Pearl Harbor Day Memories

On the heel of Pearl Harbor Day, Michael Myers, Professor Emeritus at WSU, reflects on the unforgettable event and how its memory has endured and evolved over the past 83 years.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt said that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 was “a day which will live in infamy.” We know from the hand-written notes of his speech that the original wording was “a day which will live in history.” The original wording wasn’t as dramatic, perhaps, but just as true. How does the memory of Pearl Harbor live in history? Professor Emeritus Michael Myers will introduce some of the many ways that Pearl Harbor lives in history and some of the ways that it has changed over time.

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