From an American standpoint, the horrible state of the Russians was a constant source of anxiety as they had to watch them slowly die of starvation and exposure. Serial Number37141362 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry 0000011782 00000 n 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). The ingredients used for our meals soon convinced me that the best way to eat was to sit in a dark corner of our barracks and not think about what I was eating, Kriegie William E. Rasmussen recalled. State of ResidenceOklahoma U.S. Army, Infantry He was liberated from Dulag . 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), S. C. Dowland Reached Allied lines, Leon Haduk Serial Number33123750 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), Clarence T. Tom Cronin State of Residenceunlisted Reached Allied lines, Charles K. Simmons 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), Opal E. Ware State of ResidenceNew York New Orleans, Louisiana, B. Serial Number36200720 Service Number6923234 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), Walter G. Nesley Sunny Side 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 Box #6 State of ResidenceIowa William R. Walter Did Orville Higgins escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 11B Fallingbostel? Serial Number38064103 State of ResidenceIowa This village is located six kilometers northwest of Krems, Austria. Private Serial Number12020306 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Andrew G. Fregede This address for Frederick Druce is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Frederick Druce Driver Serial Number13022149 72nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 1529 Ill Ave. Sources: Robert Newtons nephew Robert A. Newton (Hillsboro, Oregon), and and interview conducted by Filippo Ieran with Cesare Viozzi published in Antigone nella Valle del Tenna, or Antigone in the Tenna Valley, regional authority of the Marche (Consiglio Regionale delle Marche), 2002, Joseph Maly State of ResidenceTexas Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 For my new World War II novel, I wanted to include this place in my storyline. U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Field Artillery155 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn Serial Number14052008 xb```b``g`a``c@ >f(;wH{00\ 4}% I5bG|hj2[l48t%&@|1]` vYy)pEHiF R0 yu" U.S. Army, Infantry Want to find out more about your relative's service? This address for William Nagel is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: William Nagle 5539 Beacon Avenue U.S. Army, InfantryRifle See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 State of ResidenceWest Virginia 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. State of Residenceunlisted Company E, 47th Infantry Regiment N. Vandergrift 1944 Krakow Poland to Germany POW Camp Postcard Cover Stalag 17B Prisoner of War . Interned in Campo 42 (Italy), Campo 59 (Italy), and Campo in Bay of Venice (Italy). Wally Largent See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Captured December 4, 1942Tunis, Tunesia Steve Shedlocks name and address were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number12016749 While no serious incident has occurred, prisoners are treated badly by certain guards. Charles Martin, Army Infantry, of Tennessee was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a POW camp, but no camp name is indicated. Kings Norton Serial Number17028052 The predictable result of a lack of objective morality, is death and suffering. U.S. Army, Air CorpsMedium Bomber (B25, B26) Private Benjamin F. FarleySerial No. Performing this action will revert the following features to their default settings: Hooray! xref Source: Lorraine McLoughlin, whose mother was Jack Davies daughter-in-law owns a St. Johns Ambulance First Aid Book that belonged to Jack Davies; information about Jack is recorded on the inside covers of the book. Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion. Serial Number6954980 Serial Number37175260 Many men lost almost half their body weight, while others lost their minds and were never the same when they returned. Serial Number33090208 Luther C. Shields Private State of ResidenceMassachusetts U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Address from Armie Hills address book: New Marion, Ind. 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), Athol B. Royal Navy, G. Georgiou The address above is also on that list. Sergeant Major Camp 59 internmentJanuaryMay 1942, Vaughan Lawrence Carter Private Escaped from Camp 59 on September 15, 1943 Did Robert Chandler escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg? Honkey tonky (kid). Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 9, Object number: UPL 54567 - State of ResidenceNebraska Richard T. Mooney State of ResidenceWisconsin Private State of ResidenceNew York Staff Sergeant Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, One of nine Australian POWs who escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, (The nine Australians were: John Jack Albert Allen, Thomas David Alman, Arthur George Bellwho sometimes went by A. G. Jux, Lawrence Mortimer Lawrie Butler, Vaughan Lawrence Carter, Robert Edward Albert Edwards, James William Feehan, Ronald James Jimmy McMahon, and Leslie Worthington), Address from Camp 59 prisoner Charles Simmons calendar/address book: Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 1, Object number: UPL 54562 - WX5012 Private Serial Number31068754 List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries. Interned in a camp on Sicily, at PG 66 Capua, and PG 59 Serial Number34195650 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). Sgt. Duard W. Payne Private State of ResidenceIowa Home (current) Membership; . Sergeant Civilians who were officially attached to military units, such as war correspondents, were provided the same treatment as military personnel by the Conventions. startxref More Soviet prisoners of war died every day in Nazi camps during the Autumn of 1941 than the total number of Western Allied POWs in the entire war.[3]. 123 Goldsmith Walk 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), William Wood, 3rd U.S. Army, Infantry Corporal 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 Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Melvin Whitfield On 8 April 1945, 4000 of the PWs at Stalag 17B began an 18-day march of 281 miles to Braunau, Austria. No hot water. 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), Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943; Owen Frye and William Helmley were protected by the Marcozzi family near the town of Force in the province of Ascoli Piceno. Corporal State of ResidenceNew York 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. Freeport, Tex. 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 U.S. Army, Infantry 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), Rufus Transeau Lance-Corporal, NCO 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. U.S. Army, Infantry Private First Class Dillard W. AndersonSerial 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), Robert Dickinson, Gunner State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, InfantryPrivate Force Private First Class Gilbert D. LoonamSerial No. Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceIndiana U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number12026083 U.S. Army, Field Artillery (Rifleman 6852912) Alvie D. Cochran Service Number1559674 Source: researcher Robert A. Newton, Charles A. Harman Private Corporal 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), Alec. 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 Piceno Italy 43-13). As General George S. Pattons Third Army smashed its way across Germany toward Austria, it began liberating thousands of German captivesHitlers starving, mostly Jewish political prisoners and captured Allied soldiers and airmen. Serial Number37157173 Each barracks became a sort of autonomous unit. 2578794 Harold S. Arneson Private State of Residenceunlisted Driver 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), George Mickus 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), Charlie W. Smith Private First Class 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). Private Adel, Iowa. Insufficient water from 6:30 to 8:00 AM and 10:30 to 12:00 and 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Benjamin F. Farley Edmond Petrelli Frequently, orders would be issued to the MOC verbally and would never be confirmed in writing. Gunner Private State of ResidenceIllinois Shot down over Naples 11 Dec 1942 Serial Number15054964 Source: Herbert Parkes granddaughter Michelle Stephenson, John Pawlawski Serial Number36306882 U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 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 Serial Number12021601 16000460is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. 4232 Tamerack Dr. 3624827 U.S. Army, Infantry 0000002863 00000 n He and fellow POW Luther Shields traveled though the mountains assisted by Italians, including the Palmoni family of Montefalcone, along the way. Private Brklyn [probably Brooklyn] U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment Camp 59 internmentFebruary 28June 2, 1943, Lawrence J. Buerkle Henry Kanes name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 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). AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY Prepared by MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WAR DEPARTMENT 1 November 1945 Restricted Classification Removed Per STALAG 17B (Air Force Non-Commissioned Officers) Location - Stalag 17B was situated 100 meters northwest of Gneixendorf, a village which is six kilometers northwest of Krems, Austria (48 27 N . Arthur E. Shupe He was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries he received in combat. U.S. Army, Infantry Service Number5050489 August C. Erdbrink Sergeant My attacker was strong and he spun me around. Grey ultimately reached Yugoslavia, where anti-Nazi partisans assisted him. Because the limited supply of technical books prevented a check-out system, tables and benches were furnished for reference work. Christopher J. Facchina State of ResidenceIowa The camps consisted of a field with barbed wire around it, in which thousands of people were crammed together. The destination of the column was a Russian prison camp 4 kilometers north of Braunau. Serial Number37042238 Private Serial No. Serial Number36151602 Service Number7916190 Route 1 