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1961: While training Cuban exiles for Bay of Pigs invasion, explosive charge he was making burst into flames. https://t.co/LR4oZWY07R #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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Benny then served at CIA HQ & overseas. Jobs included: Intel assistant Ops officer in Europe Senior sabotage-training officer #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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Oct 1946: SSU field personnel were transferred to Central Intelligence Group. Sept 1947: CIG turned into CIA. https://t.co/1Kzltt6tXk #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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After #WWII Benny moved to Strategic Services Unit (#OSS successor) & recruited & managed agents in Asia. https://t.co/gXSyrARTiy #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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Benny also taught Italian partisans weapons & demolitions. He was awarded the Bronze Star & Bronze Arrowhead. #WWII… https://t.co/0P3EBRaYfb — PolitiTweet.org

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At airstrip behind enemy lines, Benny was in charge of evacuating 2000+ downed Allied airmen, political escapees, & partisans. #WWII #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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After serving in Egypt, Benny parachuted into German-occupied Yugoslavia with a group of Marshal Tito’s partisans.… https://t.co/jwSZQe9l38 — PolitiTweet.org

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A native of Eagle Bend, Minnesota, Benny studied chemistry & math @HamlineU before joining the @USArmy in 1942 & OSS in 1943. #OSS75 — PolitiTweet.org

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Nels “Benny” Benson’s #WWII #OSS service made him an expert in sabotage, special warfare & counterinsurgency.… https://t.co/m4OC7dHocH — PolitiTweet.org

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Dr. Lambertsen: Father of Frogmen, inventor, environmentalist, undersea & aerospace pioneer.… https://t.co/BtVDcqM1DR — PolitiTweet.org

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Christian spent his final years on Maryland’s Eastern shore raising cattle, tending to bees & gardens. He died in 2… https://t.co/2IVPUiHHPf — PolitiTweet.org

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Christian taught @Penn for more than 40 years & continued his work w government, including @NASA & @USNavy through… https://t.co/LsEZZ3hZMp — PolitiTweet.org

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

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@USNavy @us_navyseals 1945: #OSS disbanded. 1947: Christian helped @USNavy save UDT from demobilization. UDT was pr… https://t.co/ofZGOrqIsL — PolitiTweet.org

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This concept paved the way for the swimmer delivery vehicle used by the @USNavy ’s UDT & @us_navyseals years later.… https://t.co/tmBoROEsfB — PolitiTweet.org

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Christian trained #OSS swimmers to anchor #canoe near target, swim to target, place demolition charge & swim back t… https://t.co/vLfqJI1vEN — PolitiTweet.org

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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 o… https://t.co/GJnY4zzMXV — PolitiTweet.org

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Christian helped advance British submersible canoe: Sleeping Beauty. Used to conduct clandestine recon & attack ene… https://t.co/qNYLaGvVoY — PolitiTweet.org

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OSGs were eventually split up & deployed to China-Burma-India. Christian went to Burma to conduct underwater infilt… https://t.co/ypXzxP699K — PolitiTweet.org

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Christian taught #OSS Ops Swim Group (OSG) @NavalAcademy, for sabotage in Bay of Biscay on #DDay Mission was scrapp… https://t.co/I4sg31r1ty — PolitiTweet.org

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Maritime Unit ran: amphibious infiltrations underwater sabotage supplied resistance groups by sea developed special… https://t.co/GOrl60pBep — PolitiTweet.org

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Christian graduated from med school in 1943, joined @USArmy & was assigned to #OSS Maritime Unit as lead trainer fo… https://t.co/rAFfNDbwV7 — PolitiTweet.org

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Using LARU one could swim @ depth of 50 ft & stay underwater for 90 mins. All without bubbles on surface. Perfect f… https://t.co/r2G74kTGgk — PolitiTweet.org

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LARU–Lambertsen Amphibious Respirator Unit had carbon dioxide filter allowing diver to re-breath air exhaled while… https://t.co/AtznjEyqT6 — PolitiTweet.org

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Rejected by @USNavy, Christian reconfigured device & presented to Navy, British #SOE & #OSS. He jumped in DC… https://t.co/rGo0TbdF2T — PolitiTweet.org

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Christian tested & perfected his device in Lake Erie. With onset of #WWII one of his professors saw its potential f… https://t.co/sga3E5EjMk — PolitiTweet.org

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Ohio Chemical & Manufacturing Co hired Christian to use their anesthesia gear to develop an underwater breathing de… https://t.co/wYjPUYzMHc — PolitiTweet.org

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@NASA @us_navyseals @USArmy @uscoastguard Christian grew up near coast & studied medicine @RutgersU & @Penn During… https://t.co/HzVcFDSBlD — PolitiTweet.org

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Dr. Lambertsen laid groundwork for tech used by: #OSS @NASA @us_navyseals @USArmy #GreenBerets @uscoastguard & all… https://t.co/CCcnHH9WyV — PolitiTweet.org

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Dr. Christian Lambertsen & the Secret Story Behind #SCUBA https://t.co/Wa4YSOXYEu #WorldOceansDay #SCUBADiving… https://t.co/aQ6O3VHjYq — PolitiTweet.org