out.
For now, we can only commemorate what we were told about that one Sunday 75 years ago when the whole world was shaken.
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