Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

Context

Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War with Japan

12/07/1941

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