LAD #34 FDR's War Declaration

Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared that December 7th is, "a day that will live in infamy."  This was due to the attack on Pearl Harbor Navy base by Japanese fighter planes. ge stated that these brutal attacks were deliberate with the intenti9ns to hurt America's naval power. This is then proceeded by the statement  that it is in our best interest to go to war.  Then he asks for the support of Congress because the people of the United states already were in  support of going to war.