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Start of WW11 Was Blip On Radar Screen
Harrisburg man Joseph Lockard recalls radar sighting on December 7 1941 that signaled the Pearl Harbor attack while he watched from Oahu as an Army private. He described plotting the echo with fellow private George Elliott and alerting Ft Shaft er information center though Lt Kermit A Tyler reportedly dismissed the warning. Lockard reflects on whether earlier action could have changed events and battleships movement.
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