Current:Home > Markets'I saw the blip': Radar operator's Pearl Harbor warning was ignored -MoneyTrend
'I saw the blip': Radar operator's Pearl Harbor warning was ignored
Robert Brown View
Date:2025-04-11 00:11:51
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.
veryGood! (7517)
Related
- IOC's decision to separate speed climbing from other disciplines paying off
- Soccer's GOAT might stick around for Paris Olympics. Yes, we're talking about Marta
- Minnesota woman sentenced to 7 years in prison in $7M pandemic aid fraud scheme
- Tess Gunty on The Rabbit Hutch and the collaboration between reader and writer
- Trump wants to turn the clock on daylight saving time
- Mark Meadows wants Fulton County charges moved to federal court
- After Maui's deadly fires, one doctor hits the road to help those in need
- Darren Kent, British actor from 'Game of Thrones' and 'Dungeons & Dragons,' dies at age 39
- IOC's decision to separate speed climbing from other disciplines paying off
- What does a panic attack feel like? And how to make it stop quickly.
Ranking
- Man charged with murder in death of beloved Detroit-area neurosurgeon
- Heat bakes Pacific Northwest and continues in the South, Louisiana declares emergency
- The EPA is rejecting calls for tougher regulation of big livestock farms. It’s promising more study
- 'Means the world': Pink responds to being first female stadium headliner in Wisconsin
- 'Stranger Things' prequel 'The First Shadow' is headed to Broadway
- Cell phone photos and some metadata. A son's search for his mother in Maui
- Buffalo shooting survivors say social media companies and a body armor maker enabled the killer
- GA indictment poses distinctive perils for Trump, identifying bodies in Maui: 5 Things podcast
Recommendation
Kourtney Kardashian Cradles 9-Month-Old Son Rocky in New Photo
Jennifer Lopez's Birthday Tribute to Husband Ben Affleck Will Have Fans Feelin' So Good
'Orange is the New Black' star Taryn Manning apologizes for video rant about alleged affair
Fall out from Alex Murdaugh saga continues, as friend is sentenced in financial schemes
What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
Woman charged with murder in case of Kansas officer killed in shootout with car chase suspect
Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's Life-Altering Love Story
You've never seen anything like these immersive theater shows, from 'Here Lies Love' to 'Gatsby'