On at the present time in 1941, America went to battle.
The world-altering enormity of the assault on Pearl Harbor was simply starting to come into sight when the Herald went to press the subsequent day. “Warship Fired, Pearl Harbor Blasted” and “Navel Battle Rages” — as you may see listed beneath — solely advised a fraction of the reality.
However a lot extra has come out since then. However, this can be a day that can by no means be erased from historical past.
It’s “a day that will live in infamy” as then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated to the nation on December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor.
