SEVENTY YEARS ago this Wednesday, a wave of Japanese war planes swooped over America’s chief Pacific Naval base at Pearl Harbor and dropped their armor-piercing bombs on “Battleship Row.” The attack ...
In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941. AP File Photo WILKES-BARRE — On Aug.
Side 1. Kennedy's complete inaugural address (Jan. 20, 1961) -- Side 2. Excerpts from F.D.R. speeches. 1st inaugural address (March 4, 1933) ; Fireside chat (April 29, 1935) ; 2nd acceptance (June 27, ...
The 83rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor will be commemorated Saturday aboard the Battleship USS Iowa, with H. Delano Roosevelt, grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, sharing insights ...
In August 1941, about four months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt met with Winston Churchill aboard warships in Newfoundland’s Placentia Bay and agreed to the Atlantic ...
A solemn remembrance of those who perished during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack of Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces culminated with a moving speech authored by Ret. Maj. Gen./Chaplain Charles C. Baldwin ...
Throughout American history, U.S. presidents have delivered speeches that not only shaped the nation's trajectory but also resonated across the globe. From Abraham Lincoln's poignant "Gettysburg ...
Christopher Cox begins his biography as if to hail Woodrow Wilson as conquering tragic hero, his “active presidency” cut short by illness, his legislative legacy one that continues to dominate ...