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    1. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017

      Dr. Christian Lambertsen & the Secret Story Behind #SCUBA http://bit.ly/2sYDWJ4  #WorldOceansDay #SCUBADiving #OSS #WWII #OSS75pic.twitter.com/gOfcdTPvI5

      21 replies 242 retweets 537 likes
    2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      Dr. Lambertsen laid groundwork for tech used by: #OSS @NASA @us_navyseals @USArmy #GreenBerets @uscoastguard & all diving enthusiast #OSS75pic.twitter.com/nGGc64h67R

      5 replies 43 retweets 86 likes
    3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA @NASA and

      Christian grew up near coast & studied medicine @RutgersU & @Penn During summer break he experimented w underwater breathing devices. #OSS75

      4 replies 36 retweets 53 likes
    4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      Ohio Chemical & Manufacturing Co hired Christian to use their anesthesia gear to develop an underwater breathing device to save lives #OSS75pic.twitter.com/nY6eldjv9q

      3 replies 36 retweets 68 likes
    5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
      Replying to @CIA

      Christian tested & perfected his device in Lake Erie. With onset of #WWII one of his professors saw its potential for military use. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/azM8SxHC1H

      7 replies 44 retweets 98 likes
      CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017

      Rejected by @USNavy, Christian reconfigured device & presented to Navy, British #SOE & #OSS. He jumped in DC @OmniHotels pool to demo #OSS75pic.twitter.com/pDGnuzCy9G

      2:39 PM - 8 Jun 2017
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      7 replies 36 retweets 87 likes
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        2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          LARU–Lambertsen Amphibious Respirator Unit had carbon dioxide filter allowing diver to re-breath air exhaled while underwater. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/dG888rB8a6

          8 replies 47 retweets 88 likes
        3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Using LARU one could swim @ depth of 50 ft & stay underwater for 90 mins. All without bubbles on surface. Perfect for covert ops. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/2sARNzl6G5

          15 replies 60 retweets 107 likes
        4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Christian graduated from med school in 1943, joined @USArmy & was assigned to #OSS Maritime Unit as lead trainer for underwater ops. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/GI6Es4Ci78

          12 replies 33 retweets 70 likes
        5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Maritime Unit ran: amphibious infiltrations underwater sabotage supplied resistance groups by sea developed special maritime devices #OSS75pic.twitter.com/zoGwo026cG

          7 replies 42 retweets 83 likes
        6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
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          Christian taught #OSS Ops Swim Group (OSG) @NavalAcademy, for sabotage in Bay of Biscay on #DDay Mission was scrapped bc of resources #OSS75pic.twitter.com/6gzreMRQzq

          3 replies 40 retweets 80 likes
        7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          OSGs were eventually split up & deployed to China-Burma-India. Christian went to Burma to conduct underwater infiltration & espionage #OSS75pic.twitter.com/B0tDEl1S8W

          6 replies 44 retweets 82 likes
        8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Christian helped advance British submersible canoe: Sleeping Beauty. Used to conduct clandestine recon & attack enemy vessels. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/vCG9yWW7GZ

          16 replies 60 retweets 131 likes
        9. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
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          Sleeping Beauty #canoe was 12’ 8” long & held 1 navigator who could expect to spend 10 hrs or more in vessel when on a mission #WWII #OSS75pic.twitter.com/ZAhNFHFvHE

          7 replies 39 retweets 81 likes
        10. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Christian trained #OSS swimmers to anchor #canoe near target, swim to target, place demolition charge & swim back to Sleeping Beauty. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/Arz1O6XuzW

          5 replies 49 retweets 109 likes
        11. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          This concept paved the way for the swimmer delivery vehicle used by the @USNavy ’s UDT & @us_navyseals years later. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/ZP7yMUAjEw

          7 replies 39 retweets 96 likes
        12. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA @USNavy @us_navyseals

          1945: #OSS disbanded. 1947: Christian helped @USNavy save UDT from demobilization. UDT was precursor to @us_navyseals. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/R8GeJZxYZU

          6 replies 37 retweets 76 likes
        13. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          1952: Christian wrote a paper for @theNASciences & coined the term "Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus"– #SCUBA. #OSS75

          4 replies 31 retweets 68 likes
        14. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Christian taught @Penn for more than 40 years & continued his work w government, including @NASA & @USNavy through the 2000s. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/swLtYZB6B1

          5 replies 35 retweets 81 likes
        15. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Christian spent his final years on Maryland’s Eastern shore raising cattle, tending to bees & gardens. He died in 2011 at age of 93. #OSS75pic.twitter.com/C9IfmbL5nv

          9 replies 50 retweets 214 likes
        16. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 8 Jun 2017
          Replying to @CIA

          Dr. Lambertsen: Father of Frogmen, inventor, environmentalist, undersea & aerospace pioneer. http://bit.ly/2sYDWJ4  #WorldOceansDay #OSS75pic.twitter.com/jikyeuXw98

          44 replies 70 retweets 245 likes
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