This Week in CECOM History – 7 December 1941 The radar equipment developed in secret by the Camp Evans Signal Laboratory was in use on the morning on 7 December 1941 in Hawaii. The first photograph shows the Antenna Array of the SCR 270B Radar Installation installed at Opana, Oahu, Hawaii. This is the same radar that was used to detect and track the Japanese attack against targets on the Island of Oahu on 7 December 1941. Unfortunately, the warnings were ignored. The photograph was taken late in December of 1941. The second photograph is one of the first Army (Signal Corps) photos of the bombing of Hawaii. The battleship Arizona on fire and sinking in Pearl Harbor after the raid by Japanese bombers. Taken from Aola Heights T. H., 7 December 1941 For more information on CECOM’s history, visit the CECOM Historian website and blog: cecom.army.mil/historian cecomhistorian.armylive.dodlive.mil
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:00:00 +0000