State of ResidenceIllinois He was then transferred to Camp 53 and later to Stalag IVb and Stalag IVc. British Army, Escaped from Camp 59 with Dr. J. H. D. Millar, Source: The Memoirs of J. H. D. Millar, published by Quaderni della Memoria, 2008, H. F. Jones Reached Allied lines, Maurice W. Cox Utahville Serial Number39678019 U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Marshall J. Brekke Each barracks became a sort of autonomous unit. Red Cross delegates would have checked that the court-martial complied with the Geneva Convention. State of ResidenceWest Virginia 33189164is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) James L. Rogers name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Did Dennis Sweeney escape from Camp 59, and after recapture was he sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? State of ResidenceMaryland Private The Survivors of Camp 59 site as a whole contains much more informationinterviews, photos, and newspaper storieson many of these fellows in individual posts. I am pleased to have been contacted by many in the UK whose fathers, grandfathers, and uncles were interned in the camp. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Address from Armie Hills address book: Address from Armie Hills address book: List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries Date (s) 1945-07-06 - 1947-07-02 (Creation) Level of description Folder Context area Name of creator. Driver U.S. Army, Infantry 16000460is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Albert G. Ross State of ResidenceMichigan Want to find out more about your relative's service? Technical Sergeant Private First Class Private Serial Number38009720 406 Redditch Road U.S. Army, Cavalry Joseph Raffeos name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Royal Sussex Regiment, 1st Buffs, Captured in North Africa on December 15, 1941. Private Seattle 8, Wash. [Washington]. State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number20704916 Serial Number34149584 photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Warren A. Culver I had honor of getting the know three of the men first-handRalph Hoag, Roland Rakow, and Neil Rorssellthrough email, over the phone, or by letter. Private Escaped from Camp 59 on September 12, 1943 [Lincolnshire] Silver Star, Air Medal, and Purple Heart, Sources: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (no specific camp listed); San Francisco Letterman Hospital Fog Horn, (May 6, 1944); and Matts son and daughter, Matthew James Brazil and Bonnie Jacobsen (ne Brazil). Technician, Grade 4 Camp 59 internmentMarch 10, 1942April 1, 1943, J. W. Cade 0000006168 00000 n Service Number1529644 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Ward please Serial Number32304209 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 State of ResidenceWest Virginia Captured January 21, 1941Sidi Rezegh, Libya Serial Number38029234 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), John J. Procko, Jr. Serial Number33136500 State of ResidenceNew Mexico #1 PJX 203935 Hot water and showers were as rare as toothbrushes, combs, and toilet paper. State of ResidenceVirginia U.S. Army, Rifle Royal Army Service Corps Service Number3196639 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 12, 1943 Marion, Iowa, Lee Cooper Serial Number16020988 Private 192 Washington Street Australian Army Corps2nd/28th Batallion, Al Buttacavoli Private 12th Royal Lancers Originally from Scotland St. Giles,Lincoln Address from Armie Hills address book: British Army, Camp leader at Camp 59 from September 1942 to September 1943, Source: Swiss Red Cross reports as referenced by Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, William A. Helmly Arthus Page wrote a memoir, A Walk in Wartime Italy (1995), (Information courtesy of researcher Janet Kinrade Dethick), Howard Palya Sergeant An example of extreme brutality occurred in early 1944. Raymond A. Johnson Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Billy England The camps American population soon swelled to more than 4,200 as the United States and Great Britain intensified their strategic bombing campaign. Dr. Adrian Duff, who attended him, donated his own blood but got an infection and was taken to the hospital. New York, Salvatore Trischittas name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., William F. Tschoerner See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number34089653 Serial Number12020954 Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano notes that both J. H. D. Millar and Aiden Duff were Scottish. 4th Milner Harold J. Steever TABB EDGAR M. ARMY. Serial Number34138090 Private U.S. Army, Infantry Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Harold Adkins James Martelli Corporal Edgar J. CurttrightSerial No. Camp 59 internmentJanuary 29, 1942February 27, 1943, Jack Brann Corporal A. Willis Technical Sergeant Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Edwin M. Majeski <<08A4E18E2E986D4A88491B7C2608C279>]>> Private First Class Dillard W. AndersonSerial No. State of ResidenceIllinois Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 U.S. Army, Infantry Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Address from an envelope featured on metropostcard.com, Fred R. Phillips Lt Scott Briley was the pilot of B-17 42-97233, flying his 13th mission, when his plane caught fire and exploded. Burton Street Ts translation (1p) of a note issued by Colonel von Lindeiner, Camp Commandant of Stalag Luft III, Sagan, listing 'offences' committed by prisoners during Christmas 1943 and the penalties imposed on individuals and the camp as a whole as a result. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Jack G. Hughes State of Residenceunlisted Corporal Serial Number12009301 Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Thomas is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. Wally Largent Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 There is an average of one parcel a week for each man, he claimed, and they are so well prepared that the men have requested the Germans to limit their provisions to bread, potatoes, and hot water. Prisoners told a different story. State of ResidenceNew York Private Serial Number33137231 U.S. Army, Infantry British Royal Artillery, Lincoln Territorial Battery 237, Address: Serial Number38019317 Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number12017478 State of Residenceunlisted Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), John J. Duncan 459 South Rowan Avenue U.S. Army, Air Corps Private Serial Number6906252 Serial Number14030133 0000006984 00000 n U.S. Army, Field Artillery Armored 105 MM Howitzer Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Paul I. Wakefield Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), James A. Corcoran U.S. Army Serial Number12026083 In the latter the total figure of POWs is 1902 and the slight difference of 11 POWs between the two totals is not of significance. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), James B. Pond, an American serviceman who was interned in Camp 59, was later a prisoner in Germany. U.S. Army1st Armored Division, 27th Field Artillery John T. Davis U.S. Army, Signal CorpsRifle [England, United Kingdom], Dee L. Fowler Max Hausers name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private 192 Wash. [Washington] St. State of Residenceunlisted Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), F. H. Bush Gunner Reading, Penna. Source: Robert A. Newton, who corresponded with or met former Camp 59 POWs or their family members, or heard about former prisoners from other escapees. Omaha, Nebraska, Robert R. Krager, an American serviceman who was interned in Camp 59, was later a prisoner in Germany. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Freeborn would eventually be liberated and repatriated back to the United States. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17). 440 Huchnall Road [England, United Kingdom], Source of address: Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke, Lawrence Danich Escaped with an American paratrooper and several British soldiers through a tunnel from Camp 59 on September 8, 1943 when word of Italian armistice reached the camp, and before the general escape from camp on September 14. Frederick Brooks Address from Armie Hills address book: Benjamin F. Farley Nathan A. McClendon U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Infantry See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number13057379 Black Service Number3189899 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed), 16th Engineer Battation, 1st Armored Division Camp 59 internmentMarch 1June 3, 1943, A. J. Briggs Lance Corporal, Australian Army Corps2nd/28th Batallion, Address from Red Cross service record: Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number31047316 Pte Roger Lee Hymer 4th Btn. State of ResidenceGeorgia Lake City, Tenn. [Tennessee]. Serial Number15054958 New York. State of ResidenceIndiana Ray Blankenships name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Central City, Ky. [Kentucky]. Serial Number33126737 He was ill at the time of his escape and was sheltered and protected by the Cesari family for six months. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Bernard Petrulis U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryTank Destroyer Source: Richard Kanes nephew (and Henry Kanes son) George Kane. Sgt. R.F.D. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 State of ResidenceArizona 6th Armored Infantry, First Armored Division Did Stanley Bentley escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria? Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Ebb W. McGuire 1724 South 88th Street Camp 59 internmentFebruary 28June 2, 1943, Lawrence J. Buerkle 13 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Roy Hatfield Service Number1712593 Serial Number37157173 Brooklyn, New York, Third Regiment Gilmore City, Io. U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) Finally, the Americans of Stalag 17-B were told to gather their meager possessions and prepare to move out. Source: Herbert Parkes granddaughter Michelle Stephenson, John Pawlawski U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Gunner State of ResidenceCalifornia 2 Jack Street Their long ordeal was over. Private Robert records that Sgt. Special Air Service (British Special Forces), Captured in Sardinia during operation Hawthorn, July 8, 1943 Private Maspeth, New York, Source: Bernard Petrulis son Alan Petrulis Lower Edmonton, London N9 This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Special Air Service (British Special Forces), Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, Sources: Article Britain at War: Initiating a POW breakout in Italy, The Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk), November 13, 2008; http://www.ww2escapelines.co.uk, J. Keith Killby is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Cavaliere Ufficiale of the Italian Republic. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17). State of ResidenceNew York U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of Residenceunlisted State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceMississippi Stalags were operated in both World War I and World War II and were intended to be used for non-commissioned personnel (enlisted ranks in the US Army and other ranks in British Commonwealth forces). State of Residenceunlisted Address from Armie Hills address book: Tex Reomes name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Consulted during the making of the film Von Ryans Express. He died in 1980. Reached Allied lines, John J. Withers To free-spirited airmen accustomed to seeing only the pastoral outlines of the German landscape or the tops of cities, the ominous, tightly-pressed surroundings were troubling. T/Sgt. With other SAS prisoners, made the hole in the west wall of the camp and was among the first to escape, with fellow SAS soldier named Schofield, on September 14, 1943. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Clovis G. Amos [Indiana]. Serial Number12005278 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Brechin, Angus Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Ernest Dale Trooper The truth was that at most campsespecially the harsher ones such as Stalag 17-Bbartering between prisoners and even guards was serious business, sometimes a matter of survival. 33090088 Private First Class One of the amusing activities of the camps is the bargaining that goes on between prisoners for things they need or want, wrote a New York Timesreporter in March 1944. Serial Number37073082 U.S. Army, Infantry He was interned at Camp 59 and escaped with Paul Alsin and John S. Skulborstad. Private Sheffield 2 Private This issue is sold out, but to view and order other back issues, click here. U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Heavy State of Residenceunlisted Camp 59 internmentFebruary 29May 30, 1943, Robert Brawn startxref U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceIllinois State of ResidenceTexas Source: Carl Goods granddaughter Crystal Aceves, Ronald Gordon 20701883is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Jacobs Joseph. Trooper Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Ray W. Dentler 38064103recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Serial Number39302734 State of ResidenceMissouri Serial Number11033641 U.S. Army, Field Artillery155 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn If the hell inflicted on the Americans was different from the hell inflicted on the Russians, it was only by degreeespecially during the wars final months. Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli Pennsylvania. Serial Number13023638 Hurley, Virginia, Domingo S. Aguilar State of ResidenceNew York Allen Coombs 2578794 U.S. Army, Air Corps Private First Class Earl C. LinaweaverSerial No. [United Kingdom], Jermiah J. Langone Source: researcher Robert A. Newton, Charles A. Harman The following year, quick-trigger guards shot an unbalanced Kriegie who ran screaming across the compound one night. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Kenneth E. Gaddy Richard T. Mooney, Army Infantry, of Mississipi was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-1. Camp 59 internmentFebruary 15June 1943, A. J. L. Bozzone Stalag 17B Roster American Prisoners of War Source - National Archives & 1994 Directory of American Former Prisoners of War 1943 - 1945 Stalag 17B PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL'S OFFICE - AMERICAN PRISONER OF WAR INFORMATION BUREAU MASTER INDEX FILES (Flexo-lLine) of AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL Reported in the hands of the enemy (Germany) Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Roy E. Hatfield Swiss Red Cross report on Camp 59 (December 16, 1942), as referenced by Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, Marshall C. Wells Camp 59 internmentMarch 3July 4, 1943, F. C. Brain See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Did John Pawlawski escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg? U.S. Army, Infantry Food remained scarce. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed). Brockton U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Infantry Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. He took this bold action in violation of a stay put order issued from London ordering all Allied prisoners to remain in the camps. Tylers Green This address for Micheal Lacy is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Micheal W. Lacy State of ResidenceIowa Pleasant Hill, Illinois. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Serial Number35261700 Serial Number35107131 Private Serial Number15059956 Serial Number39017283 U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer Private 15055130is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Corporal Presbyterian Chaplain U.S. Army, Infantry A letter from George William Beer to Robert Smiths mother dated July 23, 1943 states that he was interned with Bob for two years at Camp 59 before being transferred to another camp. Private 18th Regiment, 4th Platoon, 1st Battalion, C Company, Captured in at the battle for Long Stop Hill in Tunisia on Christmas Eve 1942, Held for 10 days in Camp 98 on Sicily before being transferred to Camp 59. U.S. Army, Infantry George M. Zuehls name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment c/o John C. Calhoun Homes Still, the resourceful American captives of Stalag 17-B attempted to dig a number of tunnels, using scoops fashioned out of aluminum cans and other items. Private First Class State of ResidenceNew York State of Residenceunlisted The gaunt prisoners felt lucky to see the men known as the Black Cats. - Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. Robert R. Downings name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Alfred T. Yax Private Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Roman Rozanski Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Theodore Sanning Lance-Sergeant Source: letter from Eric provided by Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke. Athol Grays name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. In the middle of the beautiful Austrian countrysideof rolling hills and thick forest stood an ugly placethe sprawling eyesore and den of misery known as Stalag Luft 17-B. Andrew G. Fregede Private August C. Erdbrink State of ResidenceWest Virginia Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Died as prisoner of war). Corporal Corporal Les J. Cratty [Crotty]Serial No. 0000009112 00000 n State of Residenceunlisted Escaped on 10 September 1943 reaching Allied Lines in Termoli on 14 October 1943, Residence: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, Sources: Former Royal Artillery Museum Archives Woolwich, Para Data Archives Duxford, National Archives Kew, UK, plus the a personal account recorded by The Escape Lines Memorial Society (Courtesy of Nigel Hackett), Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) POW Freemen in Europe, Francis Cecil Dick Georges Account of Camp, J. Keith Killby's Account of the Escape in the UK Telegraph, November 2008, Sid Bowlands Account of Camp 59 and the Escape, The National Archives Access to Archival Databases, Veterans History Project of The Library of Congress. 2703555is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Lance-Corporal, NCO Bennett, Vernon F, Staff Sergeant, Right Waist Gunner, Prisoner Of War Russi, William A, Corporal, Left Waist Gunner, Prisoner Of War Halbert, Truair E, Staff Sergeant, Tail Gunner, Killed In Action . The address above is from that list. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry We searched the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) and located the Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 in the Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General (Record Group 389) that includes a file for Molle, Benaiah W., who was held at Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), One of the 12 POWs who escaped from Camp 59 though a tunnel on the night of September 11, 1942. Bailgate, Lincoln Royal Army Medical Corps State of ResidenceKentucky Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Claude J. Cole State of ResidencePennsylvania Private Billy V. EnglandSerial No. Serial Number35261675 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force State of ResidenceOregon Copyright 310 Publishing, LLC. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), William Nizza 1 W. 10th St. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number37003120 Private 0000011782 00000 n 5115 Schuler Ave. Private Serial Number37036627 In fact the number of the latter increased from 445 in March 43 to 913 two months later, that is in June when the Red Cross delegates inspected the camp for the last time. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment #1 Private Chris J. FacchinaSerial No. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), L. Rowbottom Captured December 5, 1942El Bathan, Tunisia Technician, Grade 5 Shortly after the beginning of World War II in September 1939, a POW camp called Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts-Stammlager (Stalag) VII A was established north of Moosburg. James W. Tasiopulos Staff Sergeant State of Residenceunlisted Arrived in Camp 59 on March 1, 1943 I was thrown through its rickety door before I could even react. Within days of the rescue, American forces began uncovering the ghastly results of Hitlers Final Solutionhuman slaughter pens filed with the remains of thousands of Jews and other people Nazis considered undesirable and unworthy of life. 1st Armored Divison, U.S. Army, Captured at the Battle of Sidi Bou Zid, North Africa, on February 15, 1943, Robert W. Nicholls Interned in Campo 42 (Italy), Campo 59 (Italy), and Campo in Bay of Venice (Italy). Emerson Street See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Escaped from Camp 59though the hole in the wallon September 14, 1943, with an Italian named Nello who was in the prison camp for being AWOL and Luther Vaughn. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), Henry Kane Lowell, Mass. 13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Stalag Prisoners of War of the Germans A group of POWs at Stalag Luft 1 This part of the website is currently being rebuilt and is not yet fully functioning. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Murrell C. 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