State of ResidencePennsylvania Joseph James Freeborn 422nd Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group. My sources for information about British and other non-American Allied prisoners have been less official. 123 Goldsmith Walk See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 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 Of these, 73 were recaptured within two weeks, and 50 of them were executed by order of Hitler in the Stalag Luft III murders. St. Louis, Missouri. Sergeant Serial Number37129829 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, InfantryRifle When it didnt rain or snow, nighttime brought some relief from pain, as the men lay their tired bodies down to sleep in the woods and fields along the winding country roads. This address for Eric Oram is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Eric Oram Captured December 28, 1941Agedabia, 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), Tony Spicola Waldamer Semmler Serial Number6664729 This address for George Jordan is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: George D. Jordan Sergeant Address from Armie Hills address book: U.S. Army, InfantryDivisional Artillery Serial Number6131066 358) The following names are missing from the AAD World War II Prisoners. 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), Nathaniel Kemp Nye Corporal Serial Number6959286 21 Locust Street Ira Powers name and address were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Sergeant 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. 15054958is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. I was surprised by the impression I felt that this was hallowed ground. While this process was ostensibly to keep a tally on prisoners and to detect escapees, the process was often cruel. 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 Private Massachusetts. Private First Class Corporal Private Serial Number39227259 U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentArmored Force Maybe its because there are so many concrete structures that its just not worth it. 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), Ralph Hoag [Iowa]. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number38060738 Although the camp that Cyrus was in is not specified in the database, he likely was held in Camp 59 as well and escaped with Edward (official records indicate the two men returned to the Allied forces on the same day). England. 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), Lawrence F. Hunt At each Stalag the German Army set up sub-camps called Arbeitskommando to hold prisoners in the vicinity of specific work locations, whether factories, coal-mines, quarries, farms or railroad maintenance. Sergeant Serial Number20705257 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 U.S. Army, Coast Artillery Corps Church Street recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. State of ResidenceOklahoma U.S. Army, Infantry Camp leader at Camp 59 in September 1943 (at the time of the general escape). Figures of other nationalities of the above POWs are in the Swiss Red Cross report that covers the same period. Private New Salem, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. Four men, Bill Marcus, Ron (last name unknown), Pip Cummings, and Eric himself were together near the camp for a time. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private Morris SciannaSerial No. At the time I didnt know why I had this feeling. State of ResidencePennsylvania State of ResidenceIowa T. H. Knight Royal Army Service Corps Insufficient water from 6:30 to 8:00 AM and 10:30 to 12:00 and 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Serial Number 20717605 Did Stanley Bentley escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria? Knoxville, Illinois. 4232 Tamerack Dr. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Hattiesburg, Miss. It was their first encounter with Nazi Germanys tormented, mostly Jewish political prisoners. Source: Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, John L. Whitten Reached Allied lines, Russell Collins Serial Number13069951 State of ResidenceDistrict of Columbia 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 ResidenceKansas 929 N. Front St. The camp was filled with enlisted men, and under the terms of the Geneva Convention, they could not be required to work. Reached Allied lines, Walter A. Gontarski [Kent] Lake City, Tenn. [Tennessee]. U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentRifle Sergeant . Finally, the Americans of Stalag 17-B were told to gather their meager possessions and prepare to move out. Hillsborough State of ResidenceIowa Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 David E. Ridings name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Louis VanSlootens name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Claude J. Cole WX4445 Corporal 500 [Pennsylvania]. 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), William Wolfenbarger Arthur Shupes name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 276 Wragby Road James Kavana escaped from Camp 59, was recaptured by the Germans, and then escaped again. U.S. Army, Thomas C. Cronin State of ResidenceKentucky Manuel C. Brava 16th Parachute Field Ambulance Royal Artillery (repatriated to the East Yorkshire Regiment), Captured in Egypt by Germans U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentArmored Force St. Giles,Lincoln 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 1207 Ninth St. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small State of ResidencePennsylvania R.R. Private Corporal His name was Ed Oscar Seabourne, he was the best man I've ever known. State of ResidenceIndiana He awoke suddenly and had somehow been ejected from the plane and was falling at terminal velocity. 852 Muhlenberg St. King Herbert Frederick Parkes (RASC) was a POW in Camp 59 from December 1941 to January 1943. Freeborn's next two years would be spent at the infamous Stalag VII B Braunau Gneikendorf, Germany, near Krems, Austria. YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves. Dawson Springs, Ky. Paul Wakelands name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial No. Service Number5501857 Eric Ethier is a former staff editor of Civil War Times and American History magazines. State of ResidenceMaryland Serial Number34352271 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Clermont, Florida, William W. Hurley New York Serial Number 7082151 12th Lancers U.S. Army, Field Artillery155 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn Corporal Serial Number37042565 Bernard P. Robinson State of ResidenceIowa 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 listed), David E. Riding Special Air Service 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), Willis C. Pirnie This address for Frederick Druce is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Frederick Druce 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 listed), John E. Riley Serial Number35214698 Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli U.S. Army, InfantryRifle He learned quickly to hate the Nazis. Source: Willman Kings son Joseph M. King, James G. Kingsley My attacker was strong and he spun me around. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 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), Edwin M. Majeski Sioux City, Iowa This issue is sold out, but to view and order other back issues, click here. While prisoner interaction with German overseers was generally limited to the twice-daily roll calls and an occasional barracks sweep, guards were sometimes brutish, and the shadow of death lingered over the 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), Hobert W. Gabbard Trenton, Florida, Corporal D. Nevitt is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., W. G. Newall State of Residencenot listed State of Residenceunlisted $35.99 + $2.00 shipping . Los Angeles 272 0 obj<>stream [likely Harrisburg, Pennsylvania] Originally from Scotland 13022149is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. In Clifford Houbens address list, Jack is also noted as having been interned in Camp 59. WX5012 13023638is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. U.S. Army, Field Artillery Private Serial Number16037380 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number33137228 532 S.E. 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), Olin E. Cox State of Residenceunlisted James Collins We learned that he went down on June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany. 8540 5-31-44. Armored Infantryman 0000006168 00000 n Frank J. Mikes 1529 Ill Ave. State of Residenceunlisted Helmeted Nazi guards with machine guns manned towers at the edges, waiting to shoot dead any prisoner who crossed the warning wire that ran a few feet inside the fencing. Private Arthur Austin died of pneumonia in the Camp 59 infirmary on March 5, 1943. Arthur E. Shupe Serial Number13003189 Maghull, Off Dodds Lane 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 First Sergeant Pip Cummings is mentioned a letter dated October 21, 1943 in which a POW only identified as Eric, writing to his mother and dad, describes the escape from Camp 59 and the actions of the men immediately after. Because the limited supply of technical books prevented a check-out system, tables and benches were furnished for reference work. Today, the overgrown trees and moss-covered cement walls are all that physically remains. British Royal Artillery, Lincoln Territorial Battery 237, Address: I also found this marker that also indicates the existence of the camp, and what happened to the bodies that were buried here. $179.99 . ______ Kuhn was charged with a crime and brought to trial in Camp 59. 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. State of Residenceunlisted Private U.S. Army, Infantry Outgoing mail very erratic. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Forces U.S. Army, Air Corps Brockton Serial Number20701910 NX10180 U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry Staff Sergeant Oflag IIIB Wehrmachtlager Tibor/Zuellichau. What the Soviets were forced to endure was unimaginable. New Orleans, Louisiana, B. Private Cedartown, Ga. [Georgia]. State of ResidenceNew York State of Residenceunlisted 0000000948 00000 n U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Entire camp has had one bath at central bathing station since May 30. 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 Reached Allied lines, Dwight L. Dulaney U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force E. R. H. Silverman 601 Walnut 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Franklin E. Swint Sgt. Captured November 27, 194113 miles west of Bardia Service Number884337 Route 4 Service Number967031 Technician Fifth Grade 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 document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 119 Battery, 31st Field Regiment Royal Artillery, 11th Infantry Brigade, 4th Indian Division, Captured at Battle of Alem Hamza; interned at Caserta Military Hospital, transit Camp 66 Capua, Camp 59 Servigliano and Camp 29 Veano. Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Thomas is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. Serial Number20704916 Did Earl Linaweaver escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? 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 H. Adams Mahlon J. Private The camps consisted of a field with barbed wire around it, in which thousands of people were crammed together. 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: Raymond Kestners granddaughter Jessica Kestner McMahon, Everette L. Kidd - Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. Reached Allied lines, Daniel J. McAnally Private First Class 93rd Battalion, Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Serial Number12005201 Transfaal, South Africa, [This address is likely Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa]. Robert records that Sgt. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 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 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 15, 1943 Montello Street The marker has the word Remember written in the twelve different languages representing all the nationalities who were held here. State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceIllinois Private Serial Number32302560 John E. Riley After hearing Rays story, it inspired me to read other first-hand accounts Stalag 17b. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, Serial Number15055130 . Serial Number37026306 Ray Dentler I did not find a Gene Schull or Eugene Schull in the U.S. Archives WW II POW or enlistment databases. 6 Service Number1433896 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), Charles Gallo Barnesboro, Penn. Source: letter from Eric provided by Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke. I was thrown through its rickety door before I could even react. 6th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment Nello lives in Servigliano. