Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 1, Object number: UPL 54562 - Serial Number35100858 Private 20701884is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Private Sergeant Stalag IIIB Frstenberg/Oder. A complete public address system with speakers in each barrack inspired the organization of a "radio station" (WPBS) which furnished scheduled programs of music and information. He and a fellow escaper, South African Piet van Rensburg, met the Allied troops not far from Servigliano State of Residencenot listed Sgt. During World War II, the Luftwaffe (German air force) operated Stalag Luft in which flying personnel, both officers and non-commissioned officers, were held. 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), Cyril Cooke (DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR; 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Robert Alvey Newton Want to know what life was like during the War? See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Surely this is the same Robert Mooney, but why his state of residence is listed as Mississippi is unknown. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. I also found this marker that also indicates the existence of the camp, and what happened to the bodies that were buried here. Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, James is noted as having been interned in Camp. U.S. Army, Infantry Blain Prewitt James Kavana escaped from Camp 59, was recaptured by the Germans, and then escaped again. In Germany, stalag (/ s t l /; German: ) was a term used for prisoner-of-war camps.Stalag is a contraction of "Stammlager", itself short for Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschaftsstammlager, a literal translation of which is "War-prisoner" (i.e. Service Number7916190 Stalag XVII-B Prisoner of war camp View all 32 images. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards), 1st Lt. Scott Andrew Briley 545th Squadron 384th Bomber Group. Mahlon J. The majority of them were American, but also included . First Sergeant Adel, Iowa. Serial Number33137881 Serial Number34059558 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). Transfaal, South Africa, [This address is likely Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa]. Serial Number16004997 State of Residencenot 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 O. Everett James Gunn Mathieson 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 Despite inclement weather, the Kriegies (The German word for war prisoner was, Thanks to the fine photoshopping skills of, In the surrounding area, I noticed a few markers to identify this place as a former POW camp. Camp 59 internmentMarch 1June 3, 1943, A. J. Briggs 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). 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 Edward Albert Edwards They were refugees from the infamous stalag near Krems, Austria, 280 miles to the east. Source: Louis VanSlootens son Tom VanSlooten, Leroy Varnadoe Consequently, the Nazis knew they were immune from any legal consequence for making the Russians endure such a ghastly sort of hell. Air Corps NCO's were held at this camp and they regretted they were not in an Air Force camp. Following diagnosis, received 10 days of treatment for malaria in a British infirmary. Groeslon Gerald H. Tucker - Mail supervisor, S/Sgt. 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), Theodore Sanning Brand See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private Address from Armie Hills address book: Lyndale Ligons name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. They were later reunited in their hometown of Sheffield. While this process was ostensibly to keep a tally on prisoners and to detect escapees, the process was often cruel. Records from Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Private They were repatriated in June 1944 by Allied forces. Serial Number12020033 Dillard Anderson is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. 15 Elmcourt - SSGT Joe B. Dobbs Private First Class Serial Number37093751 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), Willman King But whatever hell the Americans had to endure, the Russians had it worse. Lance Corporal Barnesboro, Penn. Camp 59 internmentMarch 3July 4, 1943, F. C. Brain George M. Zuehls name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. S.E. State of ResidenceMichigan Address from Armie Hills address book: 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), Ernest C. Ellis Corporal Edgar J. CurttrightSerial No. This is because as NCOs, they may not be forced to work and they considered this work as aiding the enemy. 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 Hillman Private Serial Number33137231 Box 16 State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, InfantryRifle This village is located six kilometers northwest of Krems, Austria. 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). U.S. Army, Air Corps Serial Number14038487 United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Box 11-2 Baltimore, Md. Archival history. U.S. Army, Infantry 12th Royal Lancers, British Army 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 Sergeant R.R. Private Frequently, orders would be issued to the MOC verbally and would never be confirmed in writing. The most prized trading commodities were cigarettes and D-Bars. 12th Lancers 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), Jacob Stiner 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 Staff 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), Edmund H. Cote U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Medium Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number20846363 Its on private property and I had to walk carefully to avoid trampling down the wheat that surrounded this densely forested area that has been left un-managed for decades. 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 The school was held in a building containing the fiction and technical libraries. Civilians who were officially attached to military units, such as war correspondents, were provided the same treatment as military personnel by the Conventions. Captured near Tunis on December 3, 1942 State of ResidenceNew Jersey Norman A. Ellsworth State of ResidenceSouth Dakota Turned over to the Italians and interned at Camp 59 The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA. Serial Number20323864 W. Jock Timoney was interned in Camp 59 with gunner Robert Smith. Stalag IIIC Alt-Drewitz. Stanley Bentley 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 Hmo0SDc;R.KE Sunny Side Michael Sterm U.S. Army, InfantryRifle startxref Staff Sergeant The Kriegsmarine (German navy) operated Marlag for Navy personnel and Milag for Merchant Navy personnel. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261045 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Private Serial Number7040703 Sherwood, Nottingham U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry On 3 may 1945 the camp was liberated when six men of the 13th Armored Division arrived in three Jeeps and easily captured the remaining guards who numbered 205. Private The number of English POWs in the same span of time decreased from 1,337 to 313. 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 Adkins Billy England Bill Spruiells name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force His body lay sprawled across the fence until the morning as a warning to his shaken fellow prisoners. F. T. Lockett Private Chris J. FacchinaSerial No. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Reached Allied lines, Dwight L. Dulaney Middleton Domingo S. Aguilars name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of ResidenceNew York Service Number6025246 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 I helped him publish his biography Rite of Passage: A Teenagers Chronicle of Combat and Captivity in Nazi Germany. His story is amazing. 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 Residenceunlisted 1836 Fowler Avenue 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 Special Air Service (British Special Forces), Captured in Sardinia during operation Hawthorn, July 8, 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 Repatriated; no camp listed), Escaped from Camp 59 with Peter J. Calvagno, Edmond Petrelli, Joe C. Mandese, and Tony Spicola, Carl L. Valentine Serial Number12016278 Bradford U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force ABRAMS, BERNIE. Escaped during the breakout on September 14, 1943. 13023638is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Ernest Dale Staff Sergeant State of ResidenceSouth Carolina Private State of ResidenceOhio Private 2703555is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Private First Class 11011529) from Rhode Island as liberated from Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12. Serial Number 13025138 412 Pulaski St. List of POW camps in Germany and occupied territories, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stalag&oldid=1123530508, This page was last edited on 24 November 2022, at 06:56. Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceTexas Private U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryTank Destroyer The prisoners regret they are not in an Air Force camp. On the return, a Ju-88 finished the job. In the surrounding area, I noticed a few markers to identify this place as a former POW camp. My attacker was strong and he spun me around. Corporal U.S. Army Air Corps, Shot down and captured on Sicily, July 5, 1943, Michael A. Toth Double rows of barbed-wire fencing surrounded low-slung prison barracks and a dirt compound. U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentArmored Force 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 Sergeant Kenneth E. GaddySerial No. Serial Number35455726 State of ResidenceWest Virginia 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 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), George E. Good, Jr. U.S. Army, Infantry Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Private Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 5, Object number: UPL 54564 - State of Residenceunlisted 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment c/o Martin Funeral Home Did Joseph Raffeo escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 6D Dortmund? But theres more to this place than just concrete relics. Omaha, Nebraska, Robert R. Krager, an American serviceman who was interned in Camp 59, was later a prisoner in Germany. Corporal Eric moved on alone and the following morning the German rounded up those who had stayed behind. Thornbury Reached Allied lines, Frederick G. Buske State of Residenceunlisted Source: 1994 Directory of American Prisoners of War 1943 1945 Stalag 17 B Adams, Robert F. Adams William A. And thats why one of my key characters is a composite character of many American survivors of this camp. Serial Number6966803 Victoria, Australia, James Frederick Osborn Company E, 47th Infantry Regiment HUT 8. <<08A4E18E2E986D4A88491B7C2608C279>]>> The Essex Regiment, British Army Private 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), Michael M. Sterm We are now on Facebook. State of Residenceunlisted 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). 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 LaSalle Franklin E. Swints name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of Residenceunlisted Private Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Gunner Caernarvonshire T/Sgt. State of Residenceunlisted An Italian named Nello who was in the prison camp for being AWOL escaped with Luther and Charlie Lum. 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), Athol B. Serial Number37042382 State of Residenceunlisted 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), Francis L. Dixon When it didnt rain or snow, nighttime brought some relief from pain, as the men lay their tired bodies down to sleep in the woods and fields along the winding country roads. State of ResidenceFlorida 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). Service NumberT/220738 Malone, N.Y. [New York]. His enlistment records indicate that he is from Bristol County, Rhode Island. Private Two men attempting to escape were discovered in an out of bounds area. This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict. Serial Number16048446 Sheffield 2 Did Anthony Fiore escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? Address from Armie Hills address book: The remaining 900 men were too ill to make the march and were left behind in the hospitals. 