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. Harman, an American serviceman who was interned in Camp 59, was later a prisoner in Germany.His name appears in U.S. State Department wartime reports about Camp 59 from the Swiss Legation in Rome. [Incorrectly listed as Arnie S. Hill in the National Archives on-line database], Armie S. Hill 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. Serial Number20704953 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Did Earl Linaweaver escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? Serial Number35108445 Traveled south on foot through Italy until contacted by a British Commando Unit that was looking for escaped POWs. Private 724 MacKinley The radio operator landed so hard that he broke his leg along with sustaining multiple injuries including broken ribs and severe lacerations to the face. U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Sgt. Les Crotty Serial Number33186173 Highgate, London S.E. Service Number6285660 State of ResidenceNew York Roland V. Rakow R.R. Serial Number32026775 State of ResidenceIowa Box 11-2 Staff Sergeant [England, United Kingdom], F. R. Jackson Lowell, Mass. Serial Number35327149 State of ResidenceOhio We searched the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) and located the Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 in the Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General (Record Group 389) that includes a file for Molle, Benaiah W., who was held at Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13. North Finchley James L. Rogers During missions over German cities such as Bremen and Stuttgart and other Nazi strongholds, their B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators had been shredded by German fighters or anti-aircraft guns, sending them tumbling through the sky, fumbling with parachutes and praying for survival. Source: George Wales son-in-law Tom Hill. 33090536is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Russia had not signed the 1929 Geneva Convention agreement, which, on paper, guaranteed humane treatment for prisoners of 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 Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Served in 83rd Squadron, 12th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Force as a radio operatorgunner, On first mission, August 31, 1942, successfully completed assignment of bombing tanks and trucks on the front lines, Shot down and captured on September 1, 1942, while his B-25 bomber was on a mission over the front line at the Battle of El al Halfa near El Alamein, Incarcerated in several POW facilities in North Africa; transported from Tobruk, North Africa, by a Red Cross Hospital ship to a POW hospital in Caserta, Italy (near Naples), Imprisoned at Italian POW camps 53 and 59. Private John Prockos name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private Private Serial Number35170070 Camp 59 internmentMarch 5, 1942March 3, 1943, Alfred Bowen Max Hausers name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number13069951 Private First Class Tylers Green 10th Battalion, Rifle Brigade Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), William Wolfenbarger State of Residenceunlisted Private Serial Number36151528 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. Lance Corporal State of ResidenceIndiana Private British Army, Denis Crooks is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling.. Source: G. H. Birds name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. Camp 59 internmentMarch 1942May 1943, R. C. R. Boulton 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. Serial Number6136465 J. Keith Killby, together with other WW II , founded the Monte San Martino Trust in. Private 96 Forest Road U.S. Army, Field Artillery155 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number36053918 State of ResidenceGeorgia Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943, Source: John Leon Turners son-in-law Terry Marshall, Felice D. Vacca Camp 59 internmentMarch 5, 1942June 3, 1943, C. A. Bourne Hastings, Sussex Private First Class The following year, quick-trigger guards shot an unbalanced Kriegie who ran screaming across the compound one night. Ronald James Jim McMahon State of ResidenceOhio Special Air Service My sources for information about British and other non-American Allied prisoners have been less official. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Address from an envelope featured on metropostcard.com, Fred R. Phillips Manuel C. Brava State of ResidenceKansas Lyndale Ligons name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. The aircraft was 42-5877. 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 but no camp is indicated), Steve Shedlock Detested, feared, and treated worse than animals by the Germans, Russian prisoners suffered beyond comprehension. 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), Ivan J. Robinson Serial Number37129673 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, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer Private First Class U.S. Army Private Joe MalySerial 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), Michael M. Sterm State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, Infantry I'm told that he was able to meet with several of his former crew mates. 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), J. F. Meyler Many American servicemen who were recaptured after the September breakout are recorded in the database as repatriated from German-controlled stalags. 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 Number37207024 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? Food remained scarce. Billy England Serial Number37044192 Private First Class Lawrence F. HuntSerial No. James Guillory Newburgh, New York, Richard Kane and Henry Kane (above) were brothers. Serial Number12005009 Serial Number34012643 9th Infantry Division 410 Crawford Ave. Serial Number6653062 77 Weetamoe Street Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number33136536 Private First Class Alvie D. CochranSerial No. Captured December 15, 1941Gazala Line, Libya Private TABB EDGAR M. ARMY. State of ResidenceVirginia State of ResidenceVirginia Medical Officer U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceKentucky U.S. Army, Infantry (Research courtesy of Brian Sims), John Jack Albert Allen Versailles, Conn. [Connecticut]. 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), Milton M. Hanks See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number12020033 Fields Serial Number32207520 Sergeant Address from Armie Hills address book: U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists only two POWs with this last name: Fay M. Straight and William J. Private Adolph J. Corona Notes: The records do not include all prisoners of war and contain some errors. State of ResidenceMissouri Liberated by the Americans after westward death march, Source: Charles Wheatleys granddaughter Samantha Constable, Ivan E. White Royal Army Service Corps 1st Dragoons 2006 7th St. U.S. Army1st Armored Division, 6th Regiment, Company C New Road Territories captured from the Germans were beginning to give up all sorts of ugly secrets about Adolf Hitlers dying Third Reich. Lance-Corporal, NCO This table does not contain the prisoners listed as moved from Stalag 12A to 9B. State of ResidenceCalifornia 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 State of ResidenceIowa Serial Number12009301 State of ResidencePennsylvania Serial Number13015711 State of ResidenceSouth Carolina Private Technical Sergeant c/o 98 Ware 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 CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), John A. Sikorski State of ResidenceNew York Each one was divided into halves shared by 150 to 240 men (and sometimes many more), who also shared straw-filled, flea-ridden mattresses in triple-deck bunks, a single stove with scant fuel (54 pounds of coal per week), wash basins into which cold water ran only a few hours each day, and a single indoor latrine for use after dark (for daytime use, there were multi-hole latrines a short walk from the barracks). Serial Number34059558 U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceTexas 1724 South 88th Street Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16. E. R. H. Silverman British Army. Knoxville, Illinois. 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), Dennis Sweeney Like this page to receive our updates. Serial Number12016278 Glamoranaen, Virginia. In the end, as their waistlines shrank, Kriegies downed anything that would fill their stomachs. 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. Serial Number33189164 U.S. Army, Infantry Signalman 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), Kenneth E. Gaddy U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army The address above is from that list. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Division Star Route, Box 54 I am pleased to have been contacted by many in the UK whose fathers, grandfathers, and uncles were interned in the camp. The prisoners focused most of their creative energies on making their lives more bearable. Service Number7518016 Bernard P. Robinson 20714955is 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), Marshall Brekke 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. [England, United Kingdom], Source of address: Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke, Lawrence Danich 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 A. Corporal Serial Number36336832 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. Initially used to detain the hapless prisoners of Germanys early blitzkriegs, Stalag Luft 17-B (Stalag Luft, short for Stammlager Luft, or prison camp for airmen, and 17-B because it was the second prison camp in the German 17th military district) was opened to American POWs in 1943. 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