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Serial Number34088215 Guy 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. Charles R. Martin Because the limited supply of technical books prevented a check-out system, tables and benches were furnished for reference work. 1st Battalion, The Buffs Ronald James Jim McMahon 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Unusually, the entire crew successfully bailed out. There was usually no room to sit or lie down. Service Number5493563 Malone, N.Y. [New 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), Charlie W. Smith Bramley, Leeds As the war was winding down, the Russians were advancing from the east and the POWs were forced marched west, across Austria, and ended up at Braunau Am Inn, on the Danube. State of ResidenceKentucky 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), Roland 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 Repatriated from Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15), Michael R. Kreisch The destination of the column was a Russian prison camp 4 kilometers north of Braunau. All rights reserved Website hosted by ctinetworks.com. Earl Cornell "Sonny" Fahl 338th Bomb Squadron 96th Bomb Group. State of ResidenceTennessee . State of Residenceunlisted [place of residence at time of enlistment was Dundee, Illinois] Address from Armie Hills address book: Although they had lived through hell, they lived. Duard W. Payne It was their first encounter with Nazi Germanys tormented, mostly Jewish political prisoners. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number12007149 Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunesia Prisoners protested vigorously being forced to fill up discovered escape tunnels. Washington, D.C. Paul J. Falatek Air Corps NCO's were held at this camp and they regretted they were not in an Air Force camp. 1944 Krakow Poland to Germany POW Camp Postcard Cover Stalag 17B Prisoner of War . Frederick Buske Pickens, S.C. [South Carolina]. Service Number614025 This address for Aurther Harris is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Aurther Harris 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 Corporal U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number6552720 1306 Main St. 607 6th Street [England, United Kingdom], F. R. Jackson I did so because of my relationship with the late Ray Matheny, a former POW who lived nearby in American Fork, Utah. (Rifleman 6852912) State of ResidenceNew York Serial Number39163898 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 C. Pirnie WX14366 Private 2006 Store Ave. [or S. Tore] Thornbury U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceNew York State of ResidencePennsylvania Serial Number38060738 Serial Number12016884 Serial Number20717950 State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number6973874 Serial Number12021619 State of ResidenceIowa Serial Number39678019 Source: Online Cenotaph Database (Auckland War Memorial Museum), and Maurices granddaughter Miriam McDonald. U.S. Army, Infantry number and were required to memorize it or endure severe physical punishment. Serial Number36238842 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). [England, United Kingdom], J. R. Cromley is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Clarence T. Cronin State of Residenceunlisted 37038102is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Corporal Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 0000009112 00000 n The address above is from that list. Max A. Hauser Vinton, Iowa, John H. Gaffney 25 Northway Road Bristol PP 8696 6-16-44. Clifford Houben escaped from Camp 59 and was given refuge by Italians; he was later recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B in Germany. Address from Armie Hills address book: The Americans occupied five compounds, each of which measured 175 yards by 75 yards and contained four double barracks 100 by 240 feet. In the Soviet Stalags, the death rate during the entire war was 57.5 percent, although during the last months of 1941 this rate must have been much higher. State of ResidencePennsylvania Serial Number35327149 (Research courtesy of Brian Sims), John Jack Albert Allen A few months later Soviet prisoners started arriving, mostly officers. John O. Everett Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943, Source: John Leon Turners son-in-law Terry Marshall, Felice D. Vacca 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 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. Lance-Sergeant Captured near Ragusa, Sicily, on or about February 27, 1942 The following list includes the 253 Americans identified in the U.S. National Archives database of WW II POWs as returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13, (or who died while prisoners). My Grandfather was the Tail gunner for B-1742-29663 and was a POW at this camp afterwards. Serial Number12005201 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 D. Hasman State of ResidenceMassachusetts Private Franklin E. Swint U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry Private State of ResidencePennsylvania To free-spirited airmen accustomed to seeing only the pastoral outlines of the German landscape or the tops of cities, the ominous, tightly-pressed surroundings were troubling. 15055130is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. In the end, as their waistlines shrank, Kriegies downed anything that would fill their stomachs. It was Max. Private Camp 59 internmentMarch 12, 1942June 8, 1943, H. J. Carey Want to know what life was like during the War? See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Protests to the commandant were always useless. Ned Handy, a flight engineer from Massachusetts, described one such run-in with one of the camps more notorious guards: After dressing, I was the last out, trailing the others, when suddenly I was grabbed by my left arm and yanked about ten feet to a little shed. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry Dewitt Stansells name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 132 Field Regiment, Royal 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Franklin E. Swint 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). Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia Camp 59 internmentJanuary 31, 1942June 6, 1943, Cyril Cernobyl Captain Millar served as chief medical officer of Camp 59. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored 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), Christopher J. Facchina Service Number3189899 Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 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. Serial Number12026083 Serial Number32335038 [New Mexico]. 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17). Private U.S. Army, Infantry Brklyn [probably Brooklyn] 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), Emil J. Keller Private If you have any unwanted U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of Residenceinlisted 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Serial Number38023144 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), Additional source: Letters written by Marshall Wells provided by POW Raymond Kestners granddaughter Jessica McMahon (posted on this site), Robert B. Wessels Also at PG 98, and Stalags 2b, 3a, 3b, 4b,7b, KDO 483c, 11a, and 4b, Source: Hubert Schwandts son Dan Schwandt, Morris Scianna In Stalag 17-B this MOC was Staff Sergeant Kenneth Kurtenbach, a tough, intelligent, and resourceful sergeant who represented the prisoners in any dealings with their German captors. Serial Number15047094 [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 Paul McLaughlins name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 354 8th Ave. S.W. [likely Harrisburg, Pennsylvania] Private John A. Sikorski U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Arthur Roberts name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 55 Sheaf Gardens Serial Number13021497 Svc.) Serial Number17028052 Antioch, Nebraska. Officers were held in separate camps called Oflag. State of ResidenceNew Jersey 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), John C. Wojcik #1 In the artists own description of the work, he points out that few people in Krems are aware of the sordid history that existed in their hometown. Serial Number13015711 [Lincolnshire] Serial Number32026850 Sergeant Riley Rudd died in a hospital in Ascoli Piceno on July 20, 1942 of appendicitis. Technician Fifth Grade State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceMinnesota August C. Erdbrink See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Service Number2614655 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry U.S. Army, Infantry Half a century later, Handy would recount this event and many others in his powerful memoir The Flame Keepers. Hill Billy Sheep Hearder [sic]. Serial Number37207024 Four months elapsed after the opening of the compound before the MOC was granted an interview with the Commandant to register protests, and weeks would pass before written requests were acknowledged. (About 200 sick prisoners stayed behind, and were liberated by Russians on May 9.) 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). (LogOut/ 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), Alec. Kenneth J. Kurtenbach was MOC from the opening of the camp until its evacuation. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Forces 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Jacob Stiner U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Traveled south on foot through Italy until contacted by a British Commando Unit that was looking for escaped POWs. See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. 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), Milo F. Webb I am grateful for the wealth of information they have sent me to share on this site. Serial Number33090208 U.S. Army, Infantry Private First Class Alvie D. CochranSerial No. Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Spencer A. Edwards Russia had not signed the 1929 Geneva Convention agreement, which, on paper, guaranteed humane treatment for prisoners of war. 59 during the Second World War. Serial Number12010340 Serial Number39227259 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number12007294 U.S. Army, Thomas C. Cronin Private Serial Number13023021 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 [Note: This serial number, which contains an ampersand, is clearly incorrect.] Serial Number12017540 Copyright 310 Publishing, LLC. 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). 4300 Davis Ave. 