I read it in the newspaper, I heard it on the radio, I saw it on people 's eyes; it was real and that day will forever live in infamy. President Roosevelt was first to respond to the horror. So many American lives were lost. He talked of the attacks, but he also talked of what came next and I knew what that meant for me. I knew what that meant for the US. We all had to work for our victory and it wouldn 't become easily. He wanted a fight and so did we. A sudden shock it was to me, realizing true war and I was to be a part of it. What did I expect? This is what I figured was coming the entire time and I knew I had to protect our nation. I wasn 't sure where I was going to go, probably out into the Pacific, but I was