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On December 8, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, an inspirational statement was made by Don McNeill during the NBC radio broadcast of Don McNeill’s Breakfast Club. His statement ended: ...and also don’t forget, sometimes you can strike a giant who is dozing momentarily, when the giant is awakened, look out.
As we approach the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, here is what readers learned in the Dec. 8 edition of the Free Press. ... 1941, a day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The term "day of infamy" has become widely used by the media to refer to any moment of supreme disgrace or evil. [26] [27] Roosevelt's framing of the Pearl Harbor attack became, in effect, the standard American narrative of the events of December 7, 1941.
The attack on Pearl Harbor [nb 3] was a surprise military strike by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at its naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. At the time, the U.S. was a neutral country in World War II .
The damaged battleship USS California, listing to port after being hit by Japanese aerial torpedoes and bombs, is seen off Ford Island during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, U.S. December 7, 1941.
The USS California is seen on fire at Pearl Harbor after the Japanese attack. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) - Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images ... On that day, after more than 80 years ...
President Roosevelt formally requested the declaration in his Day of Infamy Speech, addressed to a joint session of Congress and the nation at 12:30 p.m. on December 8. [11] Roosevelt's speech described the attack on Pearl Harbor as a deliberately planned attack by Japan on the United States.
In the end, Japan achieved surprisingly little for all her daring and apparent success [70] - with the first of the fourteen wartime-commissioned U.S. Navy Essex-class aircraft carriers, Essex, being commissioned just over a year (New Year's Eve Day 1942) after the Pearl Harbor attack.