One day after Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese bombers, President Franklin D. Roosevelt address a joint session of U.S. Congress to declare war on Japan. [...] ...
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - On this day, Dec. 8, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan, officially entering World War II.
On Dec. 7, 1941, the headline of a story in the Arkansas Gazette proclaimed: "Main Street in Holiday Attire for Christmas." ...