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 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 While prisoner interaction with German overseers was generally limited to the twice-daily roll calls and an occasional barracks sweep, guards were sometimes brutish, and the shadow of death lingered over the camp. U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers Serial Number33137228 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), Richard Kane Captured December 15, 1941Gazala Line, Libya State of ResidenceNew Jersey Hmo0SDc;R.KE U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Michael W. Hnath Reached Allied lines, Daniel J. McAnally One man was badly wounded in the face and was thrown out by Lt Briley, but all 10 men were able to deploy their parachutes. Adel, Iowa. State of ResidencePennsylvania Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Nathaniel Kemp Nye Knoxville, Illinois. Sheffield [England, United Kingdom]. Hartwell R. Harris 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). See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Are you sure you want to delete your template? Bist offered art lessons in Camp 59. State of ResidenceFlorida U.S. Army, Infantry Private Serial Number12005009 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army State of ResidenceKentucky In the National Archives, the camp listed for each prisoner was the last camp they were interned in; some were held in a number of camps. U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number38029234 Robert Dickinson Consequently, the Nazis knew they were immune from any legal consequence for making the Russians endure such a ghastly sort of hell. 9 Tannadice Street U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number6776227 Private U.S. Army, Infantry The blame for the bad conditions, which existed at this camp, had been placed on Oberst Kuhn who was both unreasonable and uncooperative. To get more articles like this one, subscribe to America in WWII magazine. U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists only one Charles Perkins who was detained by Germany and returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from Stalag 4D Torgau (Elbe) Sachsen, Prussia 51-13. Buffs Regiment New York, Salvatore Trischittas name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., William F. Tschoerner U.S. Army, Cavalry St. Louis, Missouri. Sergeant Shelby, Montana Captured December 1, 1942Tunis, Tunesia An example of extreme brutality occurred in early 1944. Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number20705257 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. Private These evening discussion groups were particularly popular during the spring and summer months when they could be held outdoors after the supper hour. Serial Number32134552 Serial Number15082385 Private Private First Class document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 119 Battery, 31st Field Regiment Royal Artillery, 11th Infantry Brigade, 4th Indian Division, Captured at Battle of Alem Hamza; interned at Caserta Military Hospital, transit Camp 66 Capua, Camp 59 Servigliano and Camp 29 Veano. Service Number6025246 [England, United Kingdom], Source: Ronald Streatfields granddaughter Tracy Jayne Streatfield, T. Strapp Private First Class Lawrence F. HuntSerial No. James Gunn Mathieson Serial Number35107131 State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidencePennsylvania Private Address from Armie Hills address book: Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Sergeant The non-commissioned officers were then packed like cattle into filthy boxcars and shipped by rail to their new homes and lives as prisoners of war. Corporal State of ResidenceVirginia Enroute to the target their plane (a B-17F SN: 42-30602, named "Dry Run IV") was damaged by flak. State of ResidenceIllinois Bombardier/Corporal British Royal Artillery, Lincoln Territorial Battery 237, Address: Private Oreville, Calif. [California]. State of Residenceunlisted Technician, Grade 4 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number36053918 See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Serial Number 13025138 Clifford H. Houbens name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Seattle 8, Wash. [Washington]. CHESSELLARNOLDPRE No 7264690. Arthur Austin died of pneumonia in the Camp 59 infirmary on March 5, 1943. Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Edmund is noted as having been interned in Camp. Corporal Service Number3196639 Serial Number37044160 Serial Number6954980 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. Service Number958853 Service Number1559674 The majority of them were American, but also included . British, Greek and Yugoslavian prisoners arrived from the Balkans Campaign in May and June 1941. Private Joe MalySerial No. Gunner Sergeant State of ResidencePennsylvania Private Claude J. Cole Myrtle Ford[or Myrtleford] Robert Chandler U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number37042382 0000006168 00000 n 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. Staff 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), Melvin Whitfield Private 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), John F. Kirkpatrick, Jr. Allen Coombs 24 Pratt Street U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residencenot listed Serial Number15041867 Renamed Stalag Luft XVIIb for consistency. Corporal Robert D. ChandlerSerial No. Resto, Clement T/Sgt. Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 5, Object number: UPL 54564 - Corporal In fact the number of the latter increased from 445 in March 43 to 913 two months later, that is in June when the Red Cross delegates inspected the camp for the last time. Robert R. Downings name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Lt Briley observed several of his men being picked up by Red Cross ambulances. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), P. G. Whapples, bombardier, is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Charles Thomas Wheatley 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. Private Maurice Ernest Snow French U.S. Army, Infantry Address from Armie Hills address book: 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). Private State of ResidencePennsylvania Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Carl L. Good James Collins Milton A. 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