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 R. Roberts Gil. 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), Clifford H. Houben State of ResidenceNew York Lance-Sergeant Escape was a topic rarely discussedaloud in camp. State of ResidencePennsylvania This article originally appeared in the February 2006 issue of America in WWII. Serial Number6776227 2nd Battalion, Parachute 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), Jack Webb 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 U.S. Army, Air Corps Enlisted June 7, 1940 Service Number7887518 Bill Smith Robert Newton and Martin Majeski were sheltered by Cesare Viozzis family for nearly six months before the men were discovered by Germans and executed on March 9, 1944. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Many of the new kriegies (short for the German kriegsgefangene, or prisoner of war) paired up in combines as a way of looking out for one another. Camp 59 internmentMarch 12, 1942June 8, 1943, H. J. Carey Freeborn Joseph James. Private I am pleased to have been contacted by many in the UK whose fathers, grandfathers, and uncles were interned in the camp. Arrived at Camp 59 on August 25, with other SAS members. 0000002641 00000 n
Serial Number6966803 I am grateful for the wealth of information they have sent me to share on this site. Oreville, Calif. [California]. State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, Infantry 59. WX14366 Edwin P. Rogers name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Protