State of ResidenceNew York Returned home through Sicily, French Morocco, and via transport on the General E. A. Anderson American troop ship to Newport News, Virginia. England. Joseph J. Freeborn was the radio operator and the flight engineer was Sgt. Special Air Service (British Special Forces), Captured in Sardinia during operation Hawthorn, July 8, 1943 Emmett William Roy. State of ResidenceNew Jersey Stalag 17B was built in 1939 near Krems, Austria, initially as a transition camp for Polish and French civilians who were captured early in the war before they had trained to become soldiers. Serial Number15054964 U.S. Army 2nd Corps, Source: Luther Shields daughter Cindy Jackson, Murray Shulaw Technical Sergeant Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 His name appears in U.S. State Department wartime reports about Camp 59 from the Swiss Legation in Rome. Service Number5495088 State of ResidenceMichigan Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Milton M. Hanks State of ResidenceKansas Service Number3196639 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). Max A. Hauser Serial Number18120685 Alvie D. Cochran Is this the same Edmund Cote, and was he living in Massachusetts at the time of the war? Serial Number15059956 U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number16037380 Leroy C. David, Army Corps of Engineers from South Dakota, it seems this might be the same Bud David. Sergeant State of ResidencePennsylvania State of ResidenceNew Jersey Special Air Service Private Private 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 Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Robert B. Chandler State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number17006940 U.S. Army, Infantry Sunny Side 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), Howard F. Jones 6956161is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. 1 500 [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). 77 Weetamoe Street Did Stanley Bentley escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria? 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 From Italy he was transferred to Germany, where he was interned at Stalag 7-A Moosburg, Stalag 11-A Altengrabow, Stalag 11-B Fallingbostel, and Commando 1011 Wolfenbttel. Private [England, United Kingdom], James Bough Reached Allied lines, Robert R. Downing Update. State of ResidenceFlorida Private Ray Felcle [Felchle]Serial No. Private William Helmlys name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Staff Sergeant James Kavana escaped from Camp 59, was recaptured by the Germans, and then escaped again. Les Crotty Private CHESSELLARNOLDPRE No 7264690. State of ResidencePennsylvania Source: George Wales son-in-law Tom Hill. Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Edmund is noted as having been interned in Camp. 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment State of ResidencePennsylvania William R. Walter 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), Earl Hug 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 Private State of ResidenceOhio Duard W. Payne 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. Service Number310798 Staff Sergeant Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943, Source: John Leon Turners son-in-law Terry Marshall, Felice D. Vacca 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), Photographer and Gunner Sergeant Corporal State of ResidenceIndiana 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 Gunner 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 orno camp listed), 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) Captured December 15, 1941Gazala Line, Libya State of Residenceunlisted Corporal Address from Armie Hills address book: Private John E. BuchananSerial No. Serial Number11037316 [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 This address for Eric Brown is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Eric Brown F. T. Lockett 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 Number12016749 Address from Armie Hills address book: 24 Pratt Street This address for Micheal Lacy is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Micheal W. Lacy U.S. Army, Air Corps Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private U.S. Army, Infantry John J. Procko, Jr., Army Infantry, of Michigan was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-1. St. Giles,Lincoln State of ResidenceKansas Sergeant U.S. Army, Thomas C. Cronin U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residenceunlisted Did Ernest Ellis escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to CC 21? State of ResidenceKentucky Camp 59 internmentMarch 3May 29, 1943, H. J. State of ResidenceWisconsin U.S. Army Serial Number39678019 State of ResidenceMissouri Serial Number36072813 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 Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated. 1st Battalion, The Buffs Serial Number39928714 Lyndale Ligons name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 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 Private U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentArmored Force Serial Number15055023 U.S. Army, InfantryDivisional Artillery [United Kingdom], Leslie Worthington Arnold L. Anderson U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number14046442 Serial Number12020033 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force 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), Joe L. Ross Service Number6146826 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: 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 G. Smith Trenton, Florida, Corporal D. Nevitt is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., W. G. Newall Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 507 S. Richardson State of Residenceunlisted Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Maholan is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. Corporal 5 Box 132 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle [Pennsylvania]. State of ResidenceConnecticut He hit me two or three more times before I blacked out. At Stalag 17-B, one of the most notorious German prisoner-of-war camps, the American fliers were herded from the train to the bleak outpost about a mile or so away. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private 20701884is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. 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. 125 So. Serial Number35254694 Serial Number35250761 Robert Brooks name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private 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. Technician, Grade 5 U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry Grey ultimately reached Yugoslavia, where anti-Nazi partisans assisted him. 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), Leslie Cavanagh State of Residencenot listed 1701 Giulford Ave. 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Charles R. (Rusty) Martin Pte. Serial Number39602619 Sergeant 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), Claude J. Cole U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceOklahoma 37025587is 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. These are the memories and observations of Howard Thornley, who was a prisoner of war in Europe during World War II. Staff Sergeant Minnesota, Wesley Goettels name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., R. E. M. Gollop Serial Number38023144 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry Roy Hatfields name and address (above) and the quip Hill Billy Sheep Hearder were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentParachute Infantry Edwin H. Thofern Earl Linaweaver Source: Henry Kanes son George Kane, Richard Kane Each barracks became a sort of autonomous unit. Hubert G. Dewey 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. Beer 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 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). 0000006168 00000 n U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Sgt. State of ResidenceNew York Pilfered shingles and other scraps of wood went into the stove or were used to make tools. Baltimore, Md. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private U.S. Army, Infantry Guards provided little more than a few uncooked potatoes. Rifleman State of ResidenceIowa Escaped from the camp September 14, 1943, Source: Charles Simmons daughter Trish Harper, John C. Simmons, Jr. Serial Number20704953 (Camp=063) Service code abbreviation is A = Army. State of Residenceunlisted Source: Richard Kanes nephew (and Henry Kanes son) George Kane. 