stalag 17b list of prisoners

State of ResidenceNew York State of Residenceunlisted Camp 59 internmentJanuary 9April 22, 1942, A. J. Budd Interned in a camp on Sicily, at PG 66 Capua, and PG 59 State of ResidenceTexas State of ResidenceOhio U.S. Army, Infantry Winchester, Virginia. For the quickly thinning American ranks, the average daily menuwhich German officials, not the prisoners, chose to reduce when Red Cross parcels were distributedconsisted of warm water in the morning (which many men used to make coffee), a few crusts of dark bread of dubious preparation in the afternoon, and a dinner of pitifully thin soup of perhaps potato or rutabaga, but more often fish heads and other assorted discards. George M. Zuehls name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Sergeant U.S. Army, Field Artillery Heinrich Hoffman Collection. 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), Owen M. Frye S.E. New Salem, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. Reached Allied lines, Robert R. Downing If the hell inflicted on the Americans was different from the hell inflicted on the Russians, it was only by degreeespecially during the wars final months. A. Willis Heinrich Himmler inspects a Russian prisoner in a POW camp. 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 Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Gene is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. Private First Class See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number6953355 Private First Class Each barracks became a sort of autonomous unit. This was the average attendance figure during the school's operation. Transfaal, South Africa, [This address is likely Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa]. State of ResidenceSouth Carolina Source: T. Strapps name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. High Wycombe, Bucks. Hill Billy Sheep Hearder [sic]. Turned over to American 5th Army military authorities. Camp 59 internmentMarch 1942May 1943, R. C. R. Boulton State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, InfantryRifle James L. Rogers name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number34138090 Help us to tell the stories that deserve to be told, by contributing information to the archive. Dewitt Stansells name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 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. 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), Bud David State of ResidenceMississippi State of ResidenceKentucky Consequently, the tedium took its own toll on the prisoners, who had to find ways to keep themselves busy. 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment Corporal 192 Wash. [Washington] St. 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 32432937 (Stalag 17B, Barrack #17B) (303 rd BG, Squadron 358) The following names are missing from the AAD World War II Prisoners of War Data File for Stalag 17B. U.S. Army, Signal CorpsRifle Territories captured from the Germans were beginning to give up all sorts of ugly secrets about Adolf Hitlers dying Third Reich. U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers U.S. Army, Field Artillery He was decorated for this decision at the end of the war. State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private The remaining 900 men were too ill to make the march . 2578794 Red Cross delegates would have checked that the court-martial complied with the Geneva Convention. They were all members of the same outfit. North Finchley Serial Number20701801 This address for George Crawford is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: George A. Crawford U.S. Army, Air CorpsArmy Air Forces For further information on how your data is collected and used, please read our Privacy Policy. State of Residenceunlisted Luther was recaptured by the Germans and spent the rest of the war in various German stalags; he was finally liberated from Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia 52-14 in 1945. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with James Martelli, George Tucker, James Kingsley, Carl Good, and James Snodgrass. See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Route 4 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 Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia (Also KDOS [USA] #1-5; ARB BTNS 225-255) 52-14). Left Waist Gunner Emerson Street See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. John A. Allen 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 The camp was filled with enlisted men, and under the terms of the Geneva Convention, they could not be required to work. 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), Michael J. Rotunno Driver State of ResidenceMassachusetts State of ResidenceWest Virginia New York, Salvatore Trischittas name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., William F. Tschoerner Private Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), Maholan J. These were usually journalism, farm management and livestock farming, and were directed by men who had had successful experience in the fields. Lemont Furnace, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. 20714955is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. 0000000948 00000 n U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number34121513 Bud Davids name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Did John Buchanan escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg? Private State of ResidenceNew York It was liberated by the U.S. 14th Armored Division following a short battle with SS soldiers of the 17th SS Panzer Grenadier Division on 29 April 1945. 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), W. Fleischauer, Jr. Duard W. Payne U.S. Army, InfantryRifle R.F.D. Source: Willman Kings son Joseph M. King, James G. Kingsley 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 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated; no camp listed), Escaped from Camp 59 with Peter J. Calvagno, Edmond Petrelli, Joe C. Mandese, and Felice D. Vacca, William T. Spruiell State of ResidenceNew York Serial Number13057379 State of ResidenceMissouri U.S. Army, Infantry 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 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 Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Walter G. Nesley His name appears in U.S. State Department wartime reports about Camp 59 from the Swiss Legation in Rome. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceTennessee Serial Number16023331 U.S. ArmyCompany A, 18th Infantry Regiment St. Louis, Missouri. