Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Henry Kane For a total of 1913 POWs, it should be noting that with British Italian Authorities included other nationalitiesIrish, Canadians, Cypriots, New Zealanders, Australians, Poles, South Africans, Palestinians (2), Maltese (2), Rhodesians (1) and Norwegians (6). Bist of Robert. Serial Number20704916 Versailles, Conn. [Connecticut]. Serial Number32105342 Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number35214698 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Oelwein, Iowa, James Collins (LogOut/ Warren A. Culver Service Number5493563 Sergeant State of ResidenceCalifornia Franklin Nettles U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Sgt. Address from Armie Hills address book: See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number20701883 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 [United Kingdom], Leslie Worthington If a man could live on that parcel for a week, one of them wrote, it was only at ten percent over starvation. Contents of the shoebox-size parcels generally included canned tuna, cheese, dehydrated milk, liver paste, and raisins, along with margarine, sugar, several packs of cigarettes, and two D-Bars (condensed chocolate). Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), John J. Procko, Jr. Serial Number6954980 (DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR; 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Oria Powers (National Archives database has no POW listing for Ira Powers) 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 Crawford is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling.. Gray Box #6 Oreville, Calif. [California]. 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. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of ResidencePennsylvania Private 20701883is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Serial Number12011751 British Army, Escaped though the hole in the wall of Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, Made his way, with two other British servicemen, to Switzerland, Patrick Cahill 102nd Regiment, Royal Artillery Escaped from Camp 59 on September 12, 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Paul McLaughlin State of ResidenceMassachusetts State of ResidenceWest Virginia Serial Number12047271 Service Number6923234 Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. 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), P. G. Whapples, bombardier, is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Charles Thomas Wheatley John T. Davis Serial Number37042238 Serial Number38064103 202 5th Ave. N.E. U.S. Army, Infantry Edward Dzierzynski is listed in the WW II POW database of the U.S. National Archives as having been interned in Camp 59 (Robert Dulac was hospitalized in Potenza, Italy). Lance Corporal Serial Number15055023 Did Ernest Ellis escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to CC 21? State of ResidenceIdaho SSgt. Sergeant Murray Shulaws name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private First Class Corporal Serial Number32026775 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), Gaines S. Robinson U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Maspeth, New York, Source: Bernard Petrulis son Alan Petrulis The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Service Number958853 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), Elmer M. Eckman Route 5 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), J. G. Whitlow U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryRifle W. 6 London Free for 7 months before being recaptured and sent to Germany, where he spent another year in Stalag VIIA Moosburg (Germany), Stalag IVB Muhlberg (Germany), and Stalag Esdenmein Private 15 Ancill Street Newburgh, N.Y. [New York]. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidencePennsylvania Date: 1942 Jan 01 - 1945 Dec 31 Held by: The National Archives, Kew: Former reference in its original department: SS/3 Records/281: Legal status: Public Record(s) . State of ResidenceIllinois U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private Battersea, S.W. 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), Carl L. Good U.S. Army, InfantryMilitary Police Staff Sergeant Service Number1707955 Camp 59 internmentMarch 13, 1942May 24, 1943, Peter J. Calvagno 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). U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment 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 Corporal Private A. Willis Private Private First Class Lawrence F. HuntSerial No. Pilfered shingles and other scraps of wood went into the stove or were used to make tools. U.S. Army, Field Artillery He was decorated for this decision at the end of 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 Repatriatedno camp listed). Harold Adkins 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 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. Bombardier/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), Bud David 33-40 150 Place These two men had parachuted out of the plane over France and after getting rid of his parachute and equipment, Sgt Milasius ran out of the village and found Sgt. Service Number7916190 607 6th Street Serial Number35264025 State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceMissouri GERMANY. 404 No. State of Residenceunlisted He was supposed to be a POW in Stalag 17, but when I searched the online records at the National Archives, his name did not come up. State of Residenceunlisted List Type: Inmate / prisoner list. 412 Pulaski St. Service Number5495606 0000005307 00000 n State of ResidenceGeorgia As elements of Pattons 13th Armored Division blasted their way into Austria, they found several groups of chilled, ashen-faced Americans in the woods near Braunau. Victoria, Australia, James Frederick Osborn U.S. Army, Infantry Prisoners of war, Germany: Stalag IVB, Muhlburg, Germany; visit reports by the International Red Cross. Fields Reached Allied lines, Charles K. Simmons Captured December 15, 1941Gazala Line, Libya See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Oscar C. Ruebens Western Australia, Captured at El Alamein the night of July 27, 1942, Repatriated at British Headquarters on June 26, 1944, Sources: Ray Worthington, son of former Camp 59 prisoner Leslie Worthington; Red Cross service record, Leon Wuzzardo Private First Class After the war, he returned to live in St. Albans, Vermont. U.S. Army, Infantry Sergeant Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 State of ResidenceVirginia 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 He was originally from McKean County, Pennsylvania, but he enlisted in Olean, New York. Driver State of Residenceunlisted 259 Ivydale Road Serial Number20323864 Corporal U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Camp 59 internmentJanuary 30, 1942June 4, 1943, P. G. J. Burke Roy Blankenbeckler Royal Sussex Regiment, 1st Buffs, Captured in North Africa on December 15, 1941. U.S. Army, Infantry 1st Dragoons Birmingham [West Midlands] Serial Number34196657 See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Royal Army Medical Corps, Escaped from Camp 59 with Corporal Howard F. Jones. State of ResidenceKentucky U.S. Army, 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 Corporal Les Worthington U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Edmond Petrelli [Iowa]. 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 Los Angeles If the hell inflicted on the Americans was different from the hell inflicted on the Russians, it was only by degreeespecially during the wars final months. (Driver 4532572) U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force At Stalag 17-B, one of the most notorious German prisoner-of-war camps, the American fliers were herded from the train to the bleak outpost about a mile or so away. State of ResidenceCalifornia Grimsby [North East Lincolnshire] During visits to two other stalags in early 1944, a YMCA official saw Red Cross packages that were given to soldiers. Serial Number37141362 U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Joseph Maly Reached Allied lines, Gilbert D. Loonam Serial Number35264149 State of Residenceunlisted See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of ResidencePennsylvania State of ResidenceCalifornia U.S. Army, Infantry A letter from George William Beer to Robert Smiths mother dated July 23, 1943 states that he was interned with Bob for two years at Camp 59 before being transferred to another camp. Captured in Algeria, Willman King was interned in Italian and German camps, including Camp 59. State of ResidencePennsylvania 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), J. M. Greenshields Source: Carl Goods granddaughter Crystal Aceves, Ronald Gordon Jacobs Joseph. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed). 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. Rodgers Transfaal, South Africa, [This address is likely Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa]. U.S. Army, Infantry Top photo: Armed guards in watchtowers and double rows of barbed-wire fencing kept POWs from escaping Germanys notorious Stalag 17-B. Gunner James L. Rogers Serial Number33137881 State of ResidenceIllinois 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 Freestone 4th Milner Service Number2980168 Luther Vaughns name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Nick Velton Serial Number12005201 I'm told that he was able to meet with several of his former crew mates. 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). After their time in Camp 59, the men were sent to separate camps and, after escape from their respective camps, both made their way north to freedom in Switzerland. Serial Number18117755 Sergeant U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceKansas 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). The number of English POWs in the same span of time decreased from 1,337 to 313. My sources for information about British and other non-American Allied prisoners have been less official. Private 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: T. Strapps name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. State of Residenceunlisted 4217 S. 23rd Street Private U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryTank Destroyer 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), Cecil A. Rogers Address from Armie Hills address book: Staff Sergeant State of ResidencePennsylvania Private This surely is the same John Procko, despite the discrepancy in state of residence. State of Residenceunlisted Sergeant Thomas A. Chard R.R. Private Driver L. H. Straights name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Pennsylvania 20701884is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. 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 CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Address from Armie Hills address book: Liverpool Waldamer Semmler Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle North Finchley Tex Reome He was ill at the time of his escape and was sheltered and protected by the Cesari family for six months. 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), Walter G. Nesley Gunner U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of Residenceunlisted Service Number310798 Alvie D. Cochran Camp 59 internmentApril 22June 22, 1943, John E. Buchanan Minnesota, Wesley Goettels name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., R. E. M. Gollop St. Louis, Missouri. Yorkshire Private First Class Private Serial Number7040703 Box 432, Willie H. Ash Serial Number36053918 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), Manuel Serrano Corporal 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), James Guillory

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