Address from Armie Hills address book: British Army, Interned at Camp 59 for at least two years, Arrived in Adelboden, Switzerland during the winter of 1943-44 and departed in October 1944, Convalesced in Leysin, Switzerland in 1944-45 before returning to England, Source: Robert Smiths niece Carole Procter; a news article from The Herald (A paper serving the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England) January 25, 1944, James L. Snodgrass Camp 59 internmentJanuary 23, 1942January 24, 1943, Victor Boulter Dawson Springs, Ky. Paul Wakelands name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. An example of extreme brutality occurred in early 1944. Silver Star, Air Medal, and Purple Heart, Sources: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (no specific camp listed); San Francisco Letterman Hospital Fog Horn, (May 6, 1944); and Matts son and daughter, Matthew James Brazil and Bonnie Jacobsen (ne Brazil). State of Residenceunlisted 0000002330 00000 n
U.S. Army, Infantry Charles R. Martin [Note: This serial number, which contains an ampersand, is clearly incorrect.] State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number20701895 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Sunny Side See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 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), John Procko U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Sgt. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 21 Chieti Italy 42-14), Ernest Ellis Arthur E. Shupe 141 Parkanaur Avenue Camp 59 internmentJanuaryMay 1942, Vaughan Lawrence Carter SSgt. I have recorded below names, military ranks and units, and notes concerning capture, internment, escape, and repatriation. Serial Number36336832 Private [Glamorgan, Wales]. John E. Riley State of ResidenceMassachusetts Gilmore City, Io. Corporal State of ResidenceFlorida State of ResidenceNew York 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment 126 S. Ellwood 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). Serial Number17006666 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment This table does not contain the prisoners listed as moved from Stalag 12A to 9B. Captured December 28, 1941Agedabia, Libya State of ResidenceNew York 0000000696 00000 n
So enabled to monitor the progress of the war, kriegies knew when the end was near. Harold J. Steever Theodore Drazkowski Did Murray Shulaw escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein in Germany? Serial Number16048446 Serial Number35166007 Serial Number15055130 State of ResidenceGeorgia Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number33136467 Use the sites search feature to hunt for more information on any individual POW. Serial Number20714952 U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Heavy U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Charles R. Martins name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Corporal State of ResidenceAlabama Second Lieutenant Stalag 17B was situated just a few miles northwest of Krems, Austria, and was used from a concentration camp from 1938 until 1940, when the first war prisoners were brought there French and. Within that realm, individual bays became close-knit groupsmen bound together by circumstance, hatred of the Nazis, and the common fight for survival. Serial Number12016751 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 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), Robert Brooks Camp 59 internmentJanuary 31, 1942June 6, 1943, Cyril Cernobyl Address from Armie Hills address book: Did Ernest Ellis escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to CC 21? Territories captured from the Germans were beginning to give up all sorts of ugly secrets about Adolf Hitlers dying Third Reich. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Division The address above is from that list. Did Joseph Raffeo escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 6D Dortmund? 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 indicated), George Shorter Fields Serial Number12021433 Source: Swiss Red Cross report on Camp 59 (December 16, 1942), as referenced by Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, William Kulynych Ward John M. Mumaugh, Jr. State of ResidenceIllinois Camp 59 internmentFebruary 1, 1942June 5, 1943, Lionel Bracken Helmeted Nazi guards with machine guns manned towers at the edges, waiting to shoot dead any prisoner who crossed the warning wire that ran a few feet inside the fencing. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Forces U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceIllinois Private Service Number3189899 State of ResidenceTexas Serial Number32335038 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. Kornrumph 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), Bernard Petrulis Serial Number32019660 Sources: Luther Vaughns daughters Judy Ingersoll and Victoria McMackin, Joseph MacDougall Private This is because as NCOs, they may not be forced to work and they considered this work as aiding the enemy. Freeborn as he was being carried to the hospital by civilians. 8, Alfred Road Robert records that Sgt. Royal Canadian Air Force State of ResidenceIowa Private First Class Camp 59 internmentFebruary 28May 1943, D. G. Bradbrook U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Lower Edmonton, London N9 They might have laughed at the comfortable picture of their lives sometimes portrayed by the American press. 0000001129 00000 n
