Lt. John O. Lambrecht - Revision history

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	* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Lambrecht%27s_Report.html Lambrecht's Report.]		* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Lambrecht%27s_Report.html Lambrecht's Report.]
	* [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,253.0.html Forum discussion of the Lambrecht search.]		* [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,253.0.html Forum discussion of the Lambrecht search.]
			* [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Letters/LambrechtGoerner.pdf Lambrech-Goerner Letter.]

	== The observers ==		== The observers ==

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	But it seems that there actually was an earlier marriage for John Lambrecht that did not last long, perhaps ending in divorce. A [http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/pay_1935/articles_1935_02_00000.html New York Times article in February 1935] has this headline: “MISS JEAN BRICE WED TO AVIATOR OF NAVY; Marriage to Lient. John Osgood Lambrecht Took Place on Saturday in Palm Beach.” At that time, Lambrecht was serving as a flight instructor at Pensacola. One can imagine the dashing aviator meeting a young woman of high society during his time in Florida, one whose family rated an item in a New York newspaper, and then that marriage not lasting for very long.		But it seems that there actually was an earlier marriage for John Lambrecht that did not last long, perhaps ending in divorce. A [http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/pay_1935/articles_1935_02_00000.html New York Times article in February 1935] has this headline: “MISS JEAN BRICE WED TO AVIATOR OF NAVY; Marriage to Lient. John Osgood Lambrecht Took Place on Saturday in Palm Beach.” At that time, Lambrecht was serving as a flight instructor at Pensacola. One can imagine the dashing aviator meeting a young woman of high society during his time in Florida, one whose family rated an item in a New York newspaper, and then that marriage not lasting for very long.

	=== Naval Career ===		=== Family and Naval Career ===

	John Lambrecht was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, class of 1925. In the school’s [http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/United_States_Naval_Academy_Lucky_Bag_Yearbook/1925/Page_67.html 1925 yearbook] he is shown as hailing from Viola, Wisconsin, and being called by his fellow cadets “Chink,” “John,” and “Osgood.” That narrative implies that he also had lived in both Illinois and Michigan. (His grave marker at Arlington lists Michigan as his home.) There are intimations that he became a fashionable dresser and ladies’ man, as well as a participant in the Academy’s boxing program, and was someone quite intent on making his mark with a naval career.		John Lambrecht was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, class of 1925. In the school’s [http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/United_States_Naval_Academy_Lucky_Bag_Yearbook/1925/Page_67.html 1925 yearbook] he is shown as hailing from Viola, Wisconsin, and being called by his fellow cadets “Chink,” “John,” and “Osgood.” That narrative implies that he also had lived in both Illinois and Michigan. (His grave marker at Arlington lists Michigan as his home.) There are intimations that he became a fashionable dresser and ladies’ man, as well as a participant in the Academy’s boxing program, and was someone quite intent on making his mark with a naval career.

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	Internet searching reveals that there was a Congregational minister in Viola, Wisconsin, at the time of John’s studies at the academy who was named John Lambrecht, and that this man had also served congregations in [http://books.google.com/books?id=-rTRAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA10-PA47&lpg=RA10-PA47&dq=john-lambrecht+viola+wisconsin&source=bl&ots=BdzrDK3e8W&sig=Eek6-ydv4lBHs9yqM8AHKuS7t0o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=23TST-KoFoWI6QHK0vmMAw&ved=0CIoCEOgBMAE#v=onepage&q=john-lambrecht%20viola%20wisconsin&f=false Illinois] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=i2nnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA51&dq=john-lambrecht+congregational+michigan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F3fST9z2IMPL0QGYzNSRAw&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=lambrecht&f=false Michigan.] Perhaps the “English Walkers and that cute little blue suit” John Osgood Lambrecht arrived at the Academy wearing were stereotypical of a pastor’s son.		Internet searching reveals that there was a Congregational minister in Viola, Wisconsin, at the time of John’s studies at the academy who was named John Lambrecht, and that this man had also served congregations in [http://books.google.com/books?id=-rTRAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA10-PA47&lpg=RA10-PA47&dq=john-lambrecht+viola+wisconsin&source=bl&ots=BdzrDK3e8W&sig=Eek6-ydv4lBHs9yqM8AHKuS7t0o&hl=en&sa=X&ei=23TST-KoFoWI6QHK0vmMAw&ved=0CIoCEOgBMAE#v=onepage&q=john-lambrecht%20viola%20wisconsin&f=false Illinois] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=i2nnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA51&dq=john-lambrecht+congregational+michigan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F3fST9z2IMPL0QGYzNSRAw&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=lambrecht&f=false Michigan.] Perhaps the “English Walkers and that cute little blue suit” John Osgood Lambrecht arrived at the Academy wearing were stereotypical of a pastor’s son.

			In [http://genforum.genealogy.com/lambrecht/messages/72.html another posting] on the genealogic website devoted to the Lambrecht surname, Annette Blum in 2009 reveals more about the family of John Osgood Lambrecht, including that his brother (Peter D. Lambrecht) was a Marine Corps aviator, and that there were “two or three other brothers. One was shot down over China. ''[COL Peter Donald Lambrecht, USMC, disappeared on a mission over Korea in 1952.]''<ref>[http://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_project_remembrance_search_6.html?key=16739 Korean War "Project Remembrance."]</ref> Their father was a minister (Presbyterian or Congregational, I think) in Michigan, but I don't know where.” She was responding to another person named John Marsh, who subsequently [http://genforum.genealogy.com/lambrecht/messages/77.html identified himself] as being from Marshall, Michigan, and “the grandson of John Osgood Lambrecht's uncle, Lawrence Wesley Marsh.” Another person [http://genforum.genealogy.com/lambrecht/messages/78.html posted a response,] identifying John O. Lambrecht’s parents as “John Lambrecht(1870-1939) and Nettie Marsh.”

	In the final months of World War II in the Pacific, having attained the rank of Captain, Lambrecht assumed command of the small aircraft carrier USS ''Makassar Strait''. After the war, he was transferred to the East Coast, doing staff work at the Pentagon and for the Atlantic Fleet. In July 1951 Captain Lambrecht began a year-long command of the aircraft carrier USS ''Oriskany''.		In the final months of World War II in the Pacific, having attained the rank of Captain, Lambrecht assumed command of the small aircraft carrier USS ''Makassar Strait''. After the war, he was transferred to the East Coast, doing staff work at the Pentagon and for the Atlantic Fleet. In July 1951 Captain Lambrecht began a year-long command of the aircraft carrier USS ''Oriskany''.

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	Lambrecht is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, not far from the Tomb of the Unknowns. ~~He died in 1972, two days short of his 69th birthday. His wife, Elizabeth, survived him and is buried in the same grave, which is located in Section 35, Site 2776.~~ He died in 1972, two days short of his 69th birthday. His wife, Elizabeth, survived him and is buried in the same grave, which is located in Section 35, Site 2776.<ref>Photographs of the Lambrecht grave marker (front and back) were taken by Bruce Thomas on 1 June 2012. The back side shows the information about his wife Elizabeth, including the location information about section and site within Arlington National Cemetery.</ref>		Lambrecht is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, not far from the Tomb of the Unknowns. He died in 1972, two days short of his 69th birthday. His wife, Elizabeth, survived him and is buried in the same grave, which is located in Section 35, Site 2776.<ref>Photographs of the Lambrecht grave marker (front and back) were taken by Bruce Thomas on 1 June 2012. The back side shows the information about his wife Elizabeth, including the location information about section and site within Arlington National Cemetery.</ref>

	=== Marriages ===		=== Marriages ===

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	"Two were regular enlisted observers and one was the ship's Assisstant 1st Lt. and Damage Control Officer. The 'trained observers' were not trained in aerial searching. The mission of the battleship's planes was to act as forward observers to adjust the fire of the big guns."<ref>[[Ric Gillespie]], [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,164.msg1156.html#msg1156 Forum.]</ref>		"Two were regular enlisted observers and one was the ship's Assisstant 1st Lt. and Damage Control Officer. The 'trained observers' were not trained in aerial searching. The mission of the battleship's planes was to act as forward observers to adjust the fire of the big guns."<ref>[[Ric Gillespie]], [http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,164.msg1156.html#msg1156 Forum.]</ref>

	On July 9, the observers were: Seaman 1st Class J. L. Marks with Lt. Lambrecht; Radioman 3rd Class Williamson with Lt. j.g. Fox; Lt. Charles F. Chillingworth with Lt. j.g. Short.<ref>(''[[Finding Amelia]]'', p. 205, and the deck log of ''[[Colorado]]'' for July 9).</ref>		On July 9, the observers were: Seaman 1st Class J. L. Marks with Lt. Lambrecht; Radioman 3rd Class Williamson with Lt. j.g. Fox; Lt. Charles F. Chillingworth with Lt. j.g. Short.<ref>''[[Finding Amelia]]'', p. 205, and the deck log of ''[[Colorado]]'' for July 9.</ref>

