Let’s remember when a secret Bainbridge Island radio station intercepted a message to the Japanese embassy, on this day in 1941 (December 7)

I had no idea that this even happened, but it’s super-fascinating!

From HistoryLink and Duane Colt Denfeld:

At 1:28 a.m. on December 7, 1941, a secret United States Navy radio station, Station S, Bainbridge Island, intercepts a message from Tokyo to the Japanese embassy in Washington, D.C. The message instructs the Japanese ambassador to break off ongoing peace negotiations with the United States, but its secret purpose is to alert the ambassador that Japanese forces are poised to attack Pearl Harbor.

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