President Roosevelt's Speech on Dec. 8, 1941
Item
Identifier
https://documentinghistory.clemson.edu/studentprojects/admin/item/157/
Title
President Roosevelt's Speech on Dec. 8, 1941
Type
Sound
Format
audio/mpeg
Language
Source
President Franklin Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" Speech, Experimental Sound Recordings, 1936 - 1941, John G. Bradley Papers, 1936 - 1941, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
Rights
Date
1941-12-08
Description
This sound recording captures a speech delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt before a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1941, in which the President asked for a Declaration of War against Japan, marking the entry of the United States into World War II. The speech was given the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Clemson students and their families would have heard the speech on the radio.