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Wwii Navy Admiral Who Warned Of Japanese Pearl Attack J. O. Richardson Cincus
WWII NAVY ADMIRAL J. RICHARDSON PORTRAIT DRESS KHAKI PHOTO PEARL HARBOR. Offered here a formal portrait of US NAVY ADMIRAL JAMES OTTO RICHARDSON. The photo which measures 7.0 in x 9.75 in shows Richardson in his dress kahki Rear Admirals uniform. The photo was likely taken about 1940 about the time he received his last promotion. The photo is in excellent condition with no scratches or tears. The photo is matted to a larger, folding mat folder and is ready for framing or a nice arrangement with other original Richardson documents (which we have) for an impressive display. Admiral James Otto Richardson, is known as the steadfast and lone voice of reason regarding the placement of the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor. History remembers him as the sole warning among US Navy senior leadership that the US Fleet was in danger being stationed in Pearl. Richardson was appointed as head of CINPAC in late 1939 by Roosevelt partly because of his universally recognized vast knowledge and strategic expertise of the Japanese military and their designs on controlling the Pacific. However, after Richardson repeatedly and somewhat forcefully attempted to convince President Roosevelt – in person – the proper placement of the Pacific Fleet was on the west coast, the President Roosevelt decided he could no longer bear the Admirals’ disagreeing position and replaced him with Admiral Husband E. Unfortunately, Kimmel bore the shame and disappointment of the destruction of Pearl Harbor and following his demotion and early retirement in 1942, he spent the rest of his life defending and explaining himself regarding the events of late 1941. Of course as is well known, on December 7, 1941 the Japanese decimated virtually the entire Pacific Fleet and this was the event that marked America’s entrance into WWII. We have the good fortune to have acquired several key documents from Admiral Richardson’s estate which not only distinguish important aspects of his military service as an Admiral, but also of US Naval and American history. We considered offering the whole lot – including photos – as a single lot, but our experience suggests we would receive numerous requests to split up the documents individually due to varying niche interests and somewhat limited collecting resources. 1 James Otto Richardson’s admission notice on US Navy Department stationery from August, 1898. This document shows that Richardson was admitted as an alternate. It is signed by both Bureau Chief Arent Schuyler Crowninshield and Naval Academy Superintendent Frederick Valette McNair. 2 A handwritten letter from Naval Academy Superintendent Frederick V. McNair requesting Richardson report for examination in September 1898. The letter is written in fountain pen and signed by McNair. 3 Richardson’s own 2 page 1933-34 research excerpt he read on the morning of December 7, 1941. The note Richardson attaches to the 2 pg excerpt indicates he read the excerpt almost simultaneously with Pearl being destroyed and was immensely important to him. So much so, he later writes again in pencil to his daughter in law to save this for his son Joe. An amazing and bone chilling artifact. Richardson refers to his reading of this paper in the first anecdote of his memoirs and Steely re-visits it in his biography. THIS PIECE OF HIS EARLY RESEARCH CRYSTALIZES RICHARDSON’S UNWAVERING CONVICTION REGARDING HIS VIEWS ON HAVING THE FLEET AT PEARL. Easily the most desirable artifact of the group. Without question, worthy of its own display in the Naval War College Museum. 4 Richardson’s’Short Snorter’ (on a 1935 Silver Cert) he likely kept in his wallet for decades based on the wear it exhibits. It is noticibly signed on the obverse by his longtime friend, Japanese Admiral and Ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura. Also on the obverse of the note is the signature of’T. On the reverse are the signatures of Lt. George (head of Air Transport Command and aviation pioneer), Rear Admiral Malcolm F. Astor, Lou Fuchs and Richard Richardson. 5 Richardson’s personal copy of his typed letter to’Betty’, Navy CNO Harold Stark in Jan 1940. The Admiral is directly critical of the ORANGE war plan and lists his specific concerns. Richardson refers to this very letter in his Autobiography as a letter he considered’highly important and most secret’. It was originally written longhand and sent in the’personal custody of an officer of his staff’. He remarks with some surprise that the letter was not replied to by Stark. 