State of Residenceunlisted Thornley responded to a questionnaire from Larry Scholl, who was gathering information for his book, Missing in Action: 8th Air Force Evaders, Internees, Prisoners of War, and Escapees in World War II. Lyndale Ligons name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 9th Infantry Division Service Number5495606 Sonny spent the remainder of the war as a POW in Stalag Luft XVII-B. State of ResidenceArizona Patrick Cahills address is from an official notification of his capture to his parents. 132 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery State of ResidenceNew York State of ResidenceNew York Private First Class Private Royal Army Medical Corps, Escaped from Camp 59 with Corporal Howard F. Jones. Bailgate, Lincoln Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Alec. Private U.S. Army, Field Artillery105 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn Private Dale E. Bechtel Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, One of nine Australian POWs who escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, (The nine Australians were: John Jack Albert Allen, Thomas David Alman, Arthur George Bellwho sometimes went by A. G. Jux, Lawrence Mortimer Lawrie Butler, Vaughan Lawrence Carter, Robert Edward Albert Edwards, James William Feehan, Ronald James Jimmy McMahon, and Leslie Worthington), Address from Camp 59 prisoner Charles Simmons calendar/address book: Corporal See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. British Army, Denis Crooks is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling.. These two servicemen are Morris Kirschner and Wallace E. Kirschner. Special Air Service (British Special Forces), Captured in Sardinia during operation Hawthorn, July 8, 1943 State of ResidenceMississippi Guards provided little more than a few uncooked potatoes. Address from Armie Hills address book: U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number33088486 State of ResidencePennsylvania Camp 59 internmentMarch 2June 1, 1943. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 Stalags were operated in both World War I and World War II and were intended to be used for non-commissioned personnel (enlisted ranks in the US Army and other ranks in British Commonwealth forces). John T. Davis There, in hastily improvised shelters, the men shivered, waiting for deliverance. 0000003632 00000 n Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). 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 U.S. Army, Infantry [England, United Kingdom], George F. Neary Murray Shulaws name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed). 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), Claude J. Cole State of ResidenceNew Jersey Brklyn [probably Brooklyn] F. T. Lockett Serial Number20705257 All escapees were recaptured and held in close confinement cells for 10 days. Corporal Platoon Acting Sergeant Address from Armie Hills address book: 13 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 25 Northway Road Private First Class Eric Ethier is a former staff editor of Civil War Times and American History magazines. Private Serial Number6131066 U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment U.S. Army, Infantry No. Source: Robert A. Newton, who corresponded with or met former Camp 59 POWs or their family members, or heard about former prisoners from other escapees. 4 Normanby Street Camp 59 internmentFebruary 28June 2, 1943, Sid Bowland Service Number1707955 Serial Number33146437 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 Signalman Serial Number6973874 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. 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), Joe L. Ross State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number32180821 Christopher J. Facchina Serial Number6661860 Serial Number6776227 No address for John Buchanan is recorded in Armie Hills address book. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 He was liberated from Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12 in June 1945. U.S. Army, Infantry Generating Agency: Der Landrat. Private State of ResidenceIllinois U.S. Army, Infantry Source: Robert A. Newton, who corresponded with or met former Camp 59 POWs or their family members, or heard about former prisoners from other escapees. State of ResidenceIndiana 34059817recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Keith is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. State of ResidenceGeorgia Private Maurice Ernest Snow French Oelwein, Iowa, James Collins Address from Armie Hills address book: Arthur Austin died of pneumonia in the Camp 59 infirmary on March 5, 1943. Serial Number15047094 309 Company, Royal Army Service Corps PJX 203935 Sweechbridge Road Serial Number36215009 xb```b``g`a``c@ >f(;wH{00\ 4}% I5bG|hj2[l48t%&@|1]` vYy)pEHiF R0 yu" 1207 Ninth St. 0000008629 00000 n U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number12017271 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 ResidencePennsylvania 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), Jerome C. Pugh Serial Number33145895 Camp 59 internmentFebruary 1, 1942June 3, 1943, Matt Brazil So. Corporal State of ResidenceIowa Charlie W. Smiths name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Sheltered by the family of Attilio Tulli at Verchiano and by the Spuntarelli family at Croce di Rocca Franca 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment be living and where the plane crashed after being shot down. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number35045839 Private Sergeant 37073082is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Private State of ResidenceIowa 192 Washington Street L. H. Straight Los Angeles Service Number5774137 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 O. Everett This is because as NCOs, they may not be forced to work and they considered this work as aiding the enemy. U.S. Army, Infantry Smithton, Penna. Interned at Lamsdorf Stalag VIII-B after the Armistice New York, Salvatore Trischittas name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., William F. Tschoerner 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Gus Teel Serial Number12017478 West Allis Serial Number12047271 72nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Dean Steeds name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Camp 59 internmentFebruary 1, 1942June 5, 1943, Lionel Bracken Sergeant Corporal Edgar J. CurttrightSerial No. State of ResidenceIowa 84th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Morris Scianna Private (Driver 4532572) 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). New Road He was then transferred to Camp 53 and later to Stalag IVb and Stalag IVc. Territories captured from the Germans were beginning to give up all sorts of ugly secrets about Adolf Hitlers dying Third Reich. Serial Number37100623 Serial Number13023021 State of Residenceunlisted Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 Ts translation (1p) of a note issued by Colonel von Lindeiner, Camp Commandant of Stalag Luft III, Sagan, listing 'offences' committed by prisoners during Christmas 1943 and the penalties imposed on individuals and the camp as a whole as a result. 