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 Private First Class Private Serial Number33116580 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), Virgil Jarvis, 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), Lawrence Ruzzo Private First Class Arnold L. AndersonSerial No. All the POWs present in the camp escaped en masse the evening of 14 September 1943; exactly six days after the Armistice had been announced.. Edward T. Dzierzynski was one of three men who survived the crash of the Fyrtle Myrtle on July 16, 1943 at Pietragalla, Italy. The Other Prisoners of Stalag 17B As previously mentioned, there were over 45,000 prisoners from other nations in Stalag 17B. Serial Number32354694 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 21 Chieti Italy 42-14), Ernest Ellis Serial Number6871722 Guy My uncle, Porter D. Clemens, was a POW here. Private Royal Corps of Signals Later in 1943, on 13th of December (my mother's, his sister's birthday), he was shot down again on a mission to Kiel, Germany. U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Heavy A series of long, single-story buildings housed the fliers. Did Orville Higgins escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 11B Fallingbostel? 9th Infantry Division State of ResidenceNew York State of ResidenceMaryland Trading with the German and Austrian civilians became the main source of sustenance after the Rod Cross parcel supplies were exhausted. About Stalag 17-B. He was decorated for this decision at the end of the war. High Wycombe, Bucks. Private Prisoners of war who died in this camp were either buried in the city cemetery of Krems or transferred to their hometown.. Any individuals who were injured in work, or became ill, were returned to the Lazarett (medical care facilities) at the parent stalag. Records from Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp other sources. 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), Johnnie D. Ford [Massachusetts]. 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 State of ResidenceMissouri Service Number1137397 State of ResidenceIndiana 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 First Class Claude J. ColeSerial No. Sergeant U.S. Army, Field Artillery155 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn Trooper endstream endobj 254 0 obj<>/Outlines 11 0 R/Metadata 20 0 R/PieceInfo<>>>/Pages 19 0 R/PageLayout/OneColumn/StructTreeRoot 22 0 R/Type/Catalog/LastModified(D:20080313102742)/PageLabels 17 0 R>> endobj 255 0 obj<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/ExtGState<>>>/Type/Page>> endobj 256 0 obj<> endobj 257 0 obj<> endobj 258 0 obj[/ICCBased 269 0 R] endobj 259 0 obj<> endobj 260 0 obj<> endobj 261 0 obj<>stream 0000003632 00000 n 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 This Charles A. Perkins, however, is listed as being from Illinois on his enlistment records. I'm told that he was able to meet with several of his former crew mates. State of Residenceunlisted See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentRifle Paul McLaughlins name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. St. Louis, Missouri. If I recall correctly, his ship was shot up once so badly of France that they had to bail out shortly after returning across the Channel. U.S. Army, Infantry Left Waist Gunner Royal Armoured Corps, Was at Camp 59 March 11, 1942 until June 3, 1943, Allen A. Coombs 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 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia (Also KDOS [USA] #1-5; ARB BTNS 225-255) 52-14). 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. State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry State of ResidenceNew York State of Residenceunlisted 309 Company, Royal Army Service Corps Burton Street This address for William Rawlinson is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: William Rawlinson 20705564is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Red Cross delegates would have checked that the court-martial complied with the Geneva Convention. N. Vandergrift Bailgate, Lincoln State of ResidenceNew York Charles C. Stalling 33189164is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. They might have laughed at the comfortable picture of their lives sometimes portrayed by the American press. 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.. 20701847recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. U.S. ArmyCompany A, 18th Infantry 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Charles Kenneth Simmons 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 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09), Orville Higgins Private PJX 203935 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 1207 Ninth St. Serial Number15057395 State of ResidenceWest Virginia Franklin Nettles To make prisoners miserable, guards would require all the prisoners to line up for roll call three to four times a day. Johnstown, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. Corporal State of Residenceunlisted Signalman Serial Number6906252 Private Service Number5501857 Reading, Penna. The gaunt prisoners felt lucky to see the men known as the Black Cats. William George Wales Serial Number34149584 Allen Coombs Les Crotty U.S. Army InfantryRifle Private State of ResidenceNew York Private 4232 Tamerack Dr. State of ResidenceNew Mexico 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. Serial Number6954980 They were all members of the same outfit. Serial Number35045839 Camp 59 internmentJanuary 23, 1942January 24, 1943, Victor Boulter 37073082is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) Inkley House Marion, Iowa, Lee Cooper Serial Number34312025 Serial Number37175260 U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer Staff Sergeant Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Prisoners of various nationalities were generally separated from each other by barbed-wire fences subdividing each stalag into sections. State of ResidenceNew York U.S. Army, Infantry [England, United Kingdom], Captured in North Africa in April 1941 (possibly at Tobruk), POW in Tripoli and Camp 59; transferred to Camp 53 in February 1943 (with Robert Dickinson) and then to Stalag IV-G (Oschatz) where he likely was held for the remainder of the war, Source: Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke, Leo A. Serial Number12011751 The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, Box 339 Serial Number12020395 He drew attention to the fact that the Gestapo has become an integral part of the Wehrmacht since the Reichfuhrer SS has taken over the Supreme command of the Erstazheer. However, there are several POWs with the name Charles Martin listed as having been detained by Germany, some of them without state are residence or camp listings. An example of extreme brutality occurred in early 1944. Sources: an interview with John O. Everett; John O. Everetts son John O. Everett, Jr. Anthony T. Fryt Earl Linaweaver Day Private State of ResidenceKentucky Their long ordeal was over. Any POW that couldn't walk faced either execution by the Germans or interment by the Russians. 