My parents were always impressed with how little they were told at the time, that almost the entire Pacific Fleet had either been sunk or damaged (except for the aircraft carriers and their escourts).

There does seem to be an emerging historians' consensus that the FDR Administration were aware that the sneak attack was about to happen, and let it happen assuming the damage would not be so devestating.

Finally, I'm not aware of a single song that commemorates the event, unlike the Titanic or the Reuban James. Of course, the Almanac Singers were all in shock, having done their best to sing us out of the emerging world war.