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The single radar blip that gave Dutch Harbor four minutes to fire
A lone radar blip gave Dutch Harbor four minutes to man guns as Japanese Zeros and bombers loomed over the Aleutian outpost.
The single radar blip that gave Dutch Harbor four minutes to fire
In this episode, we reconstruct the moments before and during the June 3, 1942 attack on Dutch Harbor, tracing how a single radar set, coastal guns, and exhausted crews responded to incoming Japanese fighters and bombers. What did those four minutes mean for the garrison, the Aleut people, and the wider Pacific campaign?
Date: June 3, 1942
Location: Dutch Harbor, Amaknak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska…
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