Actually in all fairness to the WWII Memorial I have to tell everyone that this IS NOT TRUE.   This is in no way Art's fault.    People send this stuff to all of us and sometimes it is hard to discern what is true and what isn't.
  People send this stuff to all of us and sometimes it is hard to discern what is true and what isn't.
 
I know many people are angry over the very few in this country who are trying to take God out, but in this case they didn't.   
 
It wasn't possible to include his entire speech.  In many cases, as with this one, they used part of his speech as they have over and over during the last 60 years.   The inscription at the memorial is as follows:
 
PEARL HARBOR 
DECEMBER 7, 1941, A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY…NO 
MATTER HOW LONG IT MAY TAKE US TO OVERCOME THIS 
PREMEDITATED INVASION, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, IN THEIR 
RIGHTEOUS MIGHT, WILL WIN THROUGH TO ABSOLUTE VICTORY. 
 
President Franklin D. Roosevelt 
 
Now here is the speech in its entirety.  As you can see it is quite lengthy:
 
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Infamy Speech 
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December 8, 1941
          Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
 
          The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its Government and its Emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in Oahu, the Japanese Ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to the Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. While this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or armed attack.
 
          It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese Government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.
 
          The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. Very many American lives have been lost. In addition American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu.
 
          Yesterday the Japanese Government also launched an attack against Malaya. Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong. Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam. Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine Islands. Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island. This morning the Japanese attacked Midway Island. 
 
          Japan has, therefore, undertaken a surprise offensive extending throughout the Pacific area. The facts of yesterday speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation. 
 
          As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.
 
          Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. 
 
          I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again. 
 
          Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger. 
 
          With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God.
 
          I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December seventh, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire."
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Below are all the inscriptions from the WWII MEMORIAL
 
National World War II Memorial Inscriptions
 
 
The following inscriptions are inscribed in the National World War II Memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C. The inscriptions are presented by location.   
 
  Announcement Stone 
 
HERE IN THE PRESENCE OF WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN, 
ONE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY FATHER AND THE OTHER THE 
NINETEENTH CENTURY PRESERVER OF OUR NATION, WE HONOR 
THOSE TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICANS WHO TOOK UP THE STRUGGLE 
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND MADE THE SACRIFICES TO 
PERPETUATE THE GIFT OUR FOREFATHERS ENTRUSTED TO US: 
A NATION CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.    
 
  Flagpoles 
 
AMERICANS CAME TO LIBERATE, NOT TO CONQUER, 
TO RESTORE FREEDOM AND TO END TYRANNY    
 
  Eastern Corners 
 
PEARL HARBOR 
DECEMBER 7, 1941, A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY…NO 
MATTER HOW LONG IT MAY TAKE US TO OVERCOME THIS 
PREMEDITATED INVASION, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, IN THEIR 
RIGHTEOUS MIGHT, WILL WIN THROUGH TO ABSOLUTE VICTORY. 
 
President Franklin D. Roosevelt 
 
THEY HAVE GIVEN THEIR SONS TO THE MILITARY SERVICES. THEY 
HAVE STOKED THE FURNACES AND HURRIED THE FACTORY WHEELS. 
THEY HAVE MADE THE PLANES AND WELDED THE TANKS, 
RIVETED THE SHIPS AND ROLLED THE SHELLS. 
 
President Franklin D. Roosevelt 
 
WOMEN WHO STEPPED UP WERE MEASURED AS CITIZENS OF THE NATION, 
NOT AS WOMEN…THIS WAS A PEOPLE’S WAR, AND EVERYONE WAS IN IT. 
 
Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby 
 
THEY FOUGHT TOGETHER AS BROTHERS-IN-ARMS. 
THEY DIED TOGETHER AND NOW THEY SLEEP SIDE BY SIDE. 
TO THEM WE HAVE A SOLEMN OBLIGATION. 
 
