Days of Infamy by Newt Gingrich

Author:Newt Gingrich [Gingrich, Newt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-312-36351-2
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2008-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Hickam Army Air Force Base

December 8, 1941

13:45 hrs local time

“CQ, CQ, CQ. This is Kilowatt Two, George Easy Charlie, broadcasting out of Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.”

James Watson was stretched out on the concrete floor, resting on a wool blanket, half dozing.

A crowd was gathered around Joe and the multiband rig he had just finished installing in the only hangar on the base that had survived the air strikes and naval bombardment.

“CQ, CQ, CQ …”

Joe began his call again, tweaking the dial slightly, on to a frequency the army operators told him was always monitored out of the naval base at Mare Island and the Presidio in San Francisco.

He sat back, looking up at the aerial rig running up to a hole blown through the ceiling. Out on the roof some young sailors had cobbled together an antenna.

Farther down the table two more short-range radios were already up and running, one for guiding in air traffic, the other for general purpose monitoring of naval ship-to-shore transmissions. A noisy diesel generator outside was providing the power.

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