37 Hampstead Lane Private First Class John O. EverettSerial No. 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 CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Jack G. Hughes Gunner 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 Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli State of Residenceunlisted Silver Star, Air Medal, and Purple Heart, Sources: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (no specific camp listed); San Francisco Letterman Hospital Fog Horn, (May 6, 1944); and Matts son and daughter, Matthew James Brazil and Bonnie Jacobsen (ne Brazil). Private State of ResidenceCalifornia U.S. Army, InfantryRifle This address for William Redman is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: William Redman 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 During visits to two other stalags in early 1944, a YMCA official saw Red Cross packages that were given to soldiers. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry State of Residenceunlisted State of Residenceunlisted No address for John Buchanan is recorded in Armie Hills address book. WX4449 State of ResidenceMichigan Private Private U.S. Army, Infantry See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Serial Number35200125 13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery [England, United Kingdom], Source of address: Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke, Lawrence Danich See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. #1 Private In reality, many Red Cross crates disappeared en route. U.S. Army, Infantry Bill Smith xbbc`b``3 a They represent the first Camp 59 POWs I was aware of in 2008. Private London N12 State of ResidenceNew York Corporal Sergeant State of ResidenceIowa Clifford Houben escaped from Camp 59 and was given refuge by Italians; he was later recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B in Germany. Serial Number35261700 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 Aluminum cans that held klim (dehydrated milk) were turned into everything from drinking cups and eating utensils to miniature lanterns and improvised spigots for sinks. P.A. Hattiesburg, Miss. Service Number5493563 Serial Number32188999 State of ResidenceMissouri U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Service Number6146826 U.S. Army 2nd Corps, Source: Luther Shields daughter Cindy Jackson, Murray Shulaw Private Gunner Your file is uploaded and ready to be published. Private Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Milton is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. State of Residenceunlisted Gunner U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Territories captured from the Germans were beginning to give up all sorts of ugly secrets about Adolf Hitlers dying Third Reich. 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 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 0000007732 00000 n Staff Sergeant Private First Class James Guillary [Guillory]Serial No. 2 Jack Street On April 8, 1945, the gates of the American compounds swung open, and 4,000 filthy, scrawny, and hungry airmen stumbled out onto the road west. State of ResidenceDelaware State of ResidenceOhio British Army, Interned at Camp 59 for at least two years, Arrived in Adelboden, Switzerland during the winter of 1943-44 and departed in October 1944, Convalesced in Leysin, Switzerland in 1944-45 before returning to England, Source: Robert Smiths niece Carole Procter; a news article from The Herald (A paper serving the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England) January 25, 1944, James L. Snodgrass But if you ever plan to go to Vienna (Krems is about an hour west of Vienna), hit me up. Dewey E. Smith New York, George W. Mickus name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., George Mickus Patrick Cahills address is from an official notification of his capture to his parents. Sgt. Private Address from Armie Hills address book: Sergeant Sheffield [England, United Kingdom]. After the war, he returned to live in St. Albans, Vermont. Trooper U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number37044160 Private First Class Harold AdkinsSerial 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, also told me of Mario Barone. Corporal [Incorrectly listed as Arnie S. Hill in the National Archives on-line database], Armie S. Hill British Army, In Camp 59 from December 30, 1942 until he was transferred in February 1943 to Camp 53 (Sforzacosta), At Camp 59 he was housed in Hut 10Bed 1158, Source: Edward Smiths grandson Rodney Smith, Robert Smith See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. These men were liberated on 9 May 1945 by the Russians. U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceIowa 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. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Box 432, Willie H. Ash State of ResidenceKansas (LogOut/ [Pennsylvania], Carl E. Seifert 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), Bill Spruiell See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Corporal Signalman YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves. State of ResidenceFlorida U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number20703555 Serial Number32188839 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: 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. Neither of these are specifically identified as returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a specific camp. Unusually, the entire crew successfully bailed out. Hammersmith 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), James Guillory 14038487is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. But also the dismal rations and food shortages that became a constant concern. State of ResidenceIndiana Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunesia Some of these heroes deserve a book on their own. 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