Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered "Day of Infamy" speech at Congress on December 8, 1941

Signed first draft of FDR’s ‘Day That Will Live In Infamy’ speech up for sale with a $1million price tag: http://wrhstol.com/14UR5T9

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