[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 207 (Tuesday, December 8, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H6919]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, marked the 79th 
anniversary of the Pearl Harbor naval base attack.
  On December 7, 1941, the surprise attack by the Japanese on a U.S. 
Naval base in Hawaii left nearly 2,500 people dead. Innocent lives were 
taken; members of the United States Navy, Army, Marines, as well as 
civilians. It remains one of the deadliest attacks in American history, 
often described as ``a date which will live in infamy,'' according to a 
quote by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  Every year on December 7, we pause to reflect and remember the 
sacrifice made by the men and women who perished in the attack on Pearl 
Harbor. President Roosevelt went on to say, ``No matter how long it 
will take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American 
people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.''
  Mr. Speaker, thanks to the selflessness and sacrifice of the Greatest 
Generation, that is exactly what they did. God bless all of our Pearl 
Harbor victims, the survivors, and their families.

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