SEVENTY YEARS ago this Wednesday, a wave of Japanese war planes swooped over America’s chief Pacific Naval base at Pearl Harbor and dropped their armor-piercing bombs on “Battleship Row.” The attack ...
The 83rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor will be commemorated Saturday aboard the Battleship USS Iowa, with H. Delano Roosevelt, grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, sharing insights ...
The 83rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor will be commemorated Saturday aboard the Battleship USS Iowa, with H. Delano Roosevelt, grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, sharing insights ...
In August 1941, about four months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt met with Winston Churchill aboard warships in Newfoundland’s Placentia Bay and agreed to the Atlantic ...
Side 1. Kennedy's complete inaugural address (Jan. 20, 1961) --Side 2. Excerpts from F.D.R. speeches. 1st inaugural address (March 4, 1933) ; Fireside chat (April 29, 1935) ; 2nd acceptance (June 27, ...
Throughout American history, U.S. presidents have delivered speeches that not only shaped the nation's trajectory but also resonated across the globe. From Abraham Lincoln's poignant "Gettysburg ...
The word ‘infamy’ became popular in the political arena after President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the USA used the word to describe the day the Japanese carried out a surprise ...
When the clock showed 7:55 a.m. in Joplin 83 years ago today, the sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, were either in their bunks asleep or settling in from a ...