	== The planes ==		== The planes ==

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	In 2009, on a [http://genforum.genealogy.com/lambrecht/messages/70.html genealogy website,] a person identified as Annette Blum responds to an inquiry about John Osgood Lambrecht. She writes that John was married twice, and that she is the granddaughter of Lambrecht’s first wife (who had a daughter by a previous marriage):		In 2009, on a [http://genforum.genealogy.com/lambrecht/messages/70.html genealogy website,] a person identified as Annette Blum responds to an inquiry about John Osgood Lambrecht. She writes that John was married twice, and that she is the granddaughter of Lambrecht’s first wife (who had a daughter by a previous marriage):

	: Unfortunately, Captain Lambrecht had no direct descendants. However, he married twice, formally adopting my mother in 1938, who was the child of my widowed grandmother at the time. After my grandmother's death in 1951, he remarried in 1954, and his second wife's younger daughter (from a previous marriage) is still alive and has a scrapbook that her mother compiled. I have seen the scrapbook which contains a letter, written later to a friend, in which he expresses some of his thoughts on the search. I cannot recall the exact nature of his opinions and my step-aunt lives far away, but if I run across it I will try to remember to post it.		: Unfortunately, Captain Lambrecht had no direct descendants. However, he married twice, formally adopting my mother in 1938, who was the child of my widowed grandmother at the time. After my grandmother's death in 1951, he remarried in 1954, and his second wife's younger daughter (from a previous marriage) is still alive and has a scrapbook that her mother compiled. I have seen the scrapbook which contains a letter, written later to a friend, in which he expresses some of his thoughts on the search. I cannot recall the exact nature of his opinions and my step-aunt lives far away, but if I run across it I will try to remember to post it.<ref>It seems likely that Blum is talking about the [http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Letters/LambrechtGoerner.pdf letter that Lambrecht sent to Fred Goerner,] not long before Lambrecht's death in 1972.</ref>

	: As I go through the papers and letters in my mother's house (she died in 2006) I am finding more and more stuff pertaining to Captain Lambrecht. Should anyone know of any of his collateral family members, I would be pleased to be in touch. He came from a large family, but I don't know if there are any descendants in my generation.		: As I go through the papers and letters in my mother's house (she died in 2006) I am finding more and more stuff pertaining to Captain Lambrecht. Should anyone know of any of his collateral family members, I would be pleased to be in touch. He came from a large family, but I don't know if there are any descendants in my generation.

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	A short biography of [http://www.ussoriskany.com/id21.html John Osgood Lambrecht] that was published in the ship’s cruisebook can be found on a website devoted to the history of that vessel:		A short biography of [http://www.ussoriskany.com/id21.html John Osgood Lambrecht] that was published in the ship’s cruisebook can be found on a website devoted to the history of that vessel:

