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World War II History Youngstown Vindicator Reporting Pearl Harbor and United States Declaration of War 1941

1941Best.-Nr. 127181941. Youngstown Vindicator December 8 1941 records the United States' entry into World War II one day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and on the day Congress declared war on Japan. Published as military reports from Hawaii and the Philippines were still developing the issue presents American readers with casualty estimates reports of damaged battleships Japanese attacks on Manila and the congressional vote requested by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after his address describing December 7 as "a date which will live in infamy." The issue preserves the speed with which the Pacific war entered American civic and political life through breaking military news maps photographs and reports from Washington. Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown Ohio. December 8 1941. Complete issue of 30 pages measuring 17 × 23 inches. The stacked front-page headline declares "Bombs Batter Manila / 1500 Killed 2 Ships Sunk at Hawaii / War Declared by U. S." Two photographs of United States battleships and a map of the Pacific theater accompany the coverage. Secondary headlines include "Raiders Fire Gasoline Dump Terrific Damage Reported at Philippine Capital; 1500 Die in Hawaii" "U. S. Fleet Will Press Blockade" "U. S. Battleships Reported Damaged Sunk" and "Congress Acts Against Japan Senate Ballots 82-0 House 388 to 1 After President Makes Personal Request." Interior pages include photographs of American jeeps aircraft and military installations extending the issue's coverage from the attacks themselves to the armed forces mobilizing for war. The December 8 publication date places the newspaper within the first twenty-four hours of the American wartime response before casualty figures and reports of naval losses had been fully established and while Japanese forces were simultaneously attacking American positions across the Pacific. The congressional vote reported here formalized the country's entry into a global conflict that would transform the American military economy and home front over the following four years. Light foxing and a few very small tears at the fold. Very good condition overall. unknown