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Dec. 8, 1941:\u00a0<\/strong>Pittsburgh was \u201ccoming to a slow boil\u201d one day after Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor, the Post-Gazette reported. Streets in the Golden Triangle were packed with Christmas shoppers still recovering from the shock of the news they\u2019d received the previous day.<\/p>\n

People gathered around radios in offices, hotel lobbies, theater foyers and bars as President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. Hundreds line up on Diamond Street, where a public address system piped out Roosevelt\u2019s historic statement, \u201cYesterday, December 7th, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy\u00a0\u2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u201d School children listening to the speech elsewhere in the city applauded, but this crowd listened grimly.<\/p>\n

Eager, patriotic young men lined up at Army, Navy and Marine recruiting stations on Smithfield Street.\u00a0A Post-Gazette reporter heard them ask, \u201cHow soon can we leave?\u201d<\/p>\n

A note on the back of this print states it was made at an Army Air Corps recruiting station. We at the Digs studied the image for some time and wondered about the eventual fate of these volunteers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh was \u201ccoming to a slow boil\u201d one day after Japanese fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor, the Post-Gazette reported.<\/p>\n

Look at the picturesYoung men volunteer for Army Air Corps after Pearl Harbor attack<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[948],"tags":[960,980,982,1274],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/tumblr_mem63pDWmw1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C845&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6174,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2015\/12\/07\/news-of-attack-war-dominate-pg-on-dec-8-1941\/","url_meta":{"origin":2224,"position":0},"title":"News of attack, war dominate PG on Dec. 8, 1941","date":"December 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The bombing of Pearl Harbor disrupts anti-war gathering at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/PearlHarbor002.jpg?fit=936%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2592,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/08\/27\/donelli-short-lived-coach-for-the-steelers\/","url_meta":{"origin":2224,"position":1},"title":"Buff Donelli, short-lived coach for the Steelers","date":"August 27, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"The team lost five straight under Donelli, who left after the NFL forced him to decide between college and the pros.","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_m99nre95aR1rr5swxo1_1280-e1418794650329.jpg?fit=1200%2C828&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1186,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2013\/11\/25\/pittsburgh-goes-dark-prepares-for-war\/","url_meta":{"origin":2224,"position":2},"title":"Pittsburgh goes dark, prepares for war","date":"November 25, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"A crowd gathers on Mount Washington to watch Pittsburgh\u2019s \u201cblackout rehearsal.\u201d","rel":"","context":"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tumblr_mwoo62ri2Y1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1200%2C793&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2380,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/10\/24\/oct-29-1929-if-stock-market-investors-thought\/","url_meta":{"origin":2224,"position":3},"title":"The Great Crash of 1929","date":"October 24, 2012","format":"gallery","excerpt":"W.W. 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