The privates try phoning the air warning center in Honolulu, but at first the lines are dead. When they finally get through, the lieutenant who takes the call dismisses their worries. He says that the blip is a squadron of American B-17 bombers returning from the mainland. Radar - an instrument used by planes and ships to find solid objects by reflecting radio waves off them and by receiving the reflected waves.
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Interview with the Eyewitnesses | Teacher's Guide |
On the northeast coast of Oahu, two army privates finish
up duty at a mobile
