The Monday after the attack on Pearl Harbor we went to school as usual. Chatter on the school bus was about the attack and what it would mean. Some older boys were in the National Guard, which was soon to be nationalized.
We met in our home rooms to hear President Roosevelt address a joint session of Congress with his "a day that will live in infamy" speech and to hear Congress vote to declare war with one vote against, that of Jeanette Rankin. The radio announcer told us she had also voted against declaring war against Germany in 1917. I remember him saying she attempted to get to the microphone to explain her vote but was unable to do so.
Did we realize how our lives would be changed? I doubt we could understand what the future would hold for us.
We met in our home rooms to hear President Roosevelt address a joint session of Congress with his "a day that will live in infamy" speech and to hear Congress vote to declare war with one vote against, that of Jeanette Rankin. The radio announcer told us she had also voted against declaring war against Germany in 1917. I remember him saying she attempted to get to the microphone to explain her vote but was unable to do so.
Did we realize how our lives would be changed? I doubt we could understand what the future would hold for us.
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