	; CAPTAIN JOHN OSGOOD LAMBRECHT USN, JULY 1951-JULY 1952		:; CAPTAIN JOHN OSGOOD LAMBRECHT USN, JULY 1951-JULY 1952

	: Captain John O. Lambrecht USN took command of the ''Oriskany'' at Izmir for the second half of the cruise, relieving Captain Percy Lyon USN on Thursday, July 26, 1951. Captain Lambrecht came to the ''Oriskany'' from the National War College in Washington. Previously he had had wide experience in highly responsible naval assignments. A member of the Annapolis Class of 1925, he first served in engineering and gunnery on the battleship ''PENNSYLVANIA'' and in the Far East. In 1930 he took flight training at San Diego and Pensacola. By 1934 he served as an instructor at Pensacola. After that he spent more than 3 years as an air officer in Asiatic waters. Just before Pearl Harbor he went to Corpus Christi as Operations Officer, leaving that assignment just after he made Captain in July 1943. He became Chief of Staff, ComCarDiv 11, Pacific Fleet. Then he was ordered to NAB Manus as Commandant. In July 1945 he took command of the aircraft carrier ''MAKASSAR STRAIT''. The next year he was assigned to OpNav as Assistant Chief, Committees (Aviation), General Planning Group. In February 1948, Captain Lambrecht joined the Staff, Commander In Chief, US Atlantic Fleet, staying until August 1950. He was Assistant Chief for Plans, and Assistant to the US Representative to the North Atlantic Ocean Regional Group. From there he moved to the National War College, before coming to the ''Oriskany''.		:: Captain John O. Lambrecht USN took command of the ''Oriskany'' at Izmir for the second half of the cruise, relieving Captain Percy Lyon USN on Thursday, July 26, 1951. Captain Lambrecht came to the ''Oriskany'' from the National War College in Washington. Previously he had had wide experience in highly responsible naval assignments. A member of the Annapolis Class of 1925, he first served in engineering and gunnery on the battleship ''PENNSYLVANIA'' and in the Far East. In 1930 he took flight training at San Diego and Pensacola. By 1934 he served as an instructor at Pensacola. After that he spent more than 3 years as an air officer in Asiatic waters. Just before Pearl Harbor he went to Corpus Christi as Operations Officer, leaving that assignment just after he made Captain in July 1943. He became Chief of Staff, ComCarDiv 11, Pacific Fleet. Then he was ordered to NAB Manus as Commandant. In July 1945 he took command of the aircraft carrier ''MAKASSAR STRAIT''. The next year he was assigned to OpNav as Assistant Chief, Committees (Aviation), General Planning Group. In February 1948, Captain Lambrecht joined the Staff, Commander In Chief, US Atlantic Fleet, staying until August 1950. He was Assistant Chief for Plans, and Assistant to the US Representative to the North Atlantic Ocean Regional Group. From there he moved to the National War College, before coming to the ''Oriskany''.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	But it seems that there actually was an earlier marriage for John Lambrecht that did not last long, perhaps ending in divorce. A [http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/pay_1935/articles_1935_02_00000.html New York Times article in February 1935] has this headline: “MISS JEAN BRICE WED TO AVIATOR OF NAVY; Marriage to Lient. John Osgood Lambrecht Took Place on Saturday in Palm Beach.” At that time, Lambrecht was serving as a flight instructor at Pensacola. One can imagine the dashing aviator meeting a young woman of high society during his time in Florida, one whose family rated an item in a New York newspaper, and then that marriage not lasting for very long.		But it seems that there actually was an earlier marriage for John Lambrecht that did not last long, perhaps ending in divorce. A [http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/pay_1935/articles_1935_02_00000.html New York Times article in February 1935] has this headline: “MISS JEAN BRICE WED TO AVIATOR OF NAVY; Marriage to Lient. John Osgood Lambrecht Took Place on Saturday in Palm Beach.” At that time, Lambrecht was serving as a flight instructor at Pensacola. One can imagine the dashing aviator meeting a young woman of high society during his time in Florida, one whose family rated an item in a New York newspaper, and then that marriage not lasting for very long.

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	John Lambrecht was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, class of 1925. In the school’s [http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/United_States_Naval_Academy_Lucky_Bag_Yearbook/1925/Page_67.html 1925 yearbook] he is shown as hailing from Viola, Wisconsin, and being called by his fellow cadets “Chink,” “John,” and “Osgood.” That narrative implies that he also had lived in both Illinois and Michigan. (His grave marker at Arlington lists Michigan as his home.) There are intimations that he became a fashionable dresser and ladies’ man, as well as a participant in the Academy’s boxing program, and was someone quite intent on making his mark with a naval career.		John Lambrecht was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, class of 1925. In the school’s [http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/United_States_Naval_Academy_Lucky_Bag_Yearbook/1925/Page_67.html 1925 yearbook] he is shown as hailing from Viola, Wisconsin, and being called by his fellow cadets “Chink,” “John,” and “Osgood.” That narrative implies that he also had lived in both Illinois and Michigan. (His grave marker at Arlington lists Michigan as his home.) There are intimations that he became a fashionable dresser and ladies’ man, as well as a participant in the Academy’s boxing program, and was someone quite intent on making his mark with a naval career.

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-Lambrecht is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, not far from the Tomb of the Unknowns.  He died in 1972, two days short of his 69th birthday.  His wife, Elizabeth, survived him and is buried in the same grave, which is located in Section 35, Site 2776. He died in 1972, two days short of his 69th birthday.  His wife, Elizabeth, survived him and is buried in the same grave, which is located in Section 35, Site 2776.
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	~~Senior~~ aviator in the flight of three ~~aircraft~~ from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Colorado_(BB-45) U.S.S. ''Colorado''] that searched Gardner Island from the air on July 9, 1937.		'''John Osgood Lambrecht''' was the senior aviator in the flight of three floatplanes from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Colorado_(BB-45) U.S.S. ''Colorado''] that searched Gardner Island from the air on July 9, 1937.

	* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Lambrecht%27s_Report.html Lambrecht's Report.]		* [http://www.tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Documents/Lambrecht%27s_Report.html Lambrecht's Report.]
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			Lambrecht is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, not far from the Tomb of the Unknowns. He died in 1972, two days short of his 69th birthday. His wife, Elizabeth, survived him and is buried in the same grave, which is located in Section 35, Site 2776. He died in 1972, two days short of his 69th birthday. His wife, Elizabeth, survived him and is buried in the same grave, which is located in Section 35, Site 2776.

	== References ==		== References ==