Joseph Lockard Autographs
\nOn the morning of 7 December 1941 the SCR-270 radar at the Opana Radar Site on northern Oahu detected a large number of aircraft approaching from the north. This information was conveyed to Fort Shafter’s Intercept Center. The report was dismissed by Lieutenant Kermit Tyler who assumed that it was a scheduled flight of aircraft from the continental United States. The radar had in fact detected the first wave of Japanese Navy aircraft about to launch the attack on Pearl Harbor.
On 6 December 1941, Private Joseph P. McDonald arrived for his 05:00 shift to relieve his tent mate and fellow staffer, Private Richard Schimmel, at Fort Shafter's Intercept Center. The center served as the tracking center for the US Army Air Corps (USAAC)'s radar monitoring, then a new technology. It utilized five radar systems located across Oahu. For several weeks, Intercept Center staff had been on high alert because military intelligence had not been able to locate the Imperial Japanese Navy's whereabouts. At 04:00 7 December 1941, USAAC radar plotters arrived to operate radars for their scheduled 04:00 to 07:00 shift. After the radar plotters left the Intercept Center at 07:00 to eat breakfast, McDonald remained at his post beyond his 06:00 schedule until his shift replacement, Schimmel, arrived from breakfast.
Also at 04:00 Private Joseph Lockard, a U.S. Army third-class specialist and his colleague, Private George Elliott were manning their truck-mounted SCR-270 radar at the Opana Radar Site. Lockard served as the primary radar station operator; Elliott served as the station's primary plotter and temporary motorman. A third staffer, scheduled to be off-duty between 04:00 and 07:00, served as the station's regular motorman. Since 27 November 1941, Lockard and Elliot staffed the radar from 04:00 to 07:00, a departure from their old 7:00–16:00 schedule. The United States Department of War’s previous warning of a Japanese attack in the Pacific prompted the scheduling change.
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Traded items with a signature of Joseph Lockard
The most expensive item with a signature of Joseph Lockard (Joseph Lockard signed auto World War II Pearl Harbor Radio Operator RARE LOOK!!) was sold in December 2011 for $99.99 while the cheapest item (JOSEPH LOCKARD, 12/7/41 PEARL HARBOR RADAR OPERATOR, SIGNED RADAR IMAGE.) found a new owner for $3.69 in May 2016. The month with the most items sold (4) was December 2011 with an average selling price of $13.42 for an autographed item of Joseph Lockard. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in May 2020 with $67.66 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.69 was May 2016. In average, an autographed item from Joseph Lockard is worth $16.04.
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| Pearl Harbor Radar Operator Joseph Lockard 'Saw Invasion On Scope' Signed Cover | $30.00 | |
