Roosevelt_Pearl_Harbor.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 8 min 41 s, 51 kbps, file size: 3.17 MB)
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English: President Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Day message to joint session of Congress asking for a declaration of war with Japan. "The Star-Spangled Banner" is played on this recording after the speech. NARA claims the entire speech to be "Unrestricted" |
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This file was selected as the media of the day for 13 August 2020. It was captioned as follows:
English: 'Infamy' Speech
Other languages
English: 'Infamy' Speech Эрзянь: "Визкчамадо" кортамось
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