Private WX4445 Raymond Hines name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of Residenceunlisted Want to find out more about your relative's service? POW camp Stalag VII A. Serial Number6959286 Even without a radio, though, the Americans at Stalag 17-B could tell something was happening in April 1945. All rights reserved Website hosted by ctinetworks.com. 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), Martin G. Wethington Enterprising airmen even managed to build at least one radio from crystal, headphones, and a few other items snuck into camp. CQ0 Service Number115227 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). U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry Lt Scott Briley was the pilot of B-17 42-97233, flying his 13th mission, when his plane caught fire and exploded. 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), Served in 83rd Squadron, 12th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Force as a radio operatorgunner, On first mission, August 31, 1942, successfully completed assignment of bombing tanks and trucks on the front lines, Shot down and captured on September 1, 1942, while his B-25 bomber was on a mission over the front line at the Battle of El al Halfa near El Alamein, Incarcerated in several POW facilities in North Africa; transported from Tobruk, North Africa, by a Red Cross Hospital ship to a POW hospital in Caserta, Italy (near Naples), Imprisoned at Italian POW camps 53 and 59. During missions over German cities such as Bremen and Stuttgart and other Nazi strongholds, their B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators had been shredded by German fighters or anti-aircraft guns, sending them tumbling through the sky, fumbling with parachutes and praying for survival. 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), Arthur S. Elliott Serial Number15082385 Serial Number6776227 xb```b``g`a``c@ >f(;wH{00\ 4}%
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Serial Number32188999 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), Arnold Chessell 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Gus Teel Private Corporal 6th Armored Infantry, First Armored Division Arthur Austin died of pneumonia in the Camp 59 infirmary on March 5, 1943. Serial Number13015711 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 It's on private property and I had to walk carefully to avoid trampling down the wheat that surrounded this densely forested area that has been left un-managed for . U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentRifle Liberated by the Americans after westward death march, Source: Charles Wheatleys granddaughter Samantha Constable, Ivan E. White U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Cpl. Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. Captured at Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein in 1942. 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), Marvin Varnes Serial Number11033641 Andrew G. Fregede Private First Class Source: Giuseppe Millozzi, Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, Hilbert H. Balk Serial Number37284762 Serial Number33137228 Serial Number32157976 State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, CavalryCavalry Reconnaissance, Mechanized See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number12021433 Serial Number12005278 Northwich, Cheshire Private In Clifford Houbens address list, Jack is also noted as having been interned in Camp 59. Scotland. Serial Number33186173 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 G. Deaver 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). 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. Coccoran 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. 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 Savageau Newburgh, N.Y. [New York]. Detailed History People Missions Revisions Serial Number14038487 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 Box 132 Technician, Grade 4 Private Highgate, London S.E. Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11), Frank E. Powers, Jr. Trooper Private First Class Fredric G. Busky [Frederick G. Buske]Serial No. Serial Number16004997 Each one was divided into halves shared by 150 to 240 men (and sometimes many more), who also shared straw-filled, flea-ridden mattresses in triple-deck bunks, a single stove with scant fuel (54 pounds of coal per week), wash basins into which cold water ran only a few hours each day, and a single indoor latrine for use after dark (for daytime use, there were multi-hole latrines a short walk from the barracks). Serial Number39302734 Prisoners of war, Germany: Stalag IVB, Muhlburg, Germany; visit reports by the International Red Cross. State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceWisconsin This address for Harry Foster is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Harry Foster 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), Clifford H. Houben 523 N. 3rd St. Serial Number20846363 Private Serial Number35212601 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle He died in 1962, 13 years before I was born, but was . 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. Orville Higgins name and address 9above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. endstream
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See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 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). State of ResidenceKentucky Lance-Sergeant The crash site was near Groningen, Netherlands. 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), Emil W. Adams Captured in Tobruck, Libya, circa December 1941, Printed on the back of a photo of Arnold Chessell: See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, Field Artillery Sources: an interview with John O. Everett; John O. Everetts son John O. Everett, Jr. Anthony T. Fryt Captured December 15, 1941Gazala Line, Libya 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 Residencenot listed Sergeant John O. Everett Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Interned in Camp 59; also in Stalag VI-B (Mhlberg, Germany), William J. OShea Address from Armie Hills address book: Technician, Grade 5 Serial Number12020306 34138090 State of ResidenceIowa 142 Montrose Street Serial Number20701801 Source: Two news articles (July 5, 1944 and September 14, 1944) in the Tifton [Georgia] Gazette, Anthony Primac Private 272 0 obj<>stream
