Charles C. Stalling Private Joe MalySerial No. John O. Everett in an interview said that William Helmley is from Savannah, Georgia, Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943; William Helmley and Owen Frye were protected by the Marcozzi family near the town of Force in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Orville A. Higgins State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) Serial Number33136497 Service Number T/5569678 Stalags were operated in both World War I and World War II and were intended to be used for non-commissioned personnel (enlisted ranks in the US Army and other ranks in British Commonwealth forces). U.S. Army, Infantry Reading, Penna. 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17). Private State of ResidenceNew Jersey U.S. Army, InfantryRifle See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private State of Residenceunlisted See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number34210020 Address from Armie Hills address book: Jim Snodgrass name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. New Salem, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. Private Prospects for successsuch as the mass breakout that occurred at Stalag Luft 3 in March 1944were poor. Service Number614025 Service Number860452 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 M. Zuehl August C. Erdbrink 500 [Pennsylvania]. Serial Number37175260 410 Crawford Ave. Sergeant Lincoln, Lincolnshire Private First Class Serial Number35107131 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). U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment 16th Parachute Field Ambulance U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Across eastern Germany the Nazis had already begun death marches, herding thousands of suffering political prisoners and Allied captives west toward approaching American forces, from whom the Germans expected better treatment than from the dreaded Red Army. 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 Serial Number34195650 California, James Tasiopulos name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Guss O. Teel U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number39186606 Private Service NumberT/220738 Day See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number13021497 U.S. Army, Infantry Oreville, Calif. [California]. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number20846363 Private First Class Pleasant Hill, Illinois. Tex Reomes name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Sergeant to Luft Stalag 17-B. Reached Allied lines, ________ Hegarty State of Residenceunlisted Captured at Battle of Longstop Hill, Tunisia, December 23, 1942, Henry Kane and Richard Kane (below) were brothers. State of ResidenceTennessee Captured December 1, 1942Tunis, Tunesia State of ResidenceNew York He was ill at the time of his escape and was sheltered and protected by the Cesari family for six months. Reached Allied lines, Virgil Jarvis [England, United Kingdom], Stephen T. Dean R. W. Buchanan 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 U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment 141 Parkanaur Avenue U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private First Class U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Captured December 15, 1941Gazala Line, Libya In January 1945, he swapped identities with Frank Grey, an American POW wanted by the Gestapo for prior escapes, and helped Grey slip away. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 In 1943 three Americans were killed under suspicious circumstances. Sergeant James Martelli 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), Rochester F. Nettles Serial Number38151547 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private State of ResidenceCalifornia 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), Murrell C. Harley 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 Austin died of pneumonia in the Camp 59 infirmary on March 5, 1943. The prisoners focused most of their creative energies on making their lives more bearable. New York. U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Heavy Serial Number12011751 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 Like this page to receive our updates. 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17). Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Clarence Hortons name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Clifford H. Houben State of Residenceunlisted [United Kingdom], Jermiah J. Langone State of Residencenot listed State of ResidenceNew York Sweechbridge Road 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. Serial Number38027037 [England, United Kingdom], Dee L. Fowler Private State of ResidenceMassachusetts Serial Number20705350 [Missouri]. 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 CorpsArmy Air Forces 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 F. Hunt 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. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial number7597368 Staff Sergeant 192 Washington Street Serial Number17028052 Sergeant Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Thomas is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. 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. Hmo0SDc;R.KE Serial Number33136467 Jacobs Joseph. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Allen Coombs Private First Class Lawrence F. HuntSerial 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). Ray Felchle Corporal For civilian and concentration camps, see List of concentration camps of Nazi Germany . First Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Sources: Robert Newtons nephew Robert A. Newton (Hillsboro, Oregon), and and interview conducted by Filippo Ieran with Cesare Viozzi published in Antigone nella Valle del Tenna, or Antigone in the Tenna Valley, regional authority of the Marche (Consiglio Regionale delle Marche), 2002, Joseph Maly 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 U.S. Army, Captured in Tunisia at the Battle of El Guettar, March 1943, Escaped from Camp 59 in September 14, 1943, Reached lines of the Polish forces, June 1944, Source: Raymond Coxs daughter Ethel Stafford, Roy L. Cox 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), 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. 