What Happened at Pearl Harbor? 1940s News Report Tells Story of Attack

Dec. 7 is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. It marks the anniversary of the attack on the U.S. military base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii by Japanese forces. Every year on this date, veterans, families and service members gather to remember the 1941 attack. The attack prompted President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to give one of the most important speeches any president has had to give, declaring war against the Japanese empire.