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Private Serial Number13057379 Private U.S. Army, Infantry Initially known as Stalag 331, construction began in 1941 to house prisoners from Belgium and France. Star Route, Box 54 U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists only two POWs with this last name: Fay M. Straight and William J. State of ResidenceWest Virginia Samuel E. Underwood - Theater Supervisor, S/Sgt. Private August C. ErdbrinkSerial 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), Rochester F. Nettles Raymond A. Johnson Charged with a crime and brought to trial in Camp 59. This is because as NCOs, they may not be forced to work and they considered this work as aiding the enemy. Private Littlehampton, Sussex State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, InfantryRifle See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Attached, 3rd Light Field Ambulance Serial Number15055023 Max Hausers name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 32019660recorded 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). And it's not just any old concrete foundation. State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidencePennsylvania 1944 Germany Stalag 8b Prisoner of War POW Postcard Cover To New Zealand . These two servicemen are Morris Kirschner and Wallace E. Kirschner. U.S. Army, Wounded in action and captured at Kasserine Pass on March 28, 1943, Transported to Palermo, Sicily, for a hospital stay of 14 days, Transferred to a hospital in Bologna, Italy for a six-month recovery, Transported with 100 other prisoners to Camp 59, Escaped after signing of the Armistice, but was recaptured after 10 days and taken back to Camp 59; held there until transport to Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria, After a short stay at Moosburg, transferred to 2B in Hammerstein, Germany. Private First Class State of ResidenceIllinois Camp 59 internmentJanuary 30, 1942June 4, 1943, P. G. J. Burke Private Serial Number7080390 Serial Number12005009 Reached Allied lines, G. W. Jaques He drew attention to the fact that the Gestapo has become an integral part of the Wehrmacht since the Reichfuhrer SS has taken over the Supreme command of the Erstazheer. In the artists own description of the work, he points out that few people in Krems are aware of the sordid history that existed in their hometown. U.S. Army 2nd Corps, Source: Luther Shields daughter Cindy Jackson, Murray Shulaw State of Residenceunlisted This address for Victor Day is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Victor A. Finally, as May dawned, relief arrived in the rugged jeeps and hulking Sherman tanks of the 13th Armored Division. Resto, Clement T/Sgt. Sponsored . U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer State of Residenceunlisted Sergeant Kenneth E. GaddySerial No. 406 Redditch Road Serial Number0&678420 Sergeant Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force In Germany, stalag (/ s t l /; German: ) was a term used for prisoner-of-war camps.Stalag is a contraction of "Stammlager", itself short for Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschaftsstammlager, a literal translation of which is "War-prisoner" (i.e. Milton A. Benz, Jr. 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 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11). 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 ResidencePennsylvania Gunner, Tank Corps It shows just how large this camp was; almost a square mile in total. Serial Number14027421 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. During visits to two other stalags in early 1944, a YMCA official saw Red Cross packages that were given to soldiers. Sergeant Serial Number12016749 Kurtenbach carried on the administration with the following organization. U.S. Army, Infantry 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). His enlistment records indicate that he is from Bristol County, Rhode Island. 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), Frank Hillman Corporal Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Edmund is noted as having been interned in Camp. Technical Sergeant Sol, Calif. [California]. Service Number2748467 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), Ernest C. Ellis Serial Number15055095 Serial Number36306180 [Indiana]. Stanley Bentley Special Air Service (British Special Forces) 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), P. G. Whapples, bombardier, is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Charles Thomas Wheatley Reached Allied lines, Robert A. Newton Bar Machine Gunner Serial Number37129673 0000003632 00000 n Private Joe MalySerial No. Serial Number33126737 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Sergeant Serial Number12040114 Francis Thomas and Gus Teel escaped Camp 59 together on September 14, 1943; both menand an British soldierwere sheltered by Italians near Comunanza. Service Number2368486 5115 Schuler Ave. Willard J. State of ResidenceWest Virginia State of Residenceunlisted Private John A. Sikorski Serial Number32026775 Aside from the nine double barracks used for housing purposes, one barrack was reserved for the infirmary and the medical personnels quarters. Tex Reomes name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Sweechbridge Road In all, Clifford specifies that Keith was in Italian Camps 98, 59, 53, 73, 132 and 82, and Stalags 7-A and 2-B. Source: Clifford Houbens son Wayne Houben, Earl W. Huddleston All mail goes through Stalag Luft 3 and the delay is considerable. State of ResidenceAlabama Private They might have laughed at the comfortable picture of their lives sometimes portrayed by the American press. Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Henry Kane U.S. Army Serial Number33136500 6959286is 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), Maholan J. Private 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 listed), Athol Gray L. H. Straight 0000007732 00000 n State of ResidenceTexas Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number38009720 State of Residencenot listed Elmcourt Serial Number32423241 U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Cpl. Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943, Source: John Leon Turners son-in-law Terry Marshall, Felice D. Vacca Beer State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number33137231 trailer If you have any unwanted Trading with the German and Austrian civilians became the main source of sustenance after the Rod Cross parcel supplies were exhausted. The treatment at Stalag 17B was never considered good, and was at times even brutal. 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), Harry Stewart (H. Stewart) is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Jacob J. Stiner c/o 98 Ware Street WX17234 Thornbury Serial Number35045839 Private First Class Freeborn laying in a field. Patrick Cahills address is from an official notification of his capture to his parents. Consequently, the Nazis knew they were immune from any legal consequence for making the Russians endure such a ghastly sort of hell. Serial Number38074437 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceKentucky U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Emerson Street 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), Domingo S. Aguilar (DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR; 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Oria Powers (National Archives database has no POW listing for Ira Powers) The more I researched this place, the more I felt a strong need to see it with my own eyes. Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Spencer A. Edwards U.S. Army, InfantryArmed Forces Prisoners protested vigorously being forced to fill up discovered escape tunnels. 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