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More than 500 logbooks of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships (USC & GSS) are now available to view and download in the National Archives Catalog. The logbooks are found within the series Ships’ Records, 1846 – 1963, part of Record Group 23: Records of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1806 – 1981.
Information contained within these logbooks may be of interest to genealogists and historians, and should also serve as a rich source of historical weather data for climate scientists. A typical logbook contains daily entries of the ship’s position, the ship’s movements, weather conditions, and descriptions of the day’s surveying activities.
This logbook page shows hourly weather data recorded by USC&GSS Endeavor on June 12-13, 1888, at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Image 32 from Log of USC&GSS Endeavor: 03/18/1888-10/27/1888. National Archives Identifier 247017740
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National Archives Catalog — Wrapping up 2022
U.S. Coast Guard. Alaska Patrol - Bering Sea Expedition
1948, Coast Guard Cutter Northwind.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/205573798
U.S. Coast Guard. Alaska Patrol - Bering Sea Expedition
1948, Coast Guard Cutter Northwind.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/205573798
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Holocaust Remembrance Day
Eighty years ago, on January 27, 1945, Allied Forces liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp. Around the world, January 27 is a day to mark this horrific event and to never forget the atrocities Nazis committed against six million Jews and millions of other minorities.
The National Archives is the international epicenter of Holocaust-related research. NARA holds millions of records created or received by the U.S. Government during and after World War II that document Nazi war crimes, wartime refugee issues, and activities and investigations of U.S. Government agencies involved in the identification and recovery of looted assets (including gold, art, and cultural property)—as well as captured German records used as evidence at the Nuremberg International Military Tribunals. We not only hold these records, we provide access to them.
Eighty years ago, on January 27, 1945, Allied Forces liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp. Around the world, January 27 is a day to mark this horrific event and to never forget the atrocities Nazis committed against six million Jews and millions of other minorities.
The National Archives is the international epicenter of Holocaust-related research. NARA holds millions of records created or received by the U.S. Government during and after World War II that document Nazi war crimes, wartime refugee issues, and activities and investigations of U.S. Government agencies involved in the identification and recovery of looted assets (including gold, art, and cultural property)—as well as captured German records used as evidence at the Nuremberg International Military Tribunals. We not only hold these records, we provide access to them.
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If you mean Allied Forces, I suppose that's the 60th Army of the Soviet Union.
From MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU
From MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU
Soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front opened the gates of Auschwitz Concentration Camp on January 27, 1945. The prisoners greeted them as authentic liberators. It was a paradox of history that soldiers formally representing Stalinist totalitarianism brought freedom to the prisoners of Nazi totalitarianism.
The Red Army obtained detailed information about Auschwitz only after the liberation of Cracow, and was therefore unable to reach the gates of Auschwitz before January 27, 1945.
About 7 thousand prisoners awaited liberation in the Main Camp, Birkenau, and Monowitz. Before and soon after January 27, Soviet soldiers liberated about 500 prisoners in the Auschwitz sub-camps in Stara Kuźnia, Blachownia Śląska, Świętochłowice, Wesoła, Libiąż, Jawiszowice, and Jaworzno.
Over 230 Soviet soldiers, including the commander of the 472nd regiment, Col. Siemen Lvovich Besprozvanny, died in combat while liberating the Main Camp, Birkenau, Monowitz, and the city of Oświęcim. The majority of them are buried at the municipal cemetery in Oświęcim.
In the Main Camp and Birkenau, Soviet soldiers discovered the corpses of about 600 prisoners who had been shot by the withdrawing SS or who had succumbed to exhaustion.
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Excellent addition!
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Washington’s Birthday
On February 22, 1732, George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He grew up to become the general who led the Continental Army to victory against the British in the Revolution and in 1789, the first president of the new United States. He is frequently called the “Father of his Country,” and is the subject of numerous legends from wooden teeth to cherry trees. But you probably know all that.
It can be easy to forget that there was a real person sitting for those Gilbert Stuart portraits, but primary sources are a great way to see past the myth-making. Washington is mentioned many times by applicants for Revolutionary War pensions. In some cases, they seem to simply name drop and mention that they saw the General from a distance, but other soldiers had direct interactions with him.
On February 22, 1732, George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He grew up to become the general who led the Continental Army to victory against the British in the Revolution and in 1789, the first president of the new United States. He is frequently called the “Father of his Country,” and is the subject of numerous legends from wooden teeth to cherry trees. But you probably know all that.
It can be easy to forget that there was a real person sitting for those Gilbert Stuart portraits, but primary sources are a great way to see past the myth-making. Washington is mentioned many times by applicants for Revolutionary War pensions. In some cases, they seem to simply name drop and mention that they saw the General from a distance, but other soldiers had direct interactions with him.