Roosevelt's Day of Infamy Speech
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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” address is his appeal to Congress on December 8, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In a brief, forceful speech, Roosevelt describes the attack and asks Congress to recognize that a state of war exists between the United States and Japan.
The address is a landmark example of wartime presidential rhetoric: direct, formal, and shaped for immediate public impact. Its familiar opening phrase gives the speech its enduring name, while its measured delivery conveys both the gravity of the moment and the resolve of the nation’s response.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.