Robert Stinnett is the author of, "Day of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor." In it the author argues that President Franklin D. Roosevelt was eager to get the United States in World War II and took steps to ensure the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor. This event was hosted by the Independent Institute in Oakland, California.

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On December 7th, 1941 the Japanese attacked the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor. That sneak attack drew the United States into World War II. A panel discussion on the Pearl Harbor attack was co-sponsored by the National Park Service and the Arizona Memorial Museum Association.

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December seventh, 1941. It was a “date which will live in infamy” in the words of President Franklin Roosevelt, after Japanese forces launched a surprise attack against Pearl Harbor, the headquarters of the United States Pacific fleet.The National Park Service commemorated the day with the dedication of a new Visitor Center.

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Early on the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese submarines and carrier-based planes attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This month marks the 70^th anniversary of the attack. Hear eyewitness accounts of Pearl Harbor veterans and survivors in this collection of interviews from an oral history project of the National Park Service.

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Early on the morning of December 7, 1941, Japanese submarines and carrier-based planes attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, the Hawaiian site of one of the principal naval bases of the United States. This month marks the 70th anniversary of those attacks. We'll hear eyewitness accounts from a National Park Service oral history project with Pearl Harbor veterans and survivors, describing what they saw that day.

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In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Marvin Kalb used film, audio, and photographic records from the National Archives and the Newseum to illustrate the way Americans learned about the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on the naval base in Hawaii.

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"The Verdict of History and The Enduring Legacy" was a program of "The Enduring Legacy: 70th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Attack Symposium" was held by the National Park Service and Pacific Historic Parks at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center of the WWII Valor in the Pacific National Monument.

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Civilians talked about their experiences when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941.

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A look back at the December 7th, 1941 Japanese attack on American military forces at Pearl Harbor—the day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt said would “live in infamy.” We take a tour of the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center with Daniel Martinez, Chief Historian at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Hawaii.

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In this program from our 1999 "American Presidents: Life Portraits" series we focused on James Garfield's life and career. Historians discussed Garfield's military service, his election as president and assassination shortly after his inauguration. Suzanne Miller, the site manager at Garfield's home in Mentor, Ohio, talked about several of the artifacts and documents that Garfield left behind. 

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