Three score and ten years ago, our nation was shocked by an attack by on American Military Forces on the Island of Oahu in Hawaii by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Over three thousand American soldiers and civilians died that day, formally launching the U.S. into World War II.

While President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, a date that will live in infamy, the war brought a nation together, required shared sacrifice, punished those who were war profiteers, created benefits for veterans returning from war, and at the war's conclusion launched 35 years of prosperity for middle class Americans.

Let us not forget the Americans who died this day, the families who sacrificed during World War II. Let us compare ourselves to those Americans, and let us realize that we can't hold a candle to those who came before us.