December 8, 1941
08 Friday Dec 2017
Original size at 635 × 577
08 Friday Dec 2017
Original size at 635 × 577
December 8, 1941: President Franklin appears relaxed after the pressure of just having signed the declaration of war on Japan. When he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the Wilson Administration Roosevelt had overseen the construction of several of the ships sunk at Pearl Harbor. Note Sam Rayburn third from the right.