▶ But always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us ✓ ▶ Mr. vice president mr. speaker members of the Senate of the House of Representatives ✓ ▶ Yesterday December 7th 1941 a date which will live in infamy ✓ ▶ I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost ✓ ▶ The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan ✓