The_Roosevelt_Pearl_Harbor_Address

The Roosevelt Pearl Harbor Address The Roosevelt Pearl Harbor Address The weeks and months leading up to the days before the date that will live in infamy were filled with uncertainty and contradicting ideals. With a full fledged war progressing steadily in Europe, America was still innocent of bloodshed. Yet the citizens of the United States were divided in their attitudes toward the war and in the way in which they should proceed. However, all doubt was erased from the minds of Americans when on December 7th, 1941, Japan unexpectedly attacked Pearl Harbor, killing more than 2000 soldiers and civilians. Instantly, the incident united the American people in a massive mobilization for war and strengthened American resolve to guard against any future lapse of military alertness (National Archives). The next day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered one of his most powerful addresses to the nation. With a country reeling in terror and anguish, he was forced to painstakingly pick each eloquent word, by which to best convey his feeling! s of comfort and support to a devastated people. President Roosevelt first needed to express the severity of what had happened to the country. The statement "a date which will live in roosevelt, america, united, states, japan, americans, people, needed, country, words, war, time, speech, sense, god, attack, american, support, seriousness, pride, president, pearl, national, motivate, instantaneously, harbor, faith, emotion, each, courage, citizens, attacked, yet, world, way