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As a result, the U. Navy was able to rebound relatively quickly from the attack. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of the U. Congress on December 8, the day after the crushing attack on Pearl Harbor. I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost, but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.

After the Pearl Harbor attack, and for the first time during years of discussion and debate, the American people were united in their determination to go to war. For the second time, Congress reciprocated, declaring war on the European powers. Start your free trial today. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!

Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. About a. They were shouting to one another. When Japanese bombers appeared in the skies over Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, , the U. But there Samuel Fuqua Missouri-born Samuel Fuqua had a front row seat to the devastation at Pearl Harbor from aboard USS Arizona, a battleship that was heavily bombed during the first wave of the attack. Paul Kennedy was expecting to sleep in on the morning of December 7, He had been on deck duty on board the U.

Sacramento at Pearl Harbor until 4 a. So, when alarms sounded at around 8 a. The instability created in Europe by the First World War set the stage for another international conflict—World War II—which broke out two decades later and would prove even more devastating. Rising to power in an economically and politically unstable Germany, Adolf He mentioned that the U. He told his family that he liked his work since his rank had been changed, saying he was glad that in his new role he got to be out in the open instead of deep below deck.

Sure the air is fresh, etc. The family also kept two telegrams: one from Dec. Finally, nearly eight decades after the remains were buried, families like the Tumlinsons were given new reason for hope. Army Central Identification Laboratory with records that suggested one of the 61 caskets that held the remains of unknown Oklahoma sailors contained the remains of a particular service member killed in Pearl Harbor.

The Lab agreed to investigate, and the casket was exhumed. Forensic analysis of the remains discovered something surprising: the traces of about people in the single casket.

The technique was used to help identify service members from the Korean War, whose remains were returned to the U. In , the other coffins containing remains from the USS Oklahoma were exhumed. More than individuals from the ship have been identified just in the last four years. Contact us at letters time.

By Tara Law. Victor Patrick "Pat" Tumlinson, 19, died on Dec. He's being laid to rest 78 years later in his hometown in Raymondville, Texas.

Only three survivors of the USS Arizona , the ship most heavily hit in the raid, are still alive. The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association disbanded years ago as numbers dwindled.

Editor's note: A previous version of this story published in Contributing: Ryan Miller. Facebook Twitter Email. Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day What happened during fateful attack 79 years ago? Show Caption. Hide Caption.