A mistake corrected finally…

And a recent documentary on Pearl Harbour absolved the 2 radar operators on the headland for failing to alert the base HQ. They did relay the information about multiple ciontacts but it was assumed by an officer on duty to be a flight of B17s. The documentary also proved that even if the warning had been assumed to be an attack there was no way to launch enough fighters in time.

And you can’t even blame that officer – he had been on the island for only a few days, had never attended a course as to just what radar was or how it worked, and was standing his very first watch on the control center – alone save for enlisted personnel.

Yes, a newly-assigned officer, with no specific training for the job, was the only officer assigned to be in the control center that morning – with no one to call for advice.

And people wonder why Lieutenant General Short (USAAF commander in Hawaii) and Rear Admiral Kimmel (USN commander in Hawaii) were hammered for not adequately preparing for a possible air attack.