0000002641 00000 n State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceMinnesota Serial Number33146482 First Lieutenant U.S. Army, InfantryDivisional Artillery Serial Number13023021 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 Repatriatedno camp listed). Private Serial Number6661860 He and fellow POW Luther Shields traveled though the mountains assisted by Italians, including the Palmoni family of Montefalcone, along the way. Serial Number12005278 Serial Number37045390 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 Private The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. U.S. Army Serial Number6953355 Address from Armie Hills address book: Private State of ResidenceNew Mexico Serial Number12005009 Serial Number20717950 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), Manuel Serrano 132 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Corporal State of Residenceunlisted 37 Hampstead Lane U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry 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), Source: Raymond Kestners granddaughter Jessica Kestner McMahon, Everette L. Kidd West Allis See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. This article originally appeared in the February 2006 issue of America in WWII. State of ResidenceNew York State of ResidenceCalifornia Private First Class 17 Linden Avenue 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 Serial Number12020395 Corporal James Guillory Luther W. Davidson U.S. Army1st Armored Division, 27th Field Artillery Shortly after the beginning of World War II in September 1939, a POW camp called Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts-Stammlager (Stalag) VII A was established north of Moosburg. State of ResidencePennsylvania Serial Number37038102 Private State of ResidenceNew York Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Camp 59 internmentApril 22June 22, 1943, John E. Buchanan Serial Number39013867 Dr. Adrian Duff, who attended him, donated his own blood but got an infection and was taken to the hospital. State of ResidenceMississippi Private State of ResidenceCalifornia Private First Class John O. EverettSerial No. Russia had not signed the 1929 Geneva Convention agreement, which, on paper, guaranteed humane treatment for prisoners of war. Dale E. Bechtel U.S. Army, Infantry See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. inquire if anyone has any information about the crew and who may still Private First Class Arrived at Camp 59 on August 25, with other SAS members. Serial Number12007294 Private First Class The gaunt prisoners felt lucky to see the men known as the Black Cats. 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 J. Gossman State of ResidenceAlabama Groeslon Nello lives in Servigliano. Private His body lay sprawled across the fence until the morning as a warning to his shaken fellow prisoners. 99th Bombardment Group Serial Number37207024 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. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Source: Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, referencing Gilbert Broadbent in Behind Enemy Lines, C. A. Hollis is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling.. List Organized By: Random. Serial Number12005280 State of ResidencePennsylvania Serial Number 13025138 U.S. Army, Infantry Luther C. Shields As a leader of a British SAS team,your mission is to find the key and open the camp gate to release the prisoners. U.S. Army, Field Artillery (8) The camp was designated "17B" because it was the second prison camp (B) located in Germany's 17th military district. Special Air Service Private Duke Street 36379734. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Clarence T. Tom Cronin State of Residenceunlisted Add a Name to this List Route 5 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 F. Poleri Private First Class 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). T/Sgt. U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersEngineer Corporal 11 Clent Avenue [Texas]. Finally, as May dawned, relief arrived in the rugged jeeps and hulking Sherman tanks of the 13th Armored Division. State of ResidenceFlorida U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry 16000460is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Service Number6149568 State of ResidenceIowa State of ResidenceCalifornia Private First Class Gilbert D. LoonamSerial 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), Ralph N. Astin 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 Repatriatedno camp listed). 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Private First Class Claude J. ColeSerial No. Fred Chiltons address is from G. Norman Davisons prison camp notebook. U.S. Army, Infantry King Sergeant Serial Number37042382 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. 49 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Private Maurice Ernest Snow French Malone, N.Y. [New York]. U.S. Army, Infantry John Prockos name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number12020306 Serial Number33067286 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 Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Baltimore, Md. Private Serial Number6956922 U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number38019317 State of ResidenceNew York Sergeant Double rows of barbed-wire fencing surrounded low-slung prison barracks and a dirt compound. Within days of the rescue, American forces began uncovering the ghastly results of Hitlers Final Solutionhuman slaughter pens filed with the remains of thousands of Jews and other people Nazis considered undesirable and unworthy of life. Serial Number36200720 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Mahlon J. Private Winchester, 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), Salvatore Trischitta Serial Number32026850 State of ResidenceMinnesota Private Paul McLaughlins name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number20701910 Reached Allied lines, Richard P. Griffen U.S. Army, Infantry 56-10 Remson Place Nathan A. McClendon 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. