[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17140]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          THE ANNIVERSARY OF PEARL HARBOR, DECEMBER 7TH, 1941

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                        HON. KERRY L. BENTIVOLIO

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 4, 2014

  Mr. BENTIVOLIO. Mr. Speaker, I sat in my office this past week, 
thinking, writing, and reflecting.
  Trying to put together the words to honor those who gave the ultimate 
sacrifice 73 years ago is no easy task.
  And no matter how many years pass, no words better describe that 
pivotal day than President Roosevelt's descriptor of ``a date which 
will live in infamy''.
  And within an hour of those words, Congress launched the greatest 
generation into war against Imperial Japan.
  While the names and faces of that day sink below the surface of our 
memory, photographs of that era packed away collecting dust, of those 
who rallied in support of our efforts, patriots, heroes, each and every 
one . . . The sacrifices of the greatest generation, standing boldly 
together against the great evils threatening us--will never die.
  Let us proclaim once again, that whoever wishes us ill, that we shall 
pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, 
and oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty 
and the people of this great nation.
  Thank-you and God Bless You.

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