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Description
English: This radr van houses the transmitter, keyer and radar scopes of the 270 DA radar unit of Marine Air Warning Squadron 6 (AWS-6). It is well camoflaged under trees and pretected by sand bags. The station is on top of a hill overlooking the east coast of Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, near Awase Airfield - 6 August 1945.
Date
Source United States National Archives
Author United States Marine Corps

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Captions

SCR-270 radar from Marine Corps AWS-6 during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.

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6 August 1945