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle East Surrey Regiment, British Army 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). Kalgoorie 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. State of Residencenot listed State of ResidenceMassachusetts Corporal State of ResidenceMissouri 1 Maes Tryfon New Road 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), Arthur Freestone 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 Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Robert Edward Albert Edwards 6959286is 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), Theodore Sanning State of ResidencePennsylvania 35. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Leo Denale Service Number4886262 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 Gallo Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia U.S. Army, Field Artillery105 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residenceunlisted startxref U.S. Army, Cavalry Lance-Sergeant Serial Number20323864 Medical Officer David E. Ridings name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private First Class Dvr. Address from Armie Hills address book: Source: Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling contains a 1942 drawing by Sgt. State of Residenceunlisted Corporal Serial Number12020954 Serial Number32161370 Camp 59 internmentDecember 22, 1941May 15, 1943, Patrick Cahill 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), Harry Stewart (H. Stewart) is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Jacob J. Stiner Serial Number33090536 Serial Number37044709 Private North Finchley Private Maspeth, New York, Source: Bernard Petrulis son Alan Petrulis Serial Number12023561 3 State of ResidenceKentucky State of ResidenceKentucky See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private First Class Serial Number37042565 Reached Allied lines, G. W. Jaques August C. Erdbrink Lower Edmonton, London N9 Royal Horse Artillery Territories captured from the Germans were beginning to give up all sorts of ugly secrets about Adolf Hitlers dying Third Reich. 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 Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Robert Brooks State of Residenceunlisted South Shore, K.Y. T/Sgt. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Forces Private The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. William George Wales Camp 59 internmentMarch 19, 1942May 25, 1943, R. E. Byne 26A Cedar Ave.N. Max A. Hauser Serial Number15088456 Did Billy England escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria? So, they filled their days with chat, occasional visits to the camps makeshift library, exercise, and thoughts of how to stay a step ahead of hunger, depression, and the guards. Serial Number12013944 Serial Number36151528 The 1945 map of Stalag 17B indicating today's location of the few remaining remnants of Stalag 17-B The map points to the grove of trees where the only relics of the camp remain. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. He and another crewman fought the fire while the rest of the crew either jumped or were sucked out of the airplane. Lowell, Mass. Vinton, Iowa, John H. Gaffney State of Residenceunlisted Private First Class Ray W. DentlerSerial No. Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Joseph A. Altomari Private U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number15045264 Reached Allied lines, Dwight L. Dulaney Died in the Camp 59 infirmary of appendicitis, William T. Miller Serial Number18061638 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Source: Edwins great grandson John Garner, A. Private First Class Willis LargentSerial No. Was taken by this unit down the Adriatic Sea coast to the British 8th Army at Bari, Italy, on October 25, 1943. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of Residenceunlisted Inside their spartan quarters, prisoners searched for fellow crew members whom they had last seen inside a falling, shot-up plane, and acquainted themselves with the other men of their bay (a tightly clustered section of bunks that lined the barracks walls). 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. G. Whitlow U.S. Army, Infantry 259 Ivydale Road The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. State of Residenceunlisted Technical Sergeant A postwar inquiry found that in less than two years of American captivity, there were about 30 recorded cases of guards striking PW [POWs] with bayonets, pistols, and rifle butt. 276 Wragby Road U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Medium Serial Number35119503 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceIllinois Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War 1939-1945. U.S. Army, Infantry 12th Lancers Captured April 8,1941Fort Michelli U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Versailles, Conn. [Connecticut]. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), William S. Bamberg He was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries he received in combat. 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 Number37141362 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. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private State of ResidenceKentucky zBPk ql5^ ~fuYg=SsZ. 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: Confirmation of Daniel McAnallys internship in Camp 59 confirmed by his great niece Danielle McNally. 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