Sources

Articles, Thesis and other Papers

A Tale of Two Crises; Dr. Harold A. Zahl, Signal, December 1970
D-Day June 6th, 1944, Antiaircraft Artillerymen Fight Their Way Off the Invasion Beaches; Col. E. Paul Semmens, Air Defense Artillery Magazine
Distant Early Warning Line Radars: The Quest for Automatic Signal Detection
; F. Robert Naka and William W. Ward, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal Volume 12, Number 2, 2000
Early Warnings: The Mystery of Radar in Hawaii; Harry A. Butowsky
Employment of Radar by XV Corps Artillery; BrigGen Edward S. Ott, USA , Coast Artillery Journal, July-August ‘46
Eyes in the Night; Sgt Bill Murray, Marine Corps Gazette May, 1946
Jury Rigs for Radar; Capt Charles H. Beale, Jr.
Lightweight Counter-Mortar Radar; Scott R. Gourley
Marines Had Radar Too; LtCol H. B. Meek, Marine Corps. Gazette October 1945
Radar; Lt. Col Harold A. Zahl and Major John W. Marchetti, Electronics January 1946
Radar Archives at the InfoAge Science-History Center at Camp Evans - http://www.infoage.org/zahl-arch.html
SCR-268, The; Electronics September 1945
Signal Aircraft Warning battalions in the Southwest Pacific in World War II. Air Power History Fall, 2004
Tactical Radars for Ground Surveillance; Thomas G. Bryant, Gerald B. Morse, Leslie M. Novak, and John C. Henry, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal Volume 12, Number 2, 2000
TPS-43 Improvements Tested; Philip J. Klass, Aviation Week 18 August 1980
US Army Air Defense Digest, 1972

Books

A Race on the Edge of Time, Radar - The Decisive Weapon of World War II; David E. Fisher
Codeword Dictionary;
Paul Adkins
Great Detective, The
; Wesley W. Stout
History of Engineering & Science in the Bell System, A; M.D. Fagen, Editor
Instruments of Darkness, The History of Electronic Warfare
; Alfred Price
Invention That Changed The World; Robert Buderi
Life of Stuart O. Van Slyke, The An Autobiography Book One;
Stuart O. Van Slyke
Men and Volts at War
; John Anderson Miller
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Technology in the National interest; Eva C. Freeman
Q.E.D. M.I.T. in World War II; John Burchard
Radar and Other Electronic Inventions;
Frank Ross, Jr.
Radar Days;
E. G. Bowen
Radar Development in Canada: The Radio Branch of the National
Radar What It Is and How It Works;
Orrin E. Dunlap, Jr.
Research Council of Canada 1939-1946
; W.E. Knowles Middleton
Scientists Against Time; James Phinney Baxter III
Technical and Military Imperatives, A Radar History of World War II; Louis Brown
Tuxedo Park; Jennet Conant

Brochures

Air Traffic Control; ITT Industries, Gilfillan Division
Air Traffic Navigation, Integration and Coordination System ATNAVICS (AN/TPN-31); Raytheon
AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel; Thales Raytheon Systems
AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder Weapon Locating System; Thales Raytheon Systems
AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder Weapon Locating System; Thales Raytheon Systems
AN/TPS-43E Tactical Radar System; Westinghouse/Northrop Grumman
AN/TPS-59(V)3 Tactical Missile Defense Radar; Lockheed Martin
AN/TPS-63 Ground Theater Air Control System; US Dynamics Corp.
AN/TPS-77 Transportable Radar; Lockheed Martin
AN/TPS-78 Solid-State Radar Family; Northrop Grumman
DAR Defense Acquisition Radar; Westinghouse/Northrop Grumman
Firefinder AN/TPS-36(V) 8; Northrop Grumman
Land Based Phalanx Weapon System; Raytheon
Master-A 3D Multi-Function Air Defense Radar; Thales Raytheon Systems
Master-M Long Range Infrastructure 3D Surveillance Radar; Thales Raytheon Systems
Master-S Intermediate Range Tactical 3D Surveillance Air Defense Radar; Thales Raytheon Systems
Master-T Long Range Tactical 3D Surveillance Radar; Thales Raytheon Systems
RAC Intermediate Range Tactical 3D Surveillance Radar; Thales Raytheon systems
Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar (ROTHR) For Homeland Security; Raytheon
Silent Sentry; Lockheed Martin
Threat Radar Simulators; DRS Training & Control Systems Inc., DRS Technologies

Commentaries

AC&W Organizations, Pre 1952; Gene C. Smith
Letters from Colonel Henry Byrd, (Ret)
Radar Bomb Scoring; Don Ross
AN/TPS-22 Radar; Ken Smith

