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Wayback

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RIP Kermit Tyler, 96, Pearl Harbor officer didn't act on radar warning
« on: February 25, 2010, 10:24:06 PM »
Kermit A. Tyler dies at 96; officer didn't act on radar warning about Pearl Harbor raid.
He told radar operators 'Don't worry about it' after they reported an unusually large 'blip' on their screen.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-kermit-tyler25-2010feb25,0,707205.story
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Re: RIP Kermit Tyler, 96, Pearl Harbor officer didn't act on radar warning
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2010, 10:37:14 PM »
Quote from: Wayback on February 25, 2010, 10:24:06 PM
Kermit A. Tyler dies at 96; officer didn't act on radar warning about Pearl Harbor raid.
He told radar operators 'Don't worry about it' after they reported an unusually large 'blip' on their screen.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-kermit-tyler25-2010feb25,0,707205.story

One of the bigger "oopses" in our country's history.
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Re: RIP Kermit Tyler, 96, Pearl Harbor officer didn't act on radar warning
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2010, 10:45:21 PM »
Quote from: urth on February 25, 2010, 10:37:14 PM
Quote from: Wayback on February 25, 2010, 10:24:06 PM
Kermit A. Tyler dies at 96; officer didn't act on radar warning about Pearl Harbor raid.
He told radar operators 'Don't worry about it' after they reported an unusually large 'blip' on their screen.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-kermit-tyler25-2010feb25,0,707205.story

One of the bigger "oopses" in our country's history.

"I wake up at nights sometimes and think about it," Tyler said in a 2007 interview with the Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. "But I don't feel guilty. I did all I could that morning."

hmm, sounds like he does did feel guilty.
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