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz    
 
  Southern Walls 
 
BATTLE OF MIDWAY JUNE 4-7, 1942 
THEY HAD NO RIGHT TO WIN. YET THEY DID, AND IN DOING SO THEY CHANGED 
THE COURSE OF A WAR…EVEN AGAINST THE GREATEST OF ODDS, THERE IS 
SOMETHING IN THE HUMAN SPIRIT – A MAGIC BLEND OF SKILL, FAITH AND 
VALOR – THAT CAN LIFT MEN FROM CERTAIN DEFEAT TO INCREDIBLE VICTORY. 
 
Walter Lord, Author 
 
THE WAR’S END 
TODAY THE GUNS ARE SILENT. A GREAT TRAGEDY HAS ENDED. A GREAT 
VICTORY HAS BEEN WON. THE SKIES NO LONGER RAIN DEATH – THE SEAS 
BEAR ONLY COMMERCE – MEN EVERYWHERE WALK UPRIGHT IN THE 
SUNLIGHT. THE ENTIRE WORLD IS QUIETLY AT PEACE. 
 
General Douglas MacArthur    
 
  Northern Walls 
 
WE ARE DETERMINED THAT BEFORE THE SUN SETS ON THIS TERRIBLE STRUGGLE 
OUR FLAG WILL BE RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AS A SYMBOL OF 
FREEDOM ON THE ONE HAND AND OF OVERWHELMING FORCE ON THE OTHER. 
 
General George C. Marshall 
 
D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944 
YOU ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK UPON THE GREAT CRUSADE TOWARD 
WHICH WE HAVE STRIVEN THESE MANY MONTHS. THE EYES OF 
THE WORLD ARE UPON YOU…I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN YOUR 
COURAGE, DEVOTION TO DUTY AND SKILL IN BATTLE. 
 
General Dwight D. Eisenhower    
 
  Western Corners 
 
OUR DEBT TO THE HEROIC MEN AND VALIANT WOMEN IN THE SERVICE 
OF OUR COUNTRY CAN NEVER BE REPAID. THEY HAVE EARNED OUR 
UNDYING GRATITUDE. AMERICA WILL NEVER FORGET THEIR SACRIFICES. 
 
President Harry S Truman 
 
THE HEROISM OF OUR OWN TROOPS…WAS MATCHED BY THAT 
OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE NATIONS THAT FOUGHT BY OUR 
SIDE…THEY ABSORBED THE BLOWS…AND THEY SHARED TO THE 
FULL IN THE ULTIMATE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENEMY. 
 
President Harry S Truman    
 
  Southern Fountain Copings 
 
CHINA * BURMA * INDIA    SOUTHWEST PACIFIC   CENTRAL PACIFIC NORTH PACIFIC 
 
PEARL HARBOR * WAKE ISLAND * BATAAN CORREGIDOR * CORAL SEA * 
MIDWAY * GUADALCANAL * NEW GUINEA * BUNA * TARAWA * 
KWAJALEIN * ATTU * SAIPAN TINIAN GUAM * PHILIPPINE SEA * PELELIU * 
LEYTE GULF * LUZON * MANILA * IWO JIMA * OKINAWA * JAPAN    
 
  Northern Fountain Copings 
 
NORTH AFRICA   SOUTHERN EUROPE   WESTERN EUROPE    CENTRAL EUROPE 
 
BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC * MURMANSK RUN * TUNISIA * 
SICILY SALERNO ANZIO ROME PO VALLEY * NORMANDY * 
ST.LO * AIR WAR IN EUROPE * ALSACE * RHINELAND * 
HUERTGEN FOREST * BATTLE OF THE BULGE * 
REMAGEN BRIDGE * GERMANY    
 
  Southern and Northern Arches 
 
1941 – 1945    VICTORY ON LAND    VICTORY AT SEA    VICTORY IN THE AIR    
 
  Freedom Wall – Field of Gold Stars 
 
HERE WE MARK THE PRICE OF FREEDOM