Pennsylvania. State of ResidencePennsylvania He and another crewman fought the fire while the rest of the crew either jumped or were sucked out of the airplane. Sergeant Kenneth E. GaddySerial No. This article originally appeared in the February 2006 issue of America in WWII. U.S. Army, Infantry 15055095is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Serial Number35119503 U.S. Army, Infantry Lowell, Mass. 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), Charles R. (Rusty) Martin Arrived in Camp 59 on March 1, 1943 17 Linden Avenue 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 but no camp is listed). 34059817recorded 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), Robert B. Chandler 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 A. Novotny Private Serial Number16050075 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), Donald D.Fremd U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryTank Destroyer 215 Park Street Address from Armie Hills address book: Technical Sergeant State of ResidencePennsylvania Serial Number20717950 Source: Louis VanSlootens son Tom VanSlooten, Leroy Varnadoe If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Serial Number19018417 Private Serial Number33137217 The address above is from that list. Serial Number32180893 State of ResidenceWest Virginia His name appears in U.S. State Department wartime reports about Camp 59 from the Swiss Legation in Rome. 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), Vernon R. Catterton to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Staff Sergeant Private First Class Harold AdkinsSerial No. Luther C. Shields State of ResidenceOklahoma 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), Albert G. Ross 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 21 Chieti Italy 42-14), Ernest Ellis Private First Class Claude J. ColeSerial 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 Repatriatedno camp listed). 1207 Ninth St. State of ResidenceIowa State of ResidenceNew York Camp 59 internmentApril 22June 22, 1943, John E. Buchanan Source: Herbert Parkes granddaughter Michelle Stephenson, John Pawlawski Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated. Captured December 28, 1941Agedabia, Libya State of ResidenceTexas Eric Ethier is a former staff editor of Civil War Times and American History magazines. State of ResidenceIowa State of ResidenceIllinois [England, United Kingdom], C. Bruce U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment R.R. Liverpool [New Mexico]. U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer Private 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. 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. This address for Ronald Streatfield is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Ronald A. Streatfield U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Southend-on-Sea, Essex Sergeant State of ResidenceMissouri Dawson Springs, Ky. Paul Wakelands name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number13021497 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. U.S. Army, Infantry Sonny spent the remainder of the war as a POW in Stalag Luft XVII-B. 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. U.S. Army, Infantry Pte Roger Lee Hymer 4th Btn. Records from Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Serial Number16020988 Gunner, Tank Corps Serial Number35200125 Serial Number33145895 Hmo0SDc;R.KE 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), Venters Holcomb Service Number7887518 State of Residenceunlisted Staff Sergeant Serial Number35261675 Camp 59 internmentMarch 1June 2, 1943, Charles R. Brue Address from Armie Hills address book: 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). Did Ray Dentler escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? Corporal 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment 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 Reached Allied lines, John J. Withers State of ResidenceMichigan Event Date: Between 3 Mar 1940 - 9 Mar 1940 . Private First Class Arnold L. 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Paul McLaughlin Service Number2980168 G. Loonam The gaunt prisoners felt lucky to see the men known as the Black Cats. Camp 59 internmentJanuary 2June 1, 1942, Marshall J. Brekkes name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Author of Behind Enemy Lines (Bognor Regis, Anchor Publications, 1985), Gilbert Broadbent was one of the 150 POWs transferred to Sforzacosta on February 23, 1943, Robert Brooks See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Camp 59 internmentFebruary 28June 2, 1943, Sid Bowland Captured November 21, 1941Tobruk, Libya 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), Thaddeus A. Sopel Serial Number17006940 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), Verlin E. Cokely I'm told that he was able to meet with several of his former crew mates. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Royal Army Medical Corps, Escaped from Camp 59 with Corporal Howard F. Jones. State of Residenceunlisted See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Thomas A. Chard 0000001403 00000 n
