Pearl Harbor attack first reported by Alaska short wave radio operator

Though the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii killed more than 2,400 people, sank the USS Arizona and marked the U.S. entry into World War II, history has all but forgotten Alaskan Augie Hiebert's unique role in the events of Dec. 7, 1941.

Hiebert's daughter Robin A. Chlupach of Willow preserved the story in her 1992 book "Airwaves over Alaska: Story of Pioneer Broadcaster Augie Hiebert."
And the story is also part of the U.S. Senate Congressional record from June 26, 2003, when Hiebert's actions were commended by the U.S. Senate.

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