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I'm eligible, I'm in the 1-A classification and it hit me pretty bad. Weissman: "Well, uh, I felt…I'll be called into the draft pretty soon. Lomax: "How did you feel about, when you first heard about the Japanese war?" Newspaper Boy: "Japs take the Philippines tonight!" Unidentified newscaster: "The details are not available. The attack also was made on all naval and military activities on the principal island of Oahu. Those visual images helped to spark a wave of emotion.ĬBS Evening News: "The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by air, President Roosevelt has just announced. What mattered was the attack's meaning: American entry into a world war.īy contrast, on September 11th, 2001, the nation's TV screens deluged Americans with fresh, even live images of the terrorist attacks and the destruction they caused. On December 7th, 1941, news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor came in a slow trickle. Nelson, author, Kansas History Gateway,first history page on the RadioWorks : Days of Infamy, Printable Transcriptįrom American RadioWorks®, the documentary project of Minnesota Public Radio and NPR News SM. Or to the Kansas Heritage Group: KS History, Old West Pioneers Or to the WWW-VL: History: World War II History Return to the WWW-VL: History: Military History Return to the Eisenhower Center Home Page Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great We will accept nothing less than full Victory! I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill inīattle. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men.

Our Homeįronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions Strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, He will fight savagely.īut this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs ofġ940-41.

Your enemy is well trained, wellĮquipped and battle hardened. Machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples ofĮurope, and security for ourselves in a free world. Other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on Hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. Eisenhower (Ike) D-Day Message Order of the Day: 6 June 1944ĪLLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have Eisenhower: :JGeneral Order: Allied Expeditionary Force General Dwight D. Ike's D-Day Message (Speech): General Dwight D.