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“Peeling spuds”

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal OfficerSeries: Photographs of American Military Activities

Photograph of six African-American soldiers working Kitchen Patrol peeling potatoes.  Four men sit on wooden crates peeling.  Two large buckets are in front of them, and one is filled with potatoes. Many potatoes are on the ground at their feet.  To the right of the picture a man is standing holding another large bucket of potatoes.  Another man on the right side of the photograph is looking on.  Behind the men is a wooden fence.  A pair of jodhpurs or perhaps long underwear hangs on a clothesline strung just above and behind the men.

The photograph is mounted on a card identifying the photographer as Pvt. McLaughlin.  It was taken on 11-20-2023.  The original caption reads, “K. P.’s of the 518th ENGRS peeling spuds.  Camp Canet, Base Sec. No. 6, Marsaille, Bouches du Rhone, France.”

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This Week in History:  U.S. Military Academy at West Point is founded

During this week in 1802, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point is founded. West Point has its roots in the American Revolution when it was used to protect the Hudson. Americans managed to keep the fort until the end of the Revolution, despite Benedict Arnold’s treasonous attempt to give it to the British. Nevertheless, George Washington became frustrated by the colonists’ lack of military experience. He was constantly looking to foreigners for their knowledge of military engineering. Washington wanted America to have its own system of military training. Even after the war, he faced an uphill task. Early Americans were wary of a permanent standing army, and they were distracted by the other logistics of getting the country up and running. Our third President, Thomas Jefferson, was the one who finally achieved the goal of creating a formal military academy. The academy opened in 1802 with a focus on engineering. “We must always bear it in mind,” West Point’s first superintendent noted, “that our officers are to be men of science.” In 1817, West Point benefited from the appointment of Sylvanus Thayer as its new superintendent. Thayer has been called the “Father of West Point.” Thanks to his leadership, West Point’s curriculum was sharpened, increasing the focus on civil engineering and putting stricter academic procedures into place. The cadets thrived and its graduates went on to contribute to the infrastructure of America’s westward expansion. Since then, of course, the curriculum has been modernized and expanded several times. Jefferson was proud of the academy. “I have ever considered that establishment as of major importance to our country,” he wrote, “and in whatever I could do for it, I viewed myself as performing a duty.” FULL STORY: TaraRoss.com

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Simon Bernard, Napoleon’s General in the US Army | Shannon Selin

After Napoleon’s defeat, General Simon Bernard spent 15 years in the US Army, where he had a huge impact on America’s coastal defences.

Never heard of this guy before. He’s fantastic! And he loved Napoleon.

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OP Bushfire Assist 5th Brigade Clear Fire Trails for NSWRFS

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November 21, 1861, Fifteenth New York Regiment in presence of Lincoln gives an exhibition of skill in throwing pontoon bridge across eastern branch of Potomac. N.Y. Times, 22 November 1861.

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When Grant’s army crossed the Rapidan on May 4, 1864, he ordered the pontoon bridges except one taken up. Any man who wished to retreat must swim. General Grant committed the entire Army of the Potomac—no going back.

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Why Does the U.S. Army Own So Many Fossils?

Turns out massive flood control projects are a great way to find dinosaurs.

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President Lincoln authorized suspension of writ of habeas corpus in case of Major William H. Chase, charged with treason. Abraham Lincoln to Winfield Scott, 20 June 1861, CW, 4:414. [Source The Lincoln Log]

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William Henry Chase supervised the construction of many U.S. coastal fortifications, including Forts Pickens, Barrancas and McRee on Pensacola Bay. He resigned from the U.S. Army, October 31, 1856. On January 8, two days before Florida officially seceded from the Union, Florida Governor Madison S. Perry authorized Chase to seize all federal forts in Pensacola. He was active in securing the surrender of the Navy Yard on January 12. On January 15, he and a small party rowed out to Fort Pickens, where Union forces had relocated, to demand surrender.  In 1861 he was commissioned colonel and major general of Florida state troops in the Confederate Army.

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U.S. Army Engineers of the 1st Armored Division pose for an amazing picture [3300x2500]

U.S. Army Engineers of the 1st Armored Division pose for an amazing picture [3300×2500]

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