State of Residenceunlisted Staff Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Reached Allied lines, Gerald W. Rowland Robert Brooks 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), 16th Engineer Battation, 1st Armored Division Sergeant ______ Kuhn was charged with a crime and brought to trial in Camp 59. 55 Sheaf Gardens Private First Class U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number33090208 U.S. Army, Cavalry Address from Armie Hills address book: Anthony Fiore State of ResidenceIowa Connections See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below. Camp 59 internmentMarch 5, 1942June 3, 1943, C. A. Bourne John A. Allen Service Number3196639 John J. Garone 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 Corporal Sergeant State of ResidenceMichigan Escaped from Camp 59 on September 15, 1943 Burton 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), Paul I. Wakefield Raymond Hines name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Leland J. Gorshe U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number32105941 State of ResidenceTennessee G. Loonam See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of ResidencePennsylvania Pip Cummings is mentioned a letter dated October 21, 1943 in which a POW only identified as Eric, writing to his mother and dad, describes the escape from Camp 59 and the actions of the men immediately after. State of ResidenceMaryland Light 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. Royal Air Force Serial Number 13049014 State of ResidenceNew York State of ResidenceIllinois U.S. Army, Corp of EngineersArmored (Divisional) Lt Scott Briley was the pilot of B-17 42-97233, flying his 13th mission, when his plane caught fire and exploded. State of ResidenceIowa State of ResidenceMichigan U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force 3 Wood Place R.R. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Prisoners of war, Germany: Stalag IVB, Muhlburg, Germany; visit reports by the International Red Cross. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Serial Number38023144 Lyndale Ligons name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. W. Jock Timoney was interned in Camp 59 with gunner Robert Smith. Address from Armie Hills address book: Source: In the Prison of His Days: The Memoirs of a Captured World War II Gunner by G. Norman Davison (Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd, 2009), Alvie D. Cochran Following diagnosis, received 10 days of treatment for malaria in a British infirmary. xb```b``g`a``c@ >f(;wH{00\ 4}%
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State of ResidenceWest Virginia Officers were held in separate camps called Oflag. Private U.S. Army, Field Artillery State of ResidenceIllinois My Grandfather was a POW at Stalag Luft 4 until he was sent out on the Black March. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Service Number1065671 12th Royal Lancers, British Army U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Division Private First Class 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). On the return, a Ju-88 finished the job. Source: researcher Robert A. Newton, Serial Number17040065 August C. Erdbrink Change). Stalag VII-A (in full: Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts-Stammlager VII-A) was Germany's largest prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, located just north of the town of Moosburg in southern Bavaria. 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), Address: Captured in Tebourba, Tunisia on December 6, 1942. Serial Number33146482 Serial Number15055023 Reached Allied lines, James A. Ginn Arnold L. Anderson 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 G. Deaver 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 If a man could live on that parcel for a week, one of them wrote, it was only at ten percent over starvation. Contents of the shoebox-size parcels generally included canned tuna, cheese, dehydrated milk, liver paste, and raisins, along with margarine, sugar, several packs of cigarettes, and two D-Bars (condensed chocolate). Presbyterian Chaplain U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersEngineer State of ResidenceDelaware Herne Bay, Kent Serial Number7080390 State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 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), Vernon R. Catterton He and fellow POW Luther Shields traveled though the mountains assisted by Italians, including the Palmoni family of Montefalcone, along the way. 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 George Reesclaf (or Reuschak), Jr.s name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of Residenceunlisted 13 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery New York, Al Buttacavolis name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., V. J. Button Massachusetts. State of ResidenceKentucky Private Serial Number37025587 Service Number958853 British Army, Escaped though the hole in the wall of Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, Made his way, with two other British servicemen, to Switzerland, Patrick Cahill Serial Number32001738 State of Residenceunlisted Kenneth Seldon escaped from Camp 59 but was recaptured and sent to Germany. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number13003189 Private Royal Army Medical Corps, Escaped from Camp 59 with Corporal Howard F. Jones. Enroute to the target their plane (a B-17F SN: 42-30602, named "Dry Run IV") was damaged by flak. In 1943, as American air attacks against Germany increased, the Nazis moved the . State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number14002753 Gunner We learned that he went down on June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany. 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. 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 Nizza Sergeant Private Service Number5493563 This address for Eric Oram is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Eric Oram Sergeant U.S. Army, Air CorpsMedium Bomber (B25, B26) England. U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle CQ0 U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer State of ResidencePennsylvania Was taken by this unit down the Adriatic Sea coast to the British 8th Army at Bari, Italy, on October 25, 1943. Private Lawrence F. Hunt U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry John Sikorskis name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, Field Artillery Armored 105 MM Howitzer Signalman Private [Maryland]. 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). Bombardier Transfaal, South Africa, [This address is likely Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa]. Document Date: 9 Apr 1940. Stalag 17B Read more about stalag, roster and valerosos.com. Harold S. Arneson Serial Number15054964 State of ResidenceSouth Dakota Captured at Battle of Longstop Hill, Tunisia, December 23, 1942, Henry Kane and Richard Kane (below) were brothers. Staff Sergeant Serial Number37181688 Ronald James Jim McMahon Private State of Residenceunlisted 500 [Pennsylvania]. Serial Number37207024 State of ResidenceMinnesota U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentParachute Infantry Private U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer 276 Wragby Road to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Gunner 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), Laverne A. Sparks 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. John S. Skulborstad escaped from Camp 59 with Paul Alsin and Willard J. Bergstrom. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 77 Weetamoe Street Private Although they had lived through hell, they lived. 5115 Schuler Ave. Camp 59 POW Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke said her father knew Arthur Harris. [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 Serial Number38151547 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), Jim Snodgrass Sergeant See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 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. Joseph J. Freeborn was the radio operator and the flight engineer was Sgt. State of ResidencePennsylvania State of ResidenceNew York Anthony Fiore is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Oelwein, Iowa, James Collins U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Serial Number20846363 14038487is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Private East Surrey Regiment, British Army State of ResidenceIowa 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), Cecil A. Rogers [Incorrectly listed as Arnie S. Hill in the National Archives on-line database], Armie S. Hill The Trust awards English language study bursaries to Italians, aged 18 to 25, in recognition of the courage and generosity of the Italian people in aiding the escaped Allied prisoners of war. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Camp 59 internmentMarch 3May 29, 1943, H. J. Sioux City, Iowa U.S. Army, Infantry See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number6953355 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), Elvin L. Perisho Private Benjamin F. FarleySerial No. 15054958is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. 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15 Private First Class John O. EverettSerial No. 33189164is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Serial Number6653062 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17). The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. Dean Steeds name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. This address for George Crawford is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: George A. Crawford Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 T/Sgt Dolton Harry Edward. State of ResidenceNew York The same address is recorded in Cliffords own address list. Gunner, Tank Corps Franklin E. Swints name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number32188999 Jack Kirkpatricks name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number35254694 Tylers Green Staff Sergeant Meador, West Virginia Private Joseph J. Keeley Private Thornbury My sources for information about British and other non-American Allied prisoners have been less official. Stalag Prisoners of War of the Germans A group of POWs at Stalag Luft 1 This part of the website is currently being rebuilt and is not yet fully functioning. He and another crewman fought the fire while the rest of the crew either jumped or were sucked out of the airplane. Their section of the camp was flanked by international compounds stuffed with French, Italian, British, and other Allied prisonersand a ghastly village of the damned saved for the Russians. 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), Edmund H. Cote 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). U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Sol, Calif. [California]. Serial Number36160842 Sergeant Serial Number13015647 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, Field Artillery105 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 from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Frank R. LaPorte Company E, 47th 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), Roy E. Hatfield 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 U.S. Army, Field Artillery Northwich, Cheshire Service NumberT/164744 If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Blain Prewitts name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Massachusetts. Did Anthony Fiore escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? The address above is from that list. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of ResidenceNew York 0000005307 00000 n
Serial Number32026775 Reading, Penna. U.S. Army, Field Artillery105 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn 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 CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), John O. Everett One of the amusing activities of the camps is the bargaining that goes on between prisoners for things they need or want, wrote a New York Timesreporter in March 1944. Serial Number18117755 Stalag XVII-B Prisoner of war camp View all 30 images Object Number - UPL 28901 - SSGT Joe B. Dobbs Left Waist Gunner John Fouts Crew 466th BG - 786th BS Shot down 8 April 1944. 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). Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Reached Allied lines, Walter A. Gontarski Adel, Iowa. Cross The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Trooper Freeport, Tex. London Irish Rifles Private Pte. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. U.S. Army, Infantry Newburgh, New York, Richard Kane and Henry Kane (above) were brothers. 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 Tex Reomes 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), Robert R. Downing 18 Westcliffe Street I am pleased to have been contacted by many in the UK whose fathers, grandfathers, and uncles were interned in the camp. Washington, D.C. Paul J. Falatek 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), Ernest C. Ellis 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), Rochester F. Nettles Armored Infantryman 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. 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