Government Documents
Books, Letters, Manuscripts & Reports

AAF Air Defense Activities In The Mediterranean 1942 – 20 Sept. 1944; USAF Historical Division,   Air University 1954
Activation of Tactical Control Units; National Guard Bureau Letter dated 20 May, 1971
Air Base Defense In The Republic Of Vietnam 1961 – 1973; Roger P. Fox
Air Defense Artillery Employment FM 44-2 (June 1966 ); US Army
Air Defense Employment FM 44-1 (October 1965);
US Army
Aircraft Warning Warning Service FM 11-25 (3 August 1942);
US Army
An Introduction to Impulse Radar; Merrill I. Skolnik
AN/MPS-11 Technical Manual;
USAF
Anti-Aircraft Artillery Operations 6th Army;
US Army
Antiaircraft Command and Center, Study No. 26;
Historical Section Army Ground Forces
Army Air Forces in the War against Japan 1941 -1942; Army Air Force Historical Study #34
Battlefield Radars in the 21st Century Army; Colonel Jesse L. Barber, United States Army
Cold War Infrastructure For Air Defense: The Fighter And Command Missions
; Headquarters, Air Combat Command Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, November 1999
Deflating British Radar Myths of World War II; Major Gregory C. Clark
Development of Tactical Doctrines at AAFSAT and AAFTAC;
Army Air Force Historical Study #13
FM 6-162, Radar Set AN/TPS-25, 1962;
Headquarters, Department of the Army
Handbook of Air Defense Organization 1946 to 1980
; Lloyd H. Cornett, Jr. and Mildred W. Johnson
Historical Summary Radar Bomb Scoring 1945 - 1983; Office of History 1st Combat Evaluation Group Barksdale AFB, Louisiana 09 November 1983
History of the Signal Corps Development of U.S. Army Radar Equipment; Historical Section, Signal Corps
Operations Instructions No. 74, Mindoro, 13 Oct 1944;
General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area
Oregon Air National Guard 1941 - 1991, A Commemorative History
; Oregon Air National Guard
Organization of the Army Air Arm; USAF Historical Studies #10
Project CHECO - The Fall of Site 85, 9 August 1968; HQ PACAF
Redesignation, Realignment, Activations, and Inactivations of ANG Tactical Control Units; National Guard Bureau Letter dated 20 August, 1971
Signal Section Air Service Command, VHF Fighter Control Equipment Handbook, Air Service Command, 5 October 1943
TM 11-487C, Directory of Signal Corps Equipments, Ground Radar and Recognition Equipment; Department of the Army, January 1951
Searching the Skies; Headquarters Air Combat Command June 1997
United States Air Force and its Antecedents Published and Printed Unit Histories; James T. Controvich
United States Air Force In Korea 1950-1953, The; Robert F. Futrell
USAF in Korea Campaigns, Units, and Stations 1950-1953, The; Organizational History Branch Air Force Historical Research Agency, Judy G. Endicott, Editor
US Army in World War II, The Signal Corps: The Emergency; US Army
US Army in World War II, The Signal Corps: The Outcome; US Army
US Army in World War II, The Signal Corps: The Test; US Army
US Army in World War II, The War in the Pacific, Okinawa: The Last Battle; US Army

Microfilm

Unit History 526th AC&WG; US Army (USAF Historical Research Center)
Unit History 527th AC&WG; US Army (USAF Historical Research Center)
Unit History 529th AC&WG; US Army (USAF Historical Research Center)
Unit History 658th AC&WG; US Army (USAF Historical Research Center)
Unit History 613rd AC&WS; K0370.pdf; US Army (USAF Historical Research Center)
Unit History 582nd SAW Bn.; E011652-multi.pdf; US Army (USAF Historical Research Center)
Unit History 583rd SAW Bn.; E011652-multi.pdf; US Army (USAF Historical Research Center)

Newspaper Articles

Wilmington Expert Discloses Jap Rescue Setup Ineffective; Duane Hennessey, Wilmington News

Electronic Documents and Sources

1st Combat Evaluation Group; Link 1, Link 2
108/642 AC&W; Link
Battery "A", 137 Anti-Aircraft Artillery GunBn.
Link
Air National Guard Korean War Mobilizations
; Air National Guard History Online;  Web site: Link
Berlin Crisis Mobilizations; Air National Guard History Online;  Web site: Link
Condition Red: Marine Defense Battalions in WWII; Major Charles D. Melson; Web Site: Link
FROM SHANGHAI TO CORREGIDOR: Marines in the Defense of the Philippines;
J. Michael Miller
History of the 615th AC&W Squadron
; Department of the Air Force, Air Force historical Research agency
Introduction To Radar Technology; Public Domain
Lashup; Air National Guard History Online
Lima 85; Web Site Link
Marine Corps History; Web site: Link
McDowell Grove Forest Preserve
; Web Site: Link
MPN-14 ASR/PAR Mobile Radar; Link
Radar Archives at the InfoAge Science-History Center at Camp Evans - http://www.infoage.org/zahl-arch.html
Radar in WW II; compiled by Larry Belmont; Web site: Link
SCR-584, Radar Tribute Page; Steve Bragg KA9MVA; Web site: Link
Wizard War: WW2 and The Origins Of Radar, The; Public Domain

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