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), Howard S. Delanoy Serial Number20705257 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. This address for William Jones is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: William Jones Serial Number12040114 [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. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Sergeant John S. Skulborstad escaped from Camp 59 with Paul Alsin and Willard J. Bergstrom. 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). Luther C. Shields Dawson Springs, Ky. Paul Wakelands name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number36151602 See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Brooklyn, New York, Third 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), Edwin A. Wilcher Liverpool 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), G. Norman Davisons military experiences are recorded in his book In the Prison of His Days: The Memoirs of a Captured World War II Gunner by G. Norman Davison (Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd, 2009). Hymer Roger Lee. An example of extreme brutality occurred in early 1944. Elmcourt Repatriated November 1943 by a British 8th Army patrol, Bernard Petrulis 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), Clovis G. Amos 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, InfantryRifle Serial Number35100858 Serial Number34195650 Address from Armie Hills address book: 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Captured January 21, 1941Sidi Rezegh, Libya See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 37073082is 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), Camp leader at Camp 59 from February 1942 to September 1942, Donald A. Penton 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), Athol Gray State of Residencenot listed U.S. Army, Field Artillery U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry 0000002605 00000 n See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army1st Armored Division, 27th Field Artillery STALAG 17B, Page 3 of 6 cooperation was obtained from Maj. Eigl, but since there was friction between him (Luftwaffe) and the other German officers (Wehrmacht), his authority was extremely limited. 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), Michael M. Sterm State of ResidenceIowa Edwin P. Rogers name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Sergeant U.S. Army, Infantry See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Service Number7887518 State of ResidenceTexas 1724 South 88th Street Sgt. Rifleman 6142045 ADAMO, ALFRED Alfred Adamo Serial Number12020033 Private First Class U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residenceunlisted Source: Willman Kings son Joseph M. King, James G. Kingsley Serial Number35327149 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17). 310 E. Tyler 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 Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Keith is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. Serial Number6973874 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private First Class Bradford Serial Number15088456 Lemont Furnace, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. 1st Dragoons U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Nicknames Ark and L.C. 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 Their long ordeal was over. 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 Hoag Private PM 3300, Source: Arnold Chessells son Roger Chessell, Woodrow Chew Serial Number6954980 Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Spencer A. Edwards U.S. Army, Infantry Ronald James Jim McMahon 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. 2006 Store Ave. [or S. Tore] Detested, feared, and treated worse than animals by the Germans, Russian prisoners suffered beyond comprehension. Source: Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, John L. Whitten Serial Number33137349 Captured at Battle of Longstop Hill, Tunisia, December 24, 1942. State of ResidenceKentucky Jack Kirkpatricks name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. They were all members of the same outfit. Reached Allied lines, Virgil Jarvis U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceGeorgia Food remained scarce. Transfaal, South Africa, [This address is likely Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa]. Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army Air Corps North Finchley Oelwein, Iowa, James Collins Trooper U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidencePennsylvania Captured December 3, 1942Bizerta, Tunisia Serial Number12013944 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number36336832 Camp 59 POW Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke said her father knew George Marsland. U.S. Army, Infantry Pte Jackson Harold. U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Did John Pawlawski escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg? 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), Louis J. VanSlooten Sergeant WX14366 U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry He was liberated from Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12 in June 1945. The number of English POWs in the same span of time decreased from 1,337 to 313. State of ResidenceMaryland New York. Gunner Bottom photo: The prisoners tag (above) and dog tag of Stalag 17-B prisoner Lloyd Kern, a B-17 ball-turret gunner with he US 303rd Bomb Group, known as Hells Angels. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Private Serial Number37073082 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). This address for Eric Oram is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Eric Oram The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. 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). 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. 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 Eichler Gunner Flight Sergeant State of ResidenceIowa Private See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 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 U.S. Army, Infantry Box 16 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 State of ResidenceCalifornia State of ResidencePennsylvania Army, InfantryArmored Force See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Moses was near Comunanza with a large group, including Gus Teel, Francis Thomas and Walter Simon. 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. Serial Number36306882 Private Middleton See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists two servicemen with the last name of Kirschner from New York who were detained by Germany. Serial Number35214698 England, United Kingdom, Interned at Camp 59 from January 8, 1942 to January 24, 1943, Interned in Camp 53 Sforzacosta until his escape in September 1943 following the Italian Armistice, Found shelter with a family in Gassino in northern Italy; in October 1944 joined the Partisans, Killed in action while fighting with the Partisans on March 3, 1945, Sources: various documents from Roberts nephew Steve Dickinson, Search this site for Robert Dickinson to access numerous posts about Robert and his prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Charles M. Dittman 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). U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment Serial Number35100087 Stalag 17B Roster American Prisoners of War Source - National Archives & 1994 Directory of American Former Prisoners of War 1943 - 1945 Stalag 17B PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL'S OFFICE - AMERICAN PRISONER OF WAR INFORMATION BUREAU MASTER INDEX FILES (Flexo-lLine) of AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL Reported in the hands of the enemy (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), Benjamin F. Farley Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residencelisted in the National Archives POW database as New York, but Robert Newton says his home state was Missouri State of ResidenceTexas Serial Number12017271 Corporal State of ResidenceIllinois Serial Number 31140926 12020628is 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 Oreville, Calif. [California]. U.S. Army 0000002641 00000 n Sergeant Major 20 Woodside Grove Serial Number19012836 Private Second Lieutenant Serial Number6959286 Corporal 1207 Ninth St. State of ResidenceNew York [England, United Kingdom], Stephen T. Dean 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 is listed). 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