20701883is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. This address for Leslie Beer is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Leslie J. Gunner State of ResidenceMissouri 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, InfantryDivisional Artillery 123 Goldsmith Walk State of ResidenceMinnesota 20 Woodside Grove 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. 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). WX14635 John Park, who was ill at the time of the escape, was recaptured and died of pneumonia in solitary confinement at Camp 59 on September 28, 1942. 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), Darrell DeCamp U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry State of ResidenceOhio 9th Infantry Division Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Yermiston? Service Number5774137 Fahl Earl Cornell. Serial Number38074437 W. 6 London U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Duard W. Payne 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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 STALAG 17B, Page 3 of 6 cooperation was obtained from Maj. Eigl, but since there was friction between him (Luftwaffe) and the other German officers (Wehrmacht), his authority was extremely limited. Ray Blankenships name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 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), Donald D.Fremd Sergeant Camp 59 internmentMarch 5, 1942June 3, 1943, C. A. Bourne Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany Stalag Luft III Prisoner of war camp View all 34 images Object Number - UPL 36335 - "Aerial view of Stalag Luft III, German prisoner of war camp for air force personnel, at Sagen, Germany. Did Joseph Raffeo escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 6D Dortmund? 2006 7th St. Serial Number15041867 Only the nearness of freedom drove many on. Serial No. F. T. Lockett Corporal 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). State of ResidenceFlorida State of Residenceunlisted This address for William Rawlinson is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: William Rawlinson 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). State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number37025587 Patrick Cahills address is from an official notification of his capture to his parents. State of ResidenceOhio 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 Page Private Southend-on-Sea, Essex St. Giles,Lincoln [Kent] Serial Number32019660 Private First Class State of Residencenot listed State of ResidenceMassachusetts Protests to the commandant were always useless. Ned Handy, a flight engineer from Massachusetts, described one such run-in with one of the camps more notorious guards: After dressing, I was the last out, trailing the others, when suddenly I was grabbed by my left arm and yanked about ten feet to a little shed. Serial Number18061638 [likely Harrisburg, Pennsylvania] Company E, 47th Infantry Regiment Dean Steeds name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of ResidencePennsylvania 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). Serial Number33137212 England, United Kingdom, Interned at Camp 59 from January 8, 1942 to January 24, 1943, Interned in Camp 53 Sforzacosta until his escape in September 1943 following the Italian Armistice, Found shelter with a family in Gassino in northern Italy; in October 1944 joined the Partisans, Killed in action while fighting with the Partisans on March 3, 1945, Sources: various documents from Roberts nephew Steve Dickinson, Search this site for Robert Dickinson to access numerous posts about Robert and his prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Charles M. Dittman Private First Class Private Serial Number36072813 Serial Number11011496 Serial Number32003300 Serial Number35261700 36441799. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number38056580 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 Serial Number12040114 Middle photo: Some personal items that belonged to Paul "Flash" Gordon, a B-17 ball-turret gunner with the US 327th Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, while he was at Stalag 17-B. Serial Number20701883 State of Residenceunlisted Prisoners held there were forced to work at . 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 Utahville 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 P. Rogers U.S. Army, Infantry 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), Jack Webb 14038487is 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). startxref Serial Number12017478 John T. Davis Black 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 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 13023021is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. State of ResidenceMaryland Private Private First Class Harold S. ArnesonSerial No. Sol, Calif. [California]. 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 Adamo 21 Locust Street Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number37095302 Hollis, Long Island Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryRifle In all, Clifford specifies that Keith was in Italian Camps 98, 59, 53, 73, 132 and 82, and Stalags 7-A and 2-B. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Service Number310798 WX17234 Staff Sergeant Serial Number 13025138 3 Service Number7586544 Serial Number20705393 Technical Sergeant Worley H. Priest Western captives at least had that agreement working in their favor, and the American fliers even received a semblance of respect from a few of the German air force officers who guarded themthough they got no sympathy from Commandant Oberst Kuhn, an army officer. U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number35214698 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Serial Number37038102 391 Grand Ave. Ronald James Jim McMahon Ehmann Frederick Elliot. Each barracks became a sort of autonomous unit. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Private Anthony P. FioreSerial 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). U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceMinnesota Serial Number12016278 New Salem, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. Domingo S. Aguilars name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. I was thrown through its rickety door before I could even react. State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Address from Armie Hills address book: Sergeant T/Sgt Dolton Harry Edward. L. H. Straight Sergeant Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Flight Sergeant Army, InfantryArmored Force 2 Jack Street We learned that he went down on June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany. Nello lives in Servigliano. 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment U.S. Army, Coast Artillery Corps State of ResidenceMississippi 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), Jerome C. Pugh Escaped from Camp 59though the hole in the wallSeptember 14, 1943. Lawrence Mortimer Lawrie Butler 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), Edmund H. Cote Serial Number17006940 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 Sherwood, Nottingham 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). Serial Number12009301 Camp 59 internmentFebruary 28June 2, 1943, Sid Bowland Serial Number35119503 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 1945 Leicester England to Germany Prisonerof War POW Camp Stalag 17BCover $68. 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), Owen M. Frye 420 E. 5th Street The address above is from that list. See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Private First Class Gunner Serial Number37093751 96 Forest Road My sources for information about British and other non-American Allied prisoners have been less official. New York, Al Buttacavolis name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., V. J. Button Littlehampton, Sussex NO. R.F.D. 201 Ford St. Reached Allied lines, Robert R. Krager 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). 20701847recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. The aircraft was 42-5877. 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). Private First Class Service Number614025 State of ResidenceIowa California, James Tasiopulos name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Guss O. Teel London,England. Hartwell R. Harris 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 Burgess 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 0000002940 00000 n This surely is the same John Procko, despite the discrepancy in state of residence. State of Residenceunlisted #1 Camp 59 internmentMarch 2June 1, 1943. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number35264149 Corporal photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Theodore Drazkowski U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceWest Virginia The address above is from that list. Serial Number33146780 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. Private Billy V. EnglandSerial No. (DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR; 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Oria Powers (National Archives database has no POW listing for Ira Powers) [England, United Kingdom], Source of address: Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke, Lawrence Danich The men on this page are just a sample of the thousands of prisoners who passed through P.G. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Spencer, Okla. [Oklahoma], Albert Edward Ibbetson 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. (About 200 sick prisoners stayed behind, and were liberated by Russians on May 9.) Joseph James Freeborn 422nd Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group. State of ResidenceIdaho Serial Number37042309 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment U.S. Army, Air Corps 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), Additional source: Letters written by Marshall Wells provided by POW Raymond Kestners granddaughter Jessica McMahon (posted on this site), Robert B. Wessels See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 4th Milner Captured December 3, 1942Bizerta, Tunisia The terrible truths tucked away with Stalag 17-B in the Austrian wilderness began to come to light in the spring of 1945, as Russian armies from the east and American armies from the west were crushing the remnants of the Nazi war machine between them. Serial Number12023561 Inside their spartan quarters, prisoners searched for fellow crew members whom they had last seen inside a falling, shot-up plane, and acquainted themselves with the other men of their bay (a tightly clustered section of bunks that lined the barracks walls). 440 Huchnall Road Massachusetts. Arrived in Camp 59 on March 1, 1943 Kenneth E. Gaddy Emerson Street Private Ray Felcle [Felchle]Serial No. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Forces Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number20717950 Kenneth Seldon escaped from Camp 59 but was recaptured and sent to Germany. Nello lives in Servigliano. 15 Ancill Street Serial Number35250761 Serial Number36104952 P. A. Hawksley-Hill Bernard P. Robinson 9th Infantry Division 8, Alfred Road New Orleans, Louisiana, B. Serial Number12010340 Serial Number12020395 U.S. Army, Infantry 6th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment Highgate, London S.E. Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia Private Private See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number13022149 Seattle 8, Wash. [Washington]. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryMilitary Police U.S. Army, InfantryRifle During 1943 many English POWs were transferred to Sforzacostas prison camp (CPG 53) and also to various working camps in North Italy in order to make space for American POWs. State of ResidenceGeorgia #2 Camp 59 internmentApril 22June 22, 1943, John E. Buchanan James L. Rogers name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of ResidenceMinnesota 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 A. (Rifleman 6852912) Signalman c/o 98 Ware Street GERMANY. Neither of these are specifically identified as returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a specific camp. Fall River Serial Number37026306 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 A. Wilcher 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). Private Charles H. Ebright The U.S. National Archives POW database include a listing for Moses Melmed, but no camp is specified. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Trooper From Italy he was transferred to Germany, where he was interned at Stalag 7-A Moosburg, Stalag 11-A Altengrabow, Stalag 11-B Fallingbostel, and Commando 1011 Wolfenbttel. Private First Class Fredric G. Busky [Frederick G. Buske]Serial No. State of Residenceunlisted The other two were Staff Sergeant Robert E. Dulac and Staff Sergeant Edward T. Dzierzynski. Gil. U.S. Army, Field Artillery Arrived in Camp 59 on January 3, 1943, and interned there approximately 6 months Charles Martin, Army Infantry, of Tennessee was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a POW camp, but no camp name is indicated. 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: Edwins great grandson John Garner, A. Freeborn's next two years would be spent at the infamous Stalag VII B Braunau Gneikendorf, Germany, near Krems, Austria. Corporal Mahlon J. U.S. Army, Field Artillery Roland V. Rakow Camp 59 internmentJanuary 31, 1942June 6, 1943, Cyril Cernobyl [Kentucky]. Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Corp of EngineersArmored (Divisional) Jacobs Joseph. This address for George Jordan is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: George D. Jordan State of ResidenceKentucky Forman (A. Forman) is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Alec Foreman 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 Ruzzo 15054958is 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), Salvatore Trischitta Freeborn would eventually be liberated and repatriated back to the United States. 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 The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, George Tucker, James Kingsley, Carl Good, and James Snodgrass.
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