Black navy war 2 torpedo planes12/17/2023 ![]() ![]() An Army general called it the “vacant sea.” But between the privates and Alaska, 2,000 miles away, there was nothing but wavy liquid, a place of few shipping lanes and no islands. ![]() Army headquarters was on the other side of the island, as was the Navy base at Pearl Harbor, the most important American base in the Pacific. It sat at Opana, 532 feet above a coast whose waves were enticing enough to surf, which is what many a tourist would do there in years to come. George and Joe’s, the most reliable of the bunch, was emplaced farthest north. Half a dozen mobile units-generator truck, monitoring truck, antenna and trailer-had been scattered around the island in recent weeks. Radar was still in its infancy, far from what it would become, but the privates could still spot things farther out than anyone ever had with mere binoculars or telescope. Lockard had awakened in their tent at 3:45 in the caressing warmth of an Oahu night and gotten their radar fired up and scanning 30 minutes later. The dawn watch had been as pacific as the ocean at their feet.
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