"Yesterday, December 7, 1941--a date which will live in infamy--the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attached by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." These words, spoken by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his war message to Congress on 8 December 1941, still stir emotions. The memory of that day is often permanently embedded in the minds and hearts of everyone who was old enough to remember it. Memories of historical events like the bombing of Pearl Harbor can add a deeper, more personal element to your family history, tying your family to world history and placing them in the context of the times in which they lived. Were you born then? If so, do you remember how you heard the news of Pearl Harbor? Where were you? What were your feelings? If you were not born yet, or you were too young to remember, are there other family members who do remember it? Ask them about it. Write down and preserve these memories for future generations, so that they too can see and more thoroughly understand the personal impact of these events on generations past. PEARL HARBOR DAY LINKS AND RESOURCES Pearl Harbor Survivors Association http://members.aol.com/phsasecy97 Includes a list of casualties Pearl Harbor Archive http://www.sperry-marine.com/pearl/pearlh.htm The History Place http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/pearl.htm Sequence of events and some photos U.S.S. Arizona http://www.library.arizona.edu/images/USS_Arizona/USS_Arizona.shtml History, photo sources, and an incredible list of links U.S.S. Arizona Memorial http://www.nps.gov/usar/ Air Raid on Pearl Harbor Today in History, American Memory Project, Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec07.html --- For more information from the Library of Congress, search the American Memory Project at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html. (My search for "Pearl Harbor" gave 240 results of both images and text.) NARA American Originals Exhibit: "Air Raid on Pearl Harbor. This Is No Drill" http://www.nara.gov/exhall/originals/fdr.html Radiogram and FDR Congressional address, 8 Dec 1941 NARA WWII Exhibit: A People at War. http://www.nara.gov/exhall/people/people.html Pearl Harbor Day Page http://www.ccdemo.org/MtDiablo/PearlHarbor/PearlHarborDay.html used with permission of Juliana Smith, Editor of Ancestry Daily News from 7 Dec 2000 Ancestry Daily News