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Construction of [http://www.fortwiki.com/Cape_Meares_WWII_Radar_Site Radar Station B-25] began in 1942 by the U.S. Army on the Oregon Coast at Cape Meares. Located above [[Short Beach]], it was part of a series of radar installations intended to provide an early warning of attack by Japanese aircraft against the west coast of the United States in the aftermath of the [https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-attu Japanese capture of the islands of Attu and Kiska] in the Aleutian archipelago. | Construction of [http://www.fortwiki.com/Cape_Meares_WWII_Radar_Site Radar Station B-25] began in 1942 by the U.S. Army on the Oregon Coast at Cape Meares. Located above [[Short Beach]], it was part of a series of radar installations intended to provide an early warning of attack by Japanese aircraft against the west coast of the United States in the aftermath of the [https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-attu Japanese capture of the islands of Attu and Kiska] in the Aleutian archipelago. | ||
{{#spoiler:<p>The body of [[Harry Pond]] was found on Short Beach, not far from the planned radar station site, though long before actual construction of the station itself began<ref>[[Tillamook Guerillas]]</ref>. By the time of Harry's death, only surveying and some initial infrastructure work was underway. Some people in the Tillamook Bay region, arguably among the more fraught and imaginative, suggested he was killed by Japanese commandos who came ashore from a submarine to scout the area in anticipation of invasion.</p>}} | {{#spoiler:<p>The body of [[Harry Pond]] was found on Short Beach, not far from the planned radar station site, though long before actual construction of the station itself began<ref>[[Tillamook Guerillas]]</ref>. By the time of Harry's death, only surveying and some initial infrastructure work was underway. Some people in the Tillamook Bay region, arguably among the more fraught and imaginative, suggested he was killed by Japanese commandos who came ashore from a submarine to scout the area in anticipation of invasion.</p><p>The radar station itself was never explicitly named in the novel.}} | ||
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Revision as of 07:33, 8 January 2022
Radar Station B-25 is a location in the Eden Pond Series.
Details
Construction of Radar Station B-25 began in 1942 by the U.S. Army on the Oregon Coast at Cape Meares. Located above Short Beach, it was part of a series of radar installations intended to provide an early warning of attack by Japanese aircraft against the west coast of the United States in the aftermath of the Japanese capture of the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutian archipelago.
Appearances
- Tillamook Guerillas (inferred)
- Women's Air Service