The surprise attack flaunts the specialty of American rifle men in the War of Independence.

美国独立战争期间，突袭战术让步兵们充分施展了自己的专长

The tactic that made America free

昔日让美国获得自由的战术

is now being used against it.

如今却被用在自己身上

We still got planes coming in.

机群仍朝我方飞来

It looks like an awful big flight.

看起来是超大的一群飞机

Okay.

好的

Lieutenant Kermit Tyler.

克米特·泰勒中尉

He knows there is a flight of American B-17s due in today.

他知道有一组美国B-17飞机将于今天抵达

He assumes that's what's on the screen.

他以为屏幕上显示的就是这群飞机

Look, don't worry about it.

别担心

What do you think it is, sir?

长官 你认为这是什么情况

Nothing.

没事

Though radar is invented and used by the British as early as 1935,

虽然，早在1935年英国人就发明了雷达并投入使用

this SCR-270 mobile radar systemwas developed by the US Army,

这个SCR-270移动雷达系统更是由美国陆军自己研发的

but radar is still considered a gadget by the military.

但军方对它却不以为意

There are only five radar trucks to cover the whole of the Hawaiian islands,

整个夏威夷群岛只用了5辆雷达车来覆盖

and they're only manned three hours a day.

每天只派人监守3小时

20 miles.

还有20英里

Radar has another weak point:

雷达还有另一个缺点

It can't see through Hawaii's mountains.

它不能透视夏威夷的群山

The low-flying Japanese squadron vanishes from the screen.

低空飞行的日本空军中队从屏幕上消失了

Shift over, there's nothing more the men can do.

下班了，士兵们也无能为力

McDonald types up his report.

麦克唐纳打出他的报告

Hey, Bob, take a look at this, will you?

鲍勃 来看看这个 好吗

Today,America pays the price for neglecting radar.

这一天美国人为忽视雷达警示付出了沉重的代价

When did this come in?

什么时候发现的