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'I saw the blip': Radar operator's Pearl Harbor warning was ignored

EchoSense Quantitative Think Tank Center ​​​​​​​View Date:2025-04-06 11:16:59

On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, George Elliott Jr. was a 23-year-old Army private learning how to master state-of-the-art radar equipment in Hawaii.

He and fellow private Joseph Lockard were supposed to close the station at 7 a.m. sharp — the newfangled technology was only being used on a limited basis at the time — but they lingered a bit longer to familiarize themselves with the system.

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