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 Corporal British Army. Kurtenbach knew how to get things done, spoke German, and had final say on all prisoner matters, includingand especiallyescape attempts. No change in bathing facilities. U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer U.S. Army New Road State of ResidenceConnecticut Private State of ResidenceIndiana Poems by Fred Chiltern are recorded in both Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling, and also in prisoner Edward Smiths book of poems. Monks Cottages All rights reserved. The U.S. National Archives on-line POW database listing for Louis J. VanSlooten is assuredly the same Louis VanSlooten as listed here, in spite of the discrepancy in state of residence. Camp 59 internmentFebruary 15June 1943, A. J. L. Bozzone At night, healthier prisoners prowled nearby fields and farms for anything edible. Neither of these are specifically identified as returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a specific camp. 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), Francis A. Thomas State of Residenceunlisted Les Crotty 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 D. Daoust, Jr. North Tazewell, Virginia, Milton E. Cohen On April 8, 1945, the gates of the American compounds swung open, and 4,000 filthy, scrawny, and hungry airmen stumbled out onto the road west. Service Number170400065 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). 440 Huchnall Road Serial Number12005201 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. [England, United Kingdom], Source: Ronald Streatfields granddaughter Tracy Jayne Streatfield, T. Strapp See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Bar Machine Gunner The most noticeable is the work of an Austrian artist who created four markers on the corners of the original site. Serial Number39602619 Private State of ResidenceKentucky Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunesia Haddon was assisted by a staff composed of instructors, librarians, a secretary, and office help. State of ResidencePennsylvania Reached Allied lines, Walter A. Gontarski American planes appeared overhead almost daily, while thunderous flashes of light to the east confirmed the approach of Russians seeking vengeance for atrocities the Germans had committed on them earlier in the war. 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). This article originally appeared in the February 2006 issue of America in WWII. Private First Class Box 123 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 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia (Also KDOS [USA] #1-5; ARB BTNS 225-255) 52-14), Ralph Hoag Corporal State of ResidenceIllinois Serial Number20701864 Service Number5774137 According to the Third Geneva Convention of 1929 and its predecessor, the Hague Convention of 1907, Section IV, Chapter 2,[2] these camps were only for prisoners of war, not civilians. State of ResidenceDelaware Camp 59 internmentMarch 1June 3, 1943, A. J. Briggs 20701847recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Address from Armie Hills address book: Massachusetts. Sergeant Four men, Bill Marcus, Ron (last name unknown), Pip Cummings, and Eric himself were together near the camp for a time. Private In addition, one barrack was used as a repair shop for shoes and clothing. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Source: Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling contains a 1942 drawing by Sgt. New York. Private U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number32180821 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), Edward D. Hasman Special Air Service Captured in Tobruck, Libya, circa December 1941, Printed on the back of a photo of Arnold Chessell: Serial Number12020395 U.S. Army, Infantry See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 310 E. Tyler Concerning the nationalities of prisoners of Camp 59, Giuseppe Millozzi, in his splendid study of Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, writes: According to the Italian military authority, in March 1943 Serviglianos camp held: 1,445 British; 464 Americans; 4 French. State of ResidenceIowa 49th Battalion, Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery State of ResidenceWest Virginia State of Residenceunlisted Driver Corporal ABRAMS, BERNIE. One man was badly wounded in the face and was thrown out by Lt Briley, but all 10 men were able to deploy their parachutes. (DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR; 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Oria Powers (National Archives database has no POW listing for Ira Powers) Are you sure you want to delete your template? State of ResidenceIowa State of Residenceunlisted Sergeant Ward 4 Carlton Terrace 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), George H. Tucker F. T. Lockett These agents have searched prisoners and barracks and have confiscated any food, tobacco or personnel belongings which prisoners may have possessed in excess of limits allowed. 