6 A typed letter signed (TLS) on US Navy CNO letterhead (and carbon copy of same), by Navy Vice Admiral John L. McCrea dated December 30, 1941. Here, McCrea acknowledges Richardson’s comments upon being summarily dismissed by Roosevelt in February 1941. Ironically, his replacement Kimmel was fired just 2 weeks prior for the destruction at Pearl Harbor. He recounts Richardson saying “. When I was made Commander of the US Fleet, I recognized that it was done by the arbitrary power of one man and I have always realized that I could be removed in the same way at any time. ” Both the original and copy signed by McCrea in black ink. 7 Richardson’s personal carbon copy of his concluding statement of testimony before the Joint Committee of Congress (on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack) November 1945. In true, honorable military officer fashion, Richardson although remaining steadfast in his longheld convictions, simply restates what he conveyed to McCrea and Stark 4 years prior (he actually mentions the very conversation documented by McCrea in our other memo offered here). He would always realize he would gain and lose his status as CINCPACFLT purely at the whim of the President. All in all, an amazing documentation of the beginning, middle and end of an important and distinguished record of military service and an example of a man holding duty to his country over his own professional fate. PLEASE VIEW MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR THESE ITEMS OF INTEREST. S son Beverly Hills home in October 2011 and these items within the house were originally saved from J. Home after he passed in May 1974. As such, these items are for the first time, available for examination and acquisition. Sadly, even Richardson’s fine biographer, Skipper Steely was denied access to these items & original sources. Please view the wealth of supplementary information available online regarding Richardson’s rich life and Naval career. Richardson’s memoir’On the Treadmill to Pearl Harbor – The Memoirs of Admiral James O. Richardson’ by Vice Admiral George C. Dyer (1973; Naval History Division). Pearl Harbor Countdown: Admiral James O. Richardson’ by Skipper Steely (2008; Pelican Publishing) is also particularly informative and is available as an e-book. See also these links. Used – Very Good. Vendio Images: More than just a pretty image. 150 FREE professional templates with Vendio Sales Manager. FREE Counters used in millions of listings – Vendio! This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Photographs”. The seller is “bibliomonster” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
Wwii Navy Admiral Who Warned Of Japanese Pearl Attack J. O. Richardson Cincus
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1939 Navy Admiral Who Warned Of Pearl Harbor J. O. Richardson Signed Photo Wwii
1939 Navy Admiral Who Warned Of Pearl Harbor J. O. Richardson Signed Photo Wwii
1939 Navy Admiral Who Warned Of Pearl Harbor J. O. Richardson Signed Photo Wwii
1939 Navy Admiral Who Warned Of Pearl Harbor J. O. Richardson Signed Photo Wwii

1939 Navy Admiral Who Warned Of Pearl Harbor J. O. Richardson Signed Photo Wwii
1939 US NAVY ADMIRAL J. RICHARDSON SIGNED PHOTO PEARL HARBOR WWII ROOSEVELT. A FINE SIGNED STUDIO PORTRAIT OF THE’PROPHET’ OF PEARL HARBOR, ADMIRAL JAMES OTTO RICHARDSON. Offered here is a fine, signed studio portrait of United States Navy Admiral James Otto Richardson. RICHARDSON IS NOTED FOR HAVING BEEN FIRED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT FOR THEIR DISAGREEMENT ON LEAVING THE US FLEET IN PEARL HARBOR. The portrait shows Richardson in his Admiral’s dress uniform and measures 11.75 in x 14.75 in in frame. The photo is in fine condition and based on the aged backing paper and the’Veerhof Galleries’ framers label on the rear, the photo is as it was since Richardson gifted it (or prepared to gift it) soon after it was signed. Miner With kindest regards J. In addition to this photo and some others, we are also offering some amazing documents related to Richardson’s life and well documented, repeated warnings to Roosevelt and other Navy brass of the risks of leaving the US fleet in Pearl Harbor. The estate consignor, we are told, is the family trust, and as such wishes to remain private, but we wholeheartedly stand by our attribution with complete and absolute confidence. Please see the wealth of supplementary information available online regarding Richardson’s rich life and Naval career. The book’Pearl Harbor Countdown: Admiral James O. Richardson’ by Skipper Steely (2008; Pelican Publishing) is particularly informative. James Otto Richardson (18 September 1878 – 2 May 1974). Was an admiral in the United States Navy who served from 1902 to 1942. As Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, he protested against the redeployment of the fleet forward to Pearl Harbor, believing that a forward defense was neither practical or useful, and that the Pacific Fleet would be the logical first target in the event of war with Japan. He was subsequently relieved of command in February 1941. His concerns were to be proved justified in December. Early life and career. Richardson was born in Paris, Texas. He entered the Naval Academy in 1898 and graduated fifth in a class of eighty-five with the class of 1902. His first duty assignments were in the Asiatic Squadron, where he took part in the Philippine campaign, and, after 1905, in the Atlantic Ocean. In 1907-09, Lieutenant Richardson commanded the torpedo boats Tingey and Stockton, and the Third Division, Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla. He was a member of the first class of the Navy’s Post Graduate Engineering School in 1909-11, then served as an engineer in the battleship USS Delaware and on the staff of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. In 1914, Richardson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander and was attached to the Department of the Navy’s Bureau of Steam Engineering, where he worked to assure the Navy’s fuel supply. World War I and interwar years. In 1917-19, Commander Richardson was navigator and executive officer of the battleship USS Nevada. Following a tour at the Naval Academy, he was given command of the gunboat USS Asheville