On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese
Navy Air Service launched a surprise attack on the U.S. military base at Pearl
Harbor, killing 2,335 American service members and 68 civilians, while leaving another
1,178 injured. In an address to Congress the following day, President Franklin
D. Roosevelt would declare the attack as “a date which will live in infamy.”
Today, 84 years later, there are only a handful of Pearl Harbor survivors still alive. But their service to our nation, and their fallen fellow service members who made the ultimate sacrifice, will never be forgotten. On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, the House Republican Caucus honors those who perished on that fateful day and offers its enduring gratitude to all who have served in our nation’s military to help safeguard the many freedoms we hold dear.