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 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. In Germany, stalag (/stl/; German: [talak]) was a term used for prisoner-of-war camps. Serial Number32026850 State of ResidenceNew York 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), Tony Spicola Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Warren A. Culver 35. Much worse. Oscar C. Ruebens Returned home through Sicily, French Morocco, and via transport on the General E. A. Anderson American troop ship to Newport News, Virginia. 24 cold water taps per wash room. Reome Brayno, Army Infantry, of New York was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a POW camp, but no camp name is indicated. xb```b``g`a``c@ >f(;wH{00\ 4}% I5bG|hj2[l48t%&@|1]` vYy)pEHiF R0 yu" Bramley, Leeds England. Address from an envelope featured on metropostcard.com, Fred R. Phillips 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 Myrtle Ford[or Myrtleford] Private First Class Serial Number34089653 Days passed slowly as the men struggled along in eight groups of 500 eachhesitant to stop to drink from a nearby stream or even to relieve themselves for fear of the guards rifle butts and bayonets. The destination of the column was a Russian prison camp 4 kilometers north of Braunau. Sergeant Change). State of Residenceunlisted Source: C. Bruces name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. William R. Walter Serial Number37042565 Officers were held in separate camps called Oflag. Serial Number19012836 Sergeant Serial Number36072813 Renamed Stalag Luft XVIIb for consistency. Robert Dulac was hospitalized in Potenza, Italy. RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) Serial Number15088456 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number39013867 Serial Number20701899 Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Keith is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. Private First Class Blain Prewitt A second issue was made a few days later of one parcel for every fifth man. State of ResidenceOhio Camp 59 internmentMarch 3July 4, 1943, F. C. Brain 7 Leicester Street State of ResidenceIowa Private Private Private U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment Private Stalag IIIC Alt-Drewitz. 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), Verlin E. Cokely State of ResidencePennsylvania Charged with a crime and brought to trial in Camp 59. R.F.D. Serial Number37042466 The remaining 900 men were too ill to make the march and were left behind in the hospitals. 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), 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. This village is located six kilometers northwest of Krems, Austria. Corporal Les J. Cratty [Crotty]Serial No. U.S. Army, Infantry 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. Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 7, Object number: UPL 54565 - Stalag 17B: Prisoner of War. On 8 April 1945, 4000 of the PWs at Stalag 17B began an 18-day march of 281 miles to Braunau, Austria. State of Residenceinlisted See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number37190621 According to the Third Geneva Convention of 1929 and its predecessor, the Hague Convention of 1907, Section IV, Chapter 2,[2] these camps were only for prisoners of war, not civilians. A few months later Soviet prisoners started arriving, mostly officers. HUT 8. U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Cpl. 6th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment The address above is from that list. Staff Sergeant In January 1945, he swapped identities with Frank Grey, an American POW wanted by the Gestapo for prior escapes, and helped Grey slip away. State of Residenceunlisted Lincoln, Lincolnshire See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Connections. 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 George Jux John Park, who was ill at the time of the escape, was recaptured and died of pneumonia in solitary confinement at Camp 59 on September 28, 1942. Nello lives in Servigliano. R.R. Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 9, Object number: UPL 54567 - Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed), Dewitt Stansell 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 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Hobert W. Gabbard 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 ResidenceIowa 13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 107 Depot Street At the time I didnt know why I had this feeling. State of ResidenceWest Virginia Signalman U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceNew Jersey U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceKentucky Southend-on-Sea, Essex The Third Geneva Convention, Section III, Article 49, permits non-commissioned personnel of lower ranks to be used for work in agriculture and industry, but not in any industry producing war material. State of Residenceunlisted All rights reserved Website hosted by ctinetworks.com. 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 4th Milner A. Service Number6290483 I was thrown through its rickety door before I could even react. Private Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Donald D.Fremd New York. Private 5 State of ResidenceNew York Trooper 0000004492 00000 n State of Residenceunlisted Private First Class N. Manchester Soviet prisoners began to arrive and eventually dominated the camp. 1st Battalion, The Buffs Edgar J. Curttright Brooklyn be living and where the plane crashed after being shot down. U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersEngineer (Combat, Square Divisions and Combat Units Not in Divisions) State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceNew York Handy exacted a measure of revenge by facilitating the only successful escape from Stalag 17-B. Pennsylvania Reading, Penna. Latrines were open pit type and were situated away from the barracks. Serial Number20703555 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Robert H. Williams U.S. Army, Infantry I had honor of getting the know three of the men first-handRalph Hoag, Roland Rakow, and Neil Rorssellthrough email, over the phone, or by letter. If you have any unwanted First Sergeant 39602619 is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Bernie Abrams. Source: Robert A. Newton, who corresponded with or met former Camp 59 POWs or their family members, or heard about former prisoners from other escapees. Reached Allied lines, Gene Schull Svc.) New York Consulted during the making of the film Von Ryans Express. He died in 1980. Baltimore, Md. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Sergeant Sgt. Spencer, Okla. [Oklahoma], Albert Edward Ibbetson Serial No. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Reached Allied lines, Source: The National Archives, United Kingdom T/Sgt. Les Worthington Jim Snodgrass name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private Upon arriving at the camp, each new prisoner was forced to surrender all their personal items like watches, special clothing (like long-johns), jewelry, etc., and the guards often helped themselves to these valuables. There also existed a security committee. Middleton 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. Noah Did Orville Higgins escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 11B Fallingbostel? 17 Linden Avenue Norman A. Ellsworth 32019660recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. During the 18-day march, the column averaged 20 kilometers each day. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number13022149 State of ResidenceOklahoma State of ResidenceKentucky Private U.S. Army, Field Artillery155 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn 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 listed), Arthur Shupe London,England. West Hill Charles R. Martin State of Residenceunlisted Charleston, S.C. [South Carolina]. John Pawlawskis name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. This address for George Jordan is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: George D. Jordan State of ResidenceKentucky 15055095is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Serial Number33136497 Captured December 3, 1942Bizerta, Tunisia Want to find out more about your relative's service? [Indiana]. State of ResidenceMassachusetts State of ResidenceOhio Private Added details from : http://www.b24.net/pow/stalag17.htm. Stalag Luft III, a large prisoner of war camp near Sagan, Silesia, Germany (now aga, Poland), was the site of an escape attempt (later filmed as The Great Escape). Serial Number33090208 U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army Air Corps, Shot down and captured on Sicily, July 5, 1943, Michael A. Toth Serial Number6975802 Serial Number35212601 The address above is from that list. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Minneapolis, Minnesota, William D. Anderson State of ResidenceNew York %PDF-1.4 % Insufficient water from 6:30 to 8:00 AM and 10:30 to 12:00 and 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Private Camp 59 internmentFebruary 1, 1942June 3, 1943, Matt Brazil Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, George Tucker, James Snodgrass, James Martelli, and James Kingsley. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Richard T. Mooney, Army Infantry, of Mississipi was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-1. Private 4 Carlton Terrace Serial Number37158596 Serial Number6653062 Private Franklin E. Swint Sponsored . Inkley House State of Residencelisted in the National Archives POW database as New York, but Robert Newton says his home state was 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). First Sergeant The Nazis ignored sickness and starvation in the Russians ranks, and men died in droves. 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), Harold Burgess U.S. Army, Infantry More Soviet prisoners of war died every day in Nazi camps during the Autumn of 1941 than the total number of Western Allied POWs in the entire war.[3]. 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), Herman I. Noble Stalag IVA Elsterhorst. Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 1, Object number: UPL 54562 - The statistics are mind-boggling. Serial Number35261675 It wasnt until I returned that I realized what makes this place a unique and possible sacred space. U.S. Army 2nd Corps, Source: Luther Shields daughter Cindy Jackson, Murray Shulaw State of ResidenceNew York Private TREATMENT: The treatment at Stalag 17B was never considered good, and was at times even brutal. State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Serial Number32335038 Gunner Serial Number12021619 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 C. Dunfee Frederick Brooks Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Interned at Lamsdorf Stalag VIII-B after the Armistice If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Captured December 3, 1942Tebourba, Tunesia Clermont, Florida, William W. Hurley 18 Westcliffe 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). U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 12th Royal Lancers, British Army Dawson Springs, Ky. Paul Wakelands name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Service Number5732581 The PWs depended a great deal on card games, checkers, chess and other indoor games, as well as reading material from the well-stocked library. 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), Edwin P. Rogers See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Seattle 8, Wash. [Washington]. State of ResidenceNew York Sergeant State of Residenceunlisted Athol Grays name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Some of the animosity can be attributed to centuries of conflict between the two peoples. London Irish Rifles Captain Millar served as chief medical officer of Camp 59. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentRifle Brand Stanley Bentley Sergeant Serial Number34059558 British Army. Camp 59 internmentApril 22June 22, 1943, John E. Buchanan 322 Lincoln St. 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 Source: Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling contains a 1942 drawing by Sgt. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Trooper State of ResidenceIllinois U.S. Army, Thomas C. Cronin Private 1944 Krakow Poland to Germany POW Camp Postcard Cover Stalag 17B Prisoner 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), James A. Corcoran Source: researcher Robert A. Newton, Charles A. Harman Box 667 Please note that your data will be managed in the US by the American Air Museum in Britain charity. 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), Darrell DeCamp number and were required to memorize it or endure severe physical punishment. 0000002641 00000 n 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 U.S. Army, InfantryPrivate Force During World War II, the Luftwaffe (German air force) operated Stalag Luft in which flying personnel, both officers and non-commissioned officers, were held. 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. 0000000696 00000 n Richard Mooneys name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. This address for Leslie Beer is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Leslie J. The truth was that at most campsespecially the harsher ones such as Stalag 17-Bbartering between prisoners and even guards was serious business, sometimes a matter of survival. - Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. Alvie D. Cochran 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 A. Willis Heinrich Himmler inspects a Russian prison camp 4 kilometers north of Braunau above is from that.. 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