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1. This picture of the USS Arizona being destroyed at the Pearl Harbor attacks shows how intense the raid was. The USS Arizona was bombed and torpedoed by the Japanese, it was the most damaged battleship at this attack. Over half of the total deaths from this day were deaths from people aboard the USS Arizona. The USS Arizona was one of eight battleships in the U.S. fleet at the time of the attacks. President Roosevelt would most definitely not allow something like to this extreme occur. FDR wouldn't allow battleships, like the USS Arizona to be destroyed. In addition, he wouldn’t allow all of the deaths to occur, and If he did that would fundamentally be turning on his own country. 2. "Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with the government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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This caption, from "The Day of Infamy" speech, states that the attacks of Pearl Harbor will live on in shame. In the speech he tell us that it was a surprise as he believed that the United States and Japan were still in conversation. Also, he says that they were looking for peace in the Pacific. The upsetting tone in which Franklin D. Roosevelt talks in this speech, leads you to believe that he is very apologetic and would, in no way, allow this attack to undergo. In the speech he emphasizes that the United States must stay strong as they are going to war with Japan even though the attack on Pearl Harbor set them back.'

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This video of the attacks of Pearl Harbor shows in full detail how drastic the attacks on Pearl Harbor were. The bombs in this video show how much destruction they caused for the United States. The video also shows how much of a surprise this was because they could destroyed all eight battleships in the U.S. Fleet. The Japanese were ready for this attack as Admiral Chuichi Nagumo send 352 aircraft's to take out Pearl Harbor. These attacks were devastating and you can only imagine how many peoples lives were taken during just the attacks shown in this video. FDR would never let this many deaths and destruction to occur to his own people.


 * 10 Secondary Source Facts**

1. During the raid, Japanese aircraft's destroyed or damaged 18 American vessels; three light cruisers, four auxiliary craft, three destroyers, and eight battleships. FDR would not allow this many ships and vessels of his own country to be destroyed just to enter World War II. 2. 2,403 lives of Americans were lost and 1,178 were wounded on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. FDR would not want or allow this many atrocities to happen. 3. Japanese only lost 64 men. This amount of men that the Japanese lost shows that the United States was not ready to fight back. 4. It is believed by many historians that the Soviet Union and Great Britain knew of the attacks that were going to happen on the United States; however, they failed to tell them because they wanted the United States in the war so that they could build up the Allies power. 5.. The Japanese attacked at 7:55 A.M. while the base was on peacetime low-level security and most of the troops at the base were sleeping or at church. 6. 73 United States aircraft's were destroyed and another 120 of them were damaged. The Japanese only lost 29 planes during the attack. 7. There were two waves of attacks; one at 7:55 A.M. and the other at 8:50 A.M. If they knew they were going to be attacked, they would have been prepared to fight, at least, for the second wave. 8. The leaders of Japan sent a declaration of war to Washington that was to be there an hour before the attacks. However, transcribing the message was very slow and got there about 30 minutes after the raid has already begun. This; therefore, made it a surprise attack. 9. Radar detected that aircraft's were coming around 7:00 A.M. towards Pearl Harbor; however, they were misjudged as B-17s which were to come from California that day. 10. The day after Pearl Harbor, December 8, 1941, President Roosevelt delivered a speech. During that speech he called the attacks on Pearl Harbor, "a date that will live in infamy". The tone of his speech shows how devastated and saddened he was about the attacks and that this day will always be remembered as a day of shame.