On This Day December 8

The United States entered World War II on December 8, 1941 a day after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. The US Senate voted for war against Japan by 82 to 0, and the House of Representatives approved the resolution by a vote of 388 to 1. The sole dissenter was Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a devout pacifist who had also cast a dissenting vote against the US. entrance into World War I.

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