State of Residenceinlisted State of Residenceunlisted Private 185th Squadron, Royal Air Force Serial Number15088456 Service Number964741 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), Dewitt Stansell (About 200 sick prisoners stayed behind, and were liberated by Russians on May 9.) As the highest-ranking British officer in the camp after the Italian Armistice was signed, he convinced the Italian commander of the camp to let the prisoners escape before German troops arrived to deport them to Germany. If you have any unwanted Stalag VII-A (in full: Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts-Stammlager VII-A) was Germany's largest prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, located just north of the town of Moosburg in southern Bavaria. Serial Number12020628 Robert Chandler U.S. Army, Infantry T/Sgt. In Clifford Houbens address list, John is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. This table does not contain the prisoners listed as moved from Stalag 12A to 9B. State of Residencelisted in the National Archives POW database as New York, but Robert Newton says his home state was Missouri 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Australian Army Corps2nd/28th Battalion, Sources: Jim McMahons daughter Linda Veness, and Ray Worthington, son of former Camp 59 prisoner Leslie Worthington, Howard J. Meadow Serial Number 7082151 List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries Date (s) 1945-07-06 - 1947-07-02 (Creation) Level of description Folder Context area Name of creator. Bill Kornrumph Sergeant 99th Bombardment Group Technician, Grade 5 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. Aurora, Ill [Illinois], Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 though the hole in the wall with James Guillary, Joe Maly, James Guillary, and at least three other escapees from Camp 59 were sheltered by the family of Nello Papiri in Montefalcone Appennino at least though June 25, 1944 (as evidenced by a photo bearing that date), Joe Maly fought with the Italian partisans and eventually was repatriated by the Polish forces, Frank Mancinelli British Army. James Martelli Emmett William Roy. Serial Number36072813 Private State of ResidenceIndiana Private #2 Australia, Source: Ray Worthington, son of former Camp 59 prisoner Leslie Worthington, Thomas David Alman This address for Denis Crooks is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Denis Crooks 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), One of the 12 POWs who escaped from Camp 59 though a tunnel on the night of September 11, 1942. U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentArmored Force See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private First Class Sgt. 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 Service Number883615 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 10600080is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, Field Artillery Platoon Acting 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), Joseph F. Raffeo East Surrey Regiment, British Army State of ResidenceTexas U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Sergeant Bernard P. Robinson Serial Number32354694 Serial Number15053796 Walter P. Frick 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), Frank R. LaPorte HUT 8. Did Anthony Fiore escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? U.S. Army, Infantry 126 S. Ellwood Ave. Among these was William L. Davidson, who apparently is the same person as Luther W. Davidson, who at times inverted his first and middle names. Staff Sergeant Serial Number13015647 Serial Number36199768 State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceFlorida Private U.S. Army, Infantry Generating Agency: Der Landrat. State of ResidenceIowa Reached Allied lines, Richard P. Griffen Harold Arneson Kenneth Seldon escaped from Camp 59 but was recaptured and sent to 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), Cyril Cooke 32019660recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Serial Number14052008 The gaunt prisoners felt lucky to see the men known as the Black Cats. U.S. Army 2703555is 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), Robert H. Williams Henry Kanes name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Kings Norton Theodore Drazkowski (Research courtesy of Brian Sims), John Jack Albert Allen No. Tex Reomes name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 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. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceIndiana R.R. Private Private Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Sergeant Trooper Address from Armie Hills address book: 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). 4 Normanby Street State of ResidenceNew Jersey [England, United Kingdom], George F. Neary Serial Number32105342 Anthony Fiore is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Town Street Serial Number36306180 391 Grand Ave. Serial Number39928714 Private Ganem George A.. T/Sgt. State of Residenceunlisted Allentown, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. 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 Robinson State of ResidenceMaryland Private First Class Portland, Oregon. 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 [Texas]. Serial Number32066473 He was liberated from Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12 in June 1945. 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. State of ResidenceMissouri U.S. Army The following year, quick-trigger guards shot an unbalanced Kriegie who ran screaming across the compound one night. U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number32026775 (LogOut/ 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 Ernest Ellis name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) Private First Class State of ResidenceIllinois State of Residencenot listed They reached the Allied forces on June 14, 1944. Private State of ResidencePennsylvania Did Frederick Buske escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and send to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number16004997 Inglewood Cross Originally from Scotland State of ResidenceOhio The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Private Service NumberT/220738 U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists only two POWs with this last name: Fay M. Straight and William J. Staff Sergeant Sergeant Private First Class Tennessee, Clovis Amos name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Arnold L. Anderson 38064103recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. State of ResidenceNew York 33147188is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. State of ResidenceIowa State of ResidenceIowa 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), Michael J. Rotunno The aircraft was 42-5877. State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceTennessee State of ResidenceOklahoma Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli Private U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceNew York Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Paul H. Adams 4 Carlton Terrace 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. Eric moved on alone and the following morning the German rounded up those who had stayed behind. 