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English: Original Caption: Radio Set SCR-270 set up for operation.
  • Note- this is the model of portable unit located at Opana point that detected the Pearl Harbor attacking planes 55 minutes prior to the attack.

Background notes: Pearl Harbor attack
日本語: 真珠湾攻撃(しんじゅわんこうげき)は、日本時間1941年12月8日(ハワイ現地時間12月7日)に大日本帝国海軍がアメリカ合衆国ハワイの真珠湾のアメリカ海軍のアメリカ太平洋艦隊と航空基地に対して行った奇襲攻撃のこと。
한국어: 진주만 공격 (일본어: 真珠湾攻撃, 영어: attack on Pearl Harbor)은 1941년 12월 7일 아침, 일본 해군 비행기들이 미국 하와이의 오아후 섬 진주만에 있는 미국 해군 육군 기지에 가한 기습 공격이다.
中文: 珍珠港事件是1941年12月7日清晨,日本联合舰队的飞机和微型潜艇突然袭击美国太平洋舰队基地珍珠港以及美国陆军和海军在夏威夷欧胡岛上的飞机场的事件。


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[edit] Licensing

  • source of image: http://www.monmouth.army.mil/historian/photolist.php?fname=Radio%2FSCR+270+and+271
  • alteration- this version has a border cropped which credits the photo to Lieutenant Zahl. Original at the above location.
  • This photo is credited to First Lieutenant Harold Zahl, who pioneered Radar use by the Army air corps. The photo appears in a paper by him from the period.
  • these photos would not have been saved were it not for Dr. Howard W. Andrews, who had the foresight to preserve them along with Lieutenant (Dr.) Zahl's papers for posterity. Credit and thanks to H.W. Andrews for preseving these photos.


Public domain This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.

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