[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 22815-22816]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    PEARL HARBOR--``LEST WE FORGET''

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, West Virginia, California, Oklahoma, Tennessee, 
Utah, Maryland, Nevada, Arizona. These were fierce U.S. naval 
battleships whose silent guns and hulls became sacred graves in the 
peaceful Pacific for 2,403 Americans.
  These sailors on board these battle wagons fought with the courage 
and heroism of entire legions of warriors when attacked by a fanatical 
and tyrannical enemy.
  ``December 7, 1941, a date that will live in infamy'' were words 
spoken by President Roosevelt that became forever embedded in the minds 
of patriots across our land, igniting and launching a Nation into the 
fiery trenches of battle.
  Japanese naval commanders were concerned because they said, ``What 
Japan has done was awake a sleeping giant,'' the United States.
  Mr. Speaker, those of the greatest generation proved that when 
invaded,

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our people will stand up and fight, bringing the thunder of God upon 
our enemies. Defending freedom and liberty was the battle cry of the 
sailors and soldiers that died 65 years ago today.
  Mr. Speaker, we don't always choose war, but we must always choose 
victory. And that's just the way it is.

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