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 Mickus Central City, Ky. [Kentucky]. trailer U.S. Army, Infantry Corporal Private 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). Technician Fifth Grade Private First Class U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer U.S. Army, Field Artillery 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). New Road [Maryland]. Did Earl Linaweaver escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? Private Private Leroy Thurman Light State of ResidenceIowa Harry Edward Dolton Coldstream Guards, Harold Jackson 365 Squadron 305th Bomb Group, Another question: Does anyone know why I can't find `Donald Bevin', the co-author of Stalag 17 in the Archives? Briley Scott Andrew. 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 E. Good, Jr. The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA. 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). 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment The address above is from that list. Roy Hatfields name and address (above) and the quip Hill Billy Sheep Hearder were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Cpl. To get more articles like this one, subscribe to America in WWII magazine. U.S. Army, Field Artillery Armored 105 MM Howitzer State of Residenceunlisted Morris Scianna U.S. Army, Infantry Corporal Private Freeborn laying in a field. State of ResidenceNew York 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 Repatriatedno camp listed). Serial Number33067286 9024-204 St. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, George Tucker, James Snodgrass, James Martelli, and James Kingsley. Serial Number38151547 Private 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One), Captured at Long Stop Hill, near Medjez el Bab, Tunisia on December 23, 1942, Interned in Camp 98, Sicily, for one month, Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943; recaptured by German paratroopers nine days later, After recapture, Ralph Hoag was interned at Muhlberg, Stalag IV-B, Stalag II-B at Hammerstein, Stalag III-B Furstenberg on Oder, and Stalag III-A at Luckenwalde, Herman J. Hochman Private 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Corporal 4 Carr Lane Serial Number20705350 Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano notes that both J. H. D. Millar and Aiden Duff were Scottish. Following diagnosis, received 10 days of treatment for malaria in a British infirmary. Serial Number36052038 Corporal Private Private First Class Versailles, Conn. [Connecticut]. State of ResidenceNew York State of ResidenceNew Jersey U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, Infantry 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), Laverne A. Sparks U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) 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. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceMinnesota First Sergeant Service Number5342465 State of ResidenceGeorgia See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 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), John Richard Shaw 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 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), John Savageau Camp 59 internmentMarch 5, 1942June 3, 1943, C. A. Bourne Private U.S. Army, Infantry Bar Machine Gunner U.S. Army, Infantry Gunner Max Hausers name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of ResidenceNew Jersey 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). Stalag 17B was built in 1939 near Krems, Austria, initially as a transition camp for Polish and French civilians who were captured early in the war before they had trained to become soldiers. State of ResidenceMassachusetts State of Residenceunlisted 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), Howard F. Jones 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 Largent 1 Maes Tryfon Serial Number6131066 Freeborn would eventually be liberated and repatriated back to the United States. [Incorrectly listed as Arnie S. Hill in the National Archives on-line database], Armie S. Hill Private First Class John D. Green U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Field Artillery During visits to two other stalags in early 1944, a YMCA official saw Red Cross packages that were given to soldiers. Private 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), Charles A. Perkins Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Edward T. Dzierzynski R. R. 1 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) State of ResidenceMinnesota There, in hastily improvised shelters, the men shivered, waiting for deliverance. Hmo0SDc;R.KE Aberdare Serial Number34121513 T/Sgt. The truth was that at most campsespecially the harsher ones such as Stalag 17-Bbartering between prisoners and even guards was serious business, sometimes a matter of survival. Brooklyn, New York, Third 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; no camp listed), Escaped from Camp 59 with Peter J. Calvagno, Edmond Petrelli, Joe C. Mandese, and Felice D. Vacca, William T. Spruiell 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. U.S. Army, Infantry Source: Louis VanSlootens son Tom VanSlooten, Leroy Varnadoe Corporal Serial Number14061048 U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryTank Destroyer Camp 59 internmentMarch 4July 10, 1943, E. A. Caselton U.S. Army, Corp of EngineersArmored (Divisional) Adolph J. Corona I had honor of getting the know three of the men first-handRalph Hoag, Roland Rakow, and Neil Rorssellthrough email, over the phone, or by letter. State of ResidenceIowa Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. Serial Number35045839 State of ResidenceNew Jersey Pilfered shingles and other scraps of wood went into the stove or were used to make tools. Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private Lower Edmonton, London N9 Reached Allied lines, Leon Haduk Service Number884337 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 Nello lives in Servigliano. Oscar C. Ruebens U.S. Army, Infantry This is because as NCOs, they may not be forced to work and they considered this work as aiding the enemy. This article originally appeared in the February 2006 issue of America in WWII. On behalf of my first cousin Pamela Kelso Winkler, we would like to Source: Clifford Houbens son Wayne Houben, Earl W. Huddleston Blain Prewitts name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. The crash site was near Groningen, Netherlands. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle zBPk ql5^ ~fuYg=SsZ. Serial Number37042238 State of ResidencePennsylvania Serial Number7040703 107 Depot Street Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15), Shot down while on a bombing mission in the Mediterranean, Interned at Camp 59 for three months; made friends with a guard and escaped over the fence with two comrades, Recaptured by Germans and interned at Stalag 17-B until close to the end of the war, Sources: Frederick Solbergs son Andrew Solberg; filmed interview of Frederick Solberg created by Stoneham Theatre in conjunction with their 2009 production of Studs Terkels The Good War: A Musical Collage of WWII, Donald J. Sonnega 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 Newburgh, N.Y. [New York]. See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. State of Residenceunlisted This Charles A. Perkins, however, is listed as being from Illinois on his enlistment records. Private First Class Harold AdkinsSerial No. 13022149is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. State of ResidenceDelaware 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), William D. Daoust, Jr. 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), Peter C. Grillo Private First Class Willis LargentSerial No. Did Billy England escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria? Service Number7518016 Source: researcher Robert A. Newton, Serial Number17040065 Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number20705393 Brklyn [probably Brooklyn] Serial Number37045390 Private State of ResidenceNew York Private Charles R. Martin Technical Sergeant Escaped from the camp September 14, 1943, Source: Charles Simmons daughter Trish Harper, John C. Simmons, Jr. [Iowa]. Captured December 5, 1942El Bathan, Tunisia 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). Glam. U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Infantry Service Number1433324 State of ResidenceOhio About 20 min from the bombing target at Schweinfurt, Germany on 13th of April 1944 at 13.54 in the afternoon, the B-17 formation came under attack by German FW 190 fighter planes. Service Number7586544 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), George G. Deaver Private U.S. Army, Infantry British Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 [Maryland], Ralph E. Eubank State of ResidenceSouth Carolina Washington, D.C. Paul J. Falatek Robert R. Downings 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), 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), Ray W. Dentler Driver WX14635 Box #6 U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentRifle Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Martin E. Wood, Jr. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Vernon R. Catterton Serial Number32105941 Private Serial Number16023331 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 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 Number12013944 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Sergeant 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. State of ResidenceIllinois The List of Prisoners ABRAMS, BERNIE Bernie Abrams 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. [England, United Kingdom], Source of address: Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke, Lawrence Danich New Orleans, Louisiana, B. 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. Event Date: Between 3 Mar 1940 - 9 Mar 1940 . 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). 1st Lt. Dolsen Francis George. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residenceunlisted Royal Army Service Corps State of ResidenceNew York U.S. Army, Infantry As Handy later wrote, We know now what none of us could have imagined then: that those who shuttled us in boxcars to Stalag 17 routed millions of others to the death camps. Doubtless other American prisoners of Stalag 17-B also discovered themselves counting their blessings as they pondered their plight in one of the Nazis harshest prisons. Address from Armie Hills address book: U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentArmored Force TABB EDGAR M. ARMY. Arthur Roberts name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of ResidenceNew York Service Number1529644 Private First Class Box 339 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 Number32188839 Captured in Tobruck, Libya, circa December 1941, Printed on the back of a photo of Arnold Chessell: State of ResidenceFlorida After the war, he returned to live in St. Albans, Vermont. State of ResidenceGeorgia WX17234 Bill Spruiells name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number37282896 Private Charles Martin, Army Infantry, of Tennessee was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a POW camp, but no camp name is indicated. Serial Number6956922 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Address from Armie Hills address book: Trooper Captured November 21, 1941Tobruk, Libya 929 N. Front St. U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number37042466 North Tazewell, Virginia, Milton E. Cohen Stalag XIB and Stalag 357, both near Fallingsbostel, were liberated by the 7th Armoure. Sergeant U.S. Army, Infantry See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number16000460 Sergeant Kenneth E. GaddySerial No. U.S. Army, Infantry Paul Wakeland 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 Camp 59 POW Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke said her father knew George Marsland. Los Angeles Johnstown, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. 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