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 192 Wash. [Washington] St. West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Serial Number6891870 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), James Guillory Records from Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Aberdare Minneapolis, Minnesota, William D. Anderson Sullivan, Ind. 11 Clent Avenue Knoxville, Illinois. Route 4 Southend-on-Sea, Essex See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, Infantry Escaped from the camp September 14, 1943, Source: Charles Simmons daughter Trish Harper, John C. Simmons, Jr. 24 Pratt Street U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Air Corps State of ResidenceKansas Harold J. Steever WX12806 (Research courtesy of Brian Sims), John Jack Albert Allen Private Morris SciannaSerial No. Stalag 17B: Prisoner of War. Haverstraw, N.Y. [New York]. U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceNew York 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), Hobert W. Gabbard Thornbury 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), Verlin E. Cokely London. The address above is from that list. During visits to two other stalags in early 1944, a YMCA official saw Red Cross packages that were given to soldiers. H.B. Signalman Serial Number19018417 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Service Number7518016 Serial Number37158596 Orville Higgins name and address 9above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Corporal Culpepper, Virginia [4] The sub-camps were administered by the parent stalag, which maintained personnel records and collected mail and International Red Cross packages and then delivered them to the individual Arbeitskommando. James Kavana escaped from Camp 59, was recaptured by the Germans, and then escaped again. At my last interview before he passed away, this 95-old still spoke with pain in his eyes, remembering the brutality of Stalag 17-B. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle . Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, James Kingsley, James Snodgrass, James Martelli, and Carl Good. Dennis J. Sweeney Private U.S. Army, Infantry See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. (54) Treatment of these other prisoners varied widely, depending on their nationality. 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), Virgil Jarvis, Jr. Luther was recaptured by the Germans and spent the rest of the war in various German stalags; he was finally liberated from Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia 52-14 in 1945. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, George Tucker, James Snodgrass, James Martelli, and Carl Good. U.S. Army Air Corps Army, InfantryArmored Force Reached Allied lines, Source: The National Archives, United Kingdom Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 31. Address from Armie Hills address book: Source: T. Strapps name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. George Shorter British Army, After the war, served in the Church of Scotland, Sources: The Memoirs of J. H. D. Millar, published by Quaderni della Memoria, 2008; obituary at news.scotsman.com, G. Mackenzie Sergeant RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) The number of English POWs in the same span of time decreased from 1,337 to 313. 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 The address above is from that list. State of Residencenot listed Corporal State of ResidenceOhio Sergeant State of ResidenceNew York Private Private State of Residenceunlisted West Hill Frederick Buske 13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery State of Residenceunlisted This issue is sold out, but to view and order other back issues, click here. There, German Luftwaffe (air force) officers separated the commissioned officers from the non-commissioned officers and shipped them to other depots of the German prison camp system (except for chaplains and doctors, who might be assigned among enlisted prisoners). See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. This was the average attendance figure during the school's operation. Royal Air Force 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. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards), 1st Lt. Scott Andrew Briley 545th Squadron 384th Bomber Group. Serial Number39163898 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), Johnnie D. Ford 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 Camp 59 internmentMarch 10, 1942April 1, 1943, J. W. Cade State of ResidenceKentucky The German camps were expected to stock enough of the parcels to provide one week of sustenance for each American. James Guillory Bradford 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), Willis C. Pirnie See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. This address for Micheal Lacy is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Micheal W. Lacy Any individuals who were injured in work, or became ill, were returned to the Lazarett (medical care facilities) at the parent stalag. State of ResidenceNew Mexico 6th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment State of Residenceunlisted The part of the camp where they are is under the command of an air force Captain, but he cannot act fully and receives orders from the authorities of the Stalag. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Private Billy V. EnglandSerial No. Theodore Drazkowski If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. 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