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FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS

All key personnel provided written accounts or interviews about the feat itself, the work that led up to it, and the publicity that followed, including both technical details and personal narratives.

Contemporary accounts
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DeWitt, Lt. Col. John. Radio to the Moon. Radio Craft, April 1946, pp. 464, 501-503.

DeWitt, John H. Jr. & Stodola, E.K. Detection of Radio Signals Reflected from the Moon. Proceedings of the I.R.E., March, 1949, pp. 229-241.

Kauffman, Herbert. A DX Record: To the Moon and Back - How the Moon-Radar Feat was Accomplished. QST, May 1946, pp. 65-68.

Mofenson, Jack. Radar Echoes From the Moon. Electronics, A McGraw Hill Publication, April 1946, pp.  92ff.


Webb, Harold D.,  PROJECT DIANA - Army Radar Contacts the Moon. Sky and Telescope, no 54, April, 1946, pp 3-6.


WOR Radio Broadcast of an interview with the Project Diana Team [TBA] (including replication of the moon shot). January, 1946.

Later reflections

​McAfee, Walter. "No Short Climb," a 58-minute documentary that 
combines personal memoir with archival footage, still photography, and graphics, to present a firsthand account that includes reflections on his association with Project Diana. Available in the InfoAge Store.

Stodola, E. King. Oral History Interview by his daughter (excerpt), conducted October 2-4, 1979.