President Roosevelt called December 7, “…a date which will live in infamy.”1 On December 11, Germany and Italy had declared war on the United States, which dragged the United States into global conflict. Around seven months after the attack, the fuel supplies that were not targets in the attack had helped defeat the Japanese carrier task force by the United States Pacific Fleet in the battle of Midway. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and forced Japan and their Axis Alliance to surrender on August 14, …show more content…
There are many points at which most of this tragedy could have been prevented, but through many error and poor decisions, nothing was done until it was too late. Today, seventy-five years after the attack, the USS Arizona National Memorial stands above the remains of the battleship, which commemorates the Americans who died.4 But even with all the tremendous loses suffered on that day, the patriotism of many Americans did not decrease but instead increased and no pride was lost. The crews of the many ships of Pearl Harbor were on the decks for the morning colors and even singing The Star-Spangled Banner. Even though one band was interrupted by the gunfire and the bombing from Japanese planes, not a single crew member moved until the last note was