In the memo Knox reports on a blackout held in Huntsville on December 2. He rates the activities of the staff at the Huntsville Raid Warning Control Center, where he observed the proceedings.
Rodwell reports that "As a whole I think blackout here very successful," though there were several violations "through error" because "The public forgets fast."
The pass, issued by the Alabama State Defense Council in Montgomery, Alabama, allows Moore "to travel on necessary business throughout the state during air raids and blackouts."
The pass, issued by the Alabama State Defense Council in Montgomery, Alabama, allows Moore "to travel on necessary business throughout the state during air raids and blackouts."
The report states that "About 75% of the entire city area under observation was lighted at the time the airplanes flew over the central section of the city."
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