Serial Number33136467 He and his left waist gunner, SSgt James W McClain, were on the loose for 5 days prior to capture by the enemy. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Arthur Shupes name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 33090088 Route 4 If you have any unwanted Ernest Ellis name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Brooklyn U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force 49th Battalion, Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery The American veterans shared their misery with more than 25,000 neighbors. U.S. Army, Infantry 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. Serial Number38153226 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 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 Private Private Warren Culver They represent the first Camp 59 POWs I was aware of in 2008. Serial Number18040453 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 4D Torgau (Elbe) Sachsen, Prussia 51-13), Charlie Perkins 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), Ivan J. Robinson Sergeant After one and a half years, was transported to Hamburg, Germany; then moved to Cologne, Germany, Liberated on April 18, 1945 by a British tank battalion, Sources: American Ex-Prisoners of War biography and Frank Mancinellis daughter, Irene Mancinelli, Joe C. Mandese Gray Victoria, Australia, James Frederick Osborn 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 3 Wood Place Wisconsin, Samuel Bridge Camp 59 internmentMarch 5, 1942June 3, 1943, C. A. Bourne Private State of ResidenceOhio Corporal Buffs Regiment U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry startxref
New arrivals were often surprised to discover a system of government in the American compoundsa democratically elected power structure headed by a so-called Man of Confidence (MOC). Captured at Battle of Longstop Hill, Tunisia, December 24, 1942. New Orleans, Louisiana, B. Gil. U.S. Army, Field Artillery 13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Serial Number39678019 Private David E. Riding, Jr. Address from Armie Hills address book: 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 [Texas]. 406 Redditch Road 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 but no camp is indicated), Steve Shedlock 12th Royal Lancers Corporal Serial Number35107131 Prospects for successsuch as the mass breakout that occurred at Stalag Luft 3 in March 1944were poor. Serial Number32207520 Hillsborough Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli U.S. Army, InfantryRifle #1 Serial Number20701816 U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) (8) The camp was designated "17B" because it was the second prison camp (B) located in Germany's 17th military district. 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 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). State of ResidenceTexas Corporal Bill Hurley Private First Class Harold S. Arneson 20701884is recorded 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: U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residenceunlisted 12020628is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Serial Number20701864 Private Royal Horse Artillery Hattiesburg, Miss. [Kansas]. 1st Special Air Service Regiment A postwar inquiry found that in less than two years of American captivity, there were about 30 recorded cases of guards striking PW [POWs] with bayonets, pistols, and rifle butt. Serial Number14002753 #2 State of ResidenceMissouri West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. I have recorded below names, military ranks and units, and notes concerning capture, internment, escape, and repatriation. 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), Richard Mooney U.S. Army, Infantry 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. Service Number7015022 S.E. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Welwyn Garden City State of ResidenceMichigan Service Number5501857 State of Residenceunlisted 93rd Battalion, Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Serial Number15046656 State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidencePennsylvania Technician, Grade 4 Document Date: 9 Apr 1940. State of ResidenceNew York U.S. Army, Air Corps Bist offered art lessons in Camp 59. Service Number5495606 State of ResidenceMichigan Private This address for Charles Holt is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Charles Holt U.S. Army, Infantry New Salem, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. Sergeant Bailgate, Lincoln More and more Allied prisoners are being released by advancing Armies. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 12, 1943 Matt Brazil was liberated by British forces after his escape from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy. State of ResidencePennsylvania Service Number967031 T. H. Knight If the men were relieved to be out of their pen, they quickly discovered that life on the march was no better, or safer. 38064103recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Source: Willman Kings son Joseph M. King, James G. Kingsley Serial Number37003120 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). He drew a large pistol from his holster, moved the barrel to his right hand and swung its heavy butt hard into my head. to Luft Stalag 17-B. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Light Sergeant Source: Charles Stallings name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. Sergeant State of ResidenceVirginia 9 Tannadice Street 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 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15), Michael R. Kreisch Address from Armie Hills address book: Emmett William Roy. Transfaal, South Africa, [This address is likely Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa]. Private Benjamin F. FarleySerial No. This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict. 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 West J. Keith Killby, together with other WW II , founded the Monte San Martino Trust in. U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentRifle 2006 Store Ave. [or S. Tore] Private First Class Serial Number37026306 Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli Private The U.S. National Archives list of WW II POWs list a Edmund H. Cote (Serial No. On approach of the Soviet armies in January 1945, was evacuated from the stalag with other prisoners Camp 59 internmentJanuary 23, 1942January 24, 1943, Victor Boulter Rifleman Private However, there are several POWs with the name Charles Martin listed as having been detained by Germany, some of them without state are residence or camp listings. Sergeant Bist of Robert. Private See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Mulberry, Kansas. Serial NumberO&436014 U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceNew York Versailles, Conn. [Connecticut]. Is this the same Edmund Cote, and was he living in Massachusetts at the time of the war? 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