in 1922 and took her out to Asiatic waters, where he also had command of the South China Patrol. Captain Richardson was Assistant to the Chief, Bureau of Ordnance, in 1924-27. For service with the Bureau of Navigation (BuNav). In January 1931, Captain Richardson placed the new heavy cruiser Augusta in commission and commanded her for more than two years. After a tour as a Naval War College student in 1933-34, he was Budget Officer at the Navy Department, receiving promotion to rear admiral while in that position in December 1934. He became Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations in June 1937 and a year later became chief of the Bureau of Navigation. In June 1939, Richardson went back to sea as Commander, Battle Force (ComBatFor), U. Fleet, with the temporary rank of admiral. Pearl Harbor and aftermath. Beginning in January 1940, he was Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC). At the time of his appointment, Richardson was one of the Navy’s foremost figures. Since his earliest days, after leaving Annapolis, he had made the study of Japanese warfare his life work. He was beyond question the Navy’s outstanding authority on Pacific naval warfare and Japanese strategy. He held this position during a stressful period marked by the fleet’s forward deployment to Pearl Harbor from its traditional base in San Diego, California. Richardson protested this redeployment to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and to other politicians in Washington. He argued such a forward defense was not practical or useful, despite Japan’s attack on China and whatever promises had been made to Britain to come to their aid if attacked. According to journalist John T. It was Richardson’s belief – and indeed generally supported by the Navy – that the Fleet should never be berthed inside Pearl Harbor where it would be a mark for attack. This was particularly true in such troubled times when the airways of the East were hot with rumors of approaching conflict. What is more, Richardson held the belief that Pearl Harbor was the logical first point of attack for the Japanese High Command, wedded as it was to the theory of undeclared and surprise warfare. On October 26, 1940, a White House leak to the Washington-based Kiplinger Newsletter predicted Richardson would be removed as CinCPac. He was replaced by Admiral Husband E. Kimmel in February 1941. Upon his relief by President Roosevelt, Richardson reverted to his permanent rank of rear admiral and served as a member of the Navy General Board, and in the office of the Secretary of the Navy until to his retirement on October 1, 1942. Transferred to the retired list with the rank of admiral in October 1942, he remained on active service with the Navy Relief Society, as senior member of a “Special Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee” on the reorganization of the national defense, and as a witness before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Released from active duty in January 1947, he thereafter resided in Washington, D. Richardson died on 2 May 1974. Used – Very Good. Vendio Images: More than just a pretty image. 150 FREE professional templates with Vendio Sales Manager. FREE Counters used in millions of listings – Vendio! This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Photographs”. The seller is “bibliomonster” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
1939 Navy Admiral Who Warned Of Pearl Harbor J. O. Richardson Signed Photo Wwii
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Wwii Navy Admiral Warned Pearl Harbor Attack J. O. Richardson Candid Photos X 2
WWII NAVY ADMIRAL J. RICHARDSON CANDID PHOTOS X 2 PEARL HARBOR PROPHET. Offered here are two, candid photographs of US NAVY ADMIRAL JAMES OTTO RICHARDSON. The first photo (measuring 10 in x 7 in) shows Richardson at work in his offices likely in the mid to late 1930’s. It bears an AP notation in the right hemisphere of the image. The second photo (measuring 8 in x 10 in) is likely later possibly about 1940 or so showing Richardson nicely dressed seated in a living room scene causally perusing. Sam Sneads Quick Way to Better Golf. Two great images which as far as we could determine are unpublished despite the AP mark on the front of the’office’ photo. Admiral James Otto Richardson, is known as the steadfast and lone voice of reason regarding the placement of the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor. History remembers him as the sole warning among US Navy senior leadership that the US Fleet was in danger being stationed in Pearl. Richardson was appointed as head of CINPAC in late 1939 by Roosevelt partly because of his universally recognized vast knowledge and strategic expertise of the Japanese military and their designs on controlling the Pacific. However, after Richardson repeatedly and somewhat forcefully attempted to convince President Roosevelt – in person – the proper placement of the Pacific Fleet was on the west coast, the President Roosevelt decided he could no longer bear the Admirals’ disagreeing position and replaced him with Admiral Husband E. Unfortunately, Kimmel bore the shame and disappointment of the destruction of Pearl Harbor and following his demotion and early retirement in 1942, he spent the rest of his life defending and explaining himself regarding the events of late 1941. Of course as is well known, on December 7, 1941 the Japanese decimated virtually the entire Pacific Fleet and this was the event that marked America’s entrance into WWII. We have the good fortune to have acquired several key documents from Admiral Richardson’s estate which not only distinguish important aspects of his military service as an Admiral, but also of US Naval and American history. We considered offering the whole lot – including photos – as a single lot, but our experience suggests we would receive numerous requests to split up the documents individually due to varying niche interests and somewhat limited collecting resources. 1 James Otto Richardson’s admission notice on US Navy Department stationery from August, 1898. This document shows that Richardson was admitted as an alternate. It is signed by both Bureau Chief Arent Schuyler Crowninshield and Naval Academy Superintendent Frederick Valette McNair. 2 A handwritten letter from Naval Academy Superintendent Frederick V. McNair requesting Richardson report for examination in September 1898. The letter is written in fountain pen and signed by McNair. 3 Richardson’s own 2 page 1933-34 research excerpt he read on the morning of December 7, 1941. The note Richardson attaches to the 2 pg excerpt indicates he read the excerpt almost simultaneously with Pearl being destroyed and was immensely important to him. So much so, he later writes again in pencil to his daughter in law to save this for his son Joe. An amazing and bone chilling artifact. Richardson refers to his reading of this paper in the first anecdote of his memoirs and Steely re-visits it in his biography. THIS PIECE OF HIS EARLY RESEARCH CRYSTALIZES RICHARDSON’S UNWAVERING CONVICTION REGARDING HIS VIEWS ON HAVING THE FLEET AT PEARL. Easily the most desirable artifact of the group. Without question, worthy of its own display in the Naval War College Museum. 4 Richardson’s’Short Snorter’ (on a 1935 Silver Cert) he likely kept in his wallet for decades based on the wear it exhibits. It is noticibly signed on the obverse by his longtime friend, Japanese Admiral and Ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura. Also on the obverse of the note is the signature of’T. On the reverse are the signatures of Lt. George (head of Air Transport Command and aviation pioneer), Rear Admiral Malcolm F. Astor, Lou Fuchs and Richard Richardson. 5 Richardson’s personal copy of his typed letter to’Betty’, Navy CNO Harold Stark in Jan 1940. The Admiral is directly critical of the ORANGE war plan and lists his specific concerns. Richardson refers to this very letter in his Autobiography as a letter he considered’highly important and most secret’. It was originally written longhand and sent in the’personal custody of an officer of his staff’. He remarks with some surprise that the letter was not replied to by Stark. 6 A typed letter signed (TLS) on US Navy CNO letterhead (and carbon copy of same), by Navy Vice Admiral John L. McCrea dated December 30, 1941. Here, McCrea acknowledges Richardson’s comments upon being summarily dismissed by Roosevelt in February 1941. Ironically, his replacement Kimmel was fired just 2 weeks prior for the destruction at Pearl Harbor. He recounts Richardson saying “. When I was made Commander of the US Fleet, I recognized that it was done by the arbitrary power of one man and I have always realized that I could be removed in the same way at any time. ” Both the original and copy signed by McCrea in black ink. 7 Richardson’s personal carbon copy of his concluding statement of testimony before the Joint Committee of Congress (on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack) November 1945. In true, honorable military officer fashion, Richardson although remaining steadfast in his longheld convictions, simply restates what he conveyed to McCrea and Stark 4 years prior (he actually mentions the very conversation documented by McCrea in our other memo offered here). He would always realize he would gain and lose his status as CINCPACFLT purely at the whim of the President. All in all, an amazing documentation of the beginning, middle and end of an important and distinguished record of military service and an example of a man holding duty to his country over his own professional fate. PLEASE VIEW MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR THESE ITEMS OF INTEREST. S son Beverly Hills home in October 2011 and these items within the house were originally saved from J. Home after he passed in May 1974. As such, these items are for the first time, available for examination and acquisition. Sadly, even Richardson’s fine biographer, Skipper Steely was denied access to these items & original sources. Please view the wealth of supplementary information available online regarding Richardson’s rich life and Naval career. Richardson’s memoir’On the Treadmill to Pearl Harbor – The Memoirs of Admiral James O. Richardson’ by Vice Admiral George C. Dyer (1973; Naval History Division). Pearl Harbor Countdown: Admiral James O. Richardson’ by Skipper Steely (2008; Pelican Publishing) is also particularly informative and is available as an e-book. See also these links. Used – Very Good. Vendio Images: More than just a pretty image. 150 FREE professional templates with Vendio Sales Manager. FREE Counters used in millions of listings – Vendio! This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Photographs”. The seller is “bibliomonster” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
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