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 Freeport, Tex. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle To get more articles like this one, subscribe to America in WWII magazine. Corporal Staff Sergeant U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Corp of EngineersArmored (Divisional) U.S. Army, InfantryRifle While he was stationed in Massachusetts he married; the address of Lowell, Massachusetts in Luther Shields playing card deck is the address of the newlyweds before Clifford went overseas. The address above is from that list. This issue is sold out, but to view and order other back issues, click here. State of ResidenceIdaho Days passed slowly as the men struggled along in eight groups of 500 eachhesitant to stop to drink from a nearby stream or even to relieve themselves for fear of the guards rifle butts and bayonets. 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 Number34121513 Charged with a crime and brought to trial in Camp 59. Private Sol, Calif. [California]. Copyright 310 Publishing, LLC. Staff Sergeant Serial Number20705393 Camp 59 internmentJanuaryMay 1942, Vaughan Lawrence Carter State of ResidenceIowa 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). Private U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Turned over to American 5th Army military authorities. Herne Bay, Kent Bombardier/Corporal Four men, Bill Marcus, Ron (last name unknown), Pip Cummings, and Eric himself were together near the camp for a time. State of ResidenceIndiana 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; no camp listed), Escaped from Camp 59 with Peter J. Calvagno, Edmond Petrelli, Joe C. Mandese, and Tony Spicola, Carl L. Valentine State of ResidencePennsylvania 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), Source: Edwins great grandson John Garner, A. Serial Number37003120 State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidencePennsylvania Anthony N. Proto U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Technical Sergeant Escaped from Camp 59though the hole in the wallon September 14, 1943, with an Italian named Nello who was in the prison camp for being AWOL and Luther Vaughn. 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 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of Residence 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 but no camp listed). Prospects for successsuch as the mass breakout that occurred at Stalag Luft 3 in March 1944were poor. State of Residencenot listed Serial Number37157173 GERMANY. Serial Number14046442 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). [Massachusetts]. Royal Army Medical Corps European Theatre: Germany. 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 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. 2nd Battalion, Parachute 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), Robert H. Williams On behalf of my first cousin Pamela Kelso Winkler, we would like to U.S. Army, Infantry Box 123 Corporal Serial Number20701816 Serial Number13057379 Private 6 Private First Class U.S. Army, CavalryCavalry Reconnaissance, Mechanized 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 S. Bamberg 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), Murrell C. Harley No. Beer 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), Paul H. Adams Serial Number33246928 U.S. Army, Field Artillery155 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn Serial Number37042382 TREATMENT: The treatment at Stalag 17B was never considered good, and was at times even brutal. Serial Number12018732 Charles Webster Smith says in his memoirs Wine, Bread, & Cheese: A POWs Story of Survival in Italy (1998 by Ruby Simon Smith, Woodburner Press, Austin, Texas) that he and the following men left Camp 59 together on September 15, 1943: Charles Gallo of New Haven, Connecticut; Everett Kidd from Virginia; Raymond Johnson from Missouri; William F. Bill Tschoerner from Jarrell, Texas. c/o 98 Ware Street Serial Number39602619 See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. 8, Alfred Road Service Number7586544 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. 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). Roy Blankenbeckler State of ResidenceIndiana Honkey tonky (kid). Serial Number32026775 trailer U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Serial Number37045390 Private Chris J. FacchinaSerial No. Serial Number38027037 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry John E. Riley U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private Yorkshire Straight. Lance-Corporal, NCO [Mississippi], Captured near Kasserine Pass in North Africa, Interned in Camp 98 on Sicily for 28 days before being transferred to Camp 59, Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943 with Willis Largent; both men were protected by Nazareno Lupi and his wife for nine months (the Lupi family lived near the town of Force in the province of Ascoli Piceno), Sources: an interview with John O. Everett; John O. Everetts son John O. Everett, Jr. and daughter Sandra Everett Barnett, Eugene C. Excell 13022149is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. 2578794 Private Duard W. Payne Trooper My attacker was strong and he spun me around. Sioux City, Iowa Serial Number20416457 Serial Number33136594 Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia Serial Number 7082151 Ronald James Jim McMahon State of ResidenceMinnesota CQ0 Private State of ResidenceNew York U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force State of ResidenceMichigan Serial Number35250761 State of ResidenceAlabama U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentParachute Infantry Serial Number6653062 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). Private Private Serial Number20701864 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). 99th Bombardment Group Company A, 18th Infantry, 1st Division Private Army, InfantryArmored Force 9024-204 St. 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 P. McLaughlin U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Stalag Luft III, a large prisoner of war camp near Sagan, Silesia, Germany (now aga, Poland ), was the site of an escape attempt (later filmed as The Great Escape ). 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 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 State of ResidenceNew Jersey 21 Locust Street Serial Number20701899 Serial Number37282896 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 Morris Brunt State of ResidenceNew York U.S. Army, Infantry 192 Wash. [Washington] St. 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 CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Raymond J. Skinner As General George S. Pattons Third Army smashed its way across Germany toward Austria, it began liberating thousands of German captivesHitlers starving, mostly Jewish political prisoners and captured Allied soldiers and airmen. Serial Number32105474 Carl V. Fisk Serial Number37158596 Serial Number17006940 Address from Armie Hills address book: To some of the underfed, ailing, and depressed POWs forced to live theremany of them American airmensudden death by enemy gunfire must at times have seemed a reasonable alternative. Sergeant State of ResidenceIowa U.S. Army, Infantry According to the Geneva Convention, as non-commissioned officers, the Americans were not required to work. Harold S. Arneson 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. Source: George Wales son-in-law Tom Hill. Private Anthony P. FioreSerial No. Private (LogOut/ 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), Willard Kirk Service Number3189899 Serial Number7006809 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Lance Corporal, Australian Army Corps2nd/28th Batallion, Address from Red Cross service record: Serial Number6575976 11 Clent Avenue Serial Number14067569 Severely injured in the war; died circa early 1970s, Neil E. Torssell See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Concerning the nationalities of prisoners of Camp 59, Giuseppe Millozzi, in his splendid study of Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, writes: According to the Italian military authority, in March 1943 Serviglianos camp held: 1,445 British; 464 Americans; 4 French. U.S. Army, Field Artillery105 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn Originally it was planned for 10,000 prisoners, but at the end of the war more than 70,000 Allied soldiers were detained in the main camp and its labour . 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 Piceno Italy 43-13). After the war, he returned to live in St. Albans, Vermont. 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), Howard S. Delanoy London N12 State of Residenceunlisted 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Winchester, Virginia. Serial Number33137212 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Clarence Hortons name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Clifford H. Houben Sergeant U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number35166007 State of Residenceunlisted He died in 1962, 13 years before I was born, but was . 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 Camp 59 internmentFebruary 28May 1943, D. G. Bradbrook 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 I. Wakefield (Machine Gun) Battalion Freeborn laying in a field. Captured June 15, 1941Fort Capuzzo, Libya Southend-on-Sea, Essex 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), Leo Denale Serial Number38074437 20701816is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. He took this bold action in violation of a stay put order issued from London ordering all Allied prisoners to remain in the camps. 31st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 1306 Main St. U.S. Army, CavalryCavalry Reconnaissance, Mechanized Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Henry Kane John J. Procko, Jr., Army Infantry, of Michigan was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-1. 6956161is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Half a century later, Handy would recount this event and many others in his powerful memoir The Flame Keepers. Serial Number13023638 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), Joseph F. Tuchewicz 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 Glamoranaen, Virginia. Private Corporal Serial Number37044709 Dewitt Stansells name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 724 MacKinley Nomenclature [ edit] At the start of World War II, the German Army was divided into 17 military districts ( Wehrkreis ), which were each assigned Roman numerals. State of ResidenceMassachusetts Private First Class Earl C. LinaweaverSerial No. He was originally from McKean County, Pennsylvania, but he enlisted in Olean, New York. Royal Artillery (repatriated to the East Yorkshire Regiment), Captured in Egypt by Germans Beyond the imposing barbed wire, the broad Austrian countryside separated any escapee from freedom. Corporal Les J. Cratty [Crotty]Serial No. Captured December 1, 1942Tunis, Tunesia 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. WX14366 Royal Canadian Air Force Private Ernest Ellis name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of ResidenceWisconsin Serial Number35119503 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 U.S. Army, Infantry John Pawlawskis name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Captured December 4, 1942Tunisia Private State of ResidenceMissouri Serial Number33116580 Connections See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below. 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. Corcoran Includes name, date of birth, date of release, and current location. Groeslon Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Private First Class WX14635 Domingo S. Aguilars name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA. LDr_nnno;V:0 ~,=Xe-v5)F`'P->`=]XDIJH$?I?S 0?0$_G]3FPdaC`yz&w[3f*'xHTLY1MIe6A3G0OI Yu3eYj3 State of ResidenceKentucky Serial Number12009301 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), Robert Brooks 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), Herman I. Noble Dundee, Angus Robert records that Sgt. Serial Number15041867 Camp 59 internmentJanuary 31, 1942June 6, 1943, Cyril Cernobyl Serial Number19012836 Field ArtilleryTank Destroyer, Captured December 6, 1942 in Tunisia Serial Number37073082 Serial Number33137349 State of Residenceunlisted Fred Chilton and Norman Davison were sent to North Africa on the same boat, were captured together in Libya in April 1940, and were transferred from camp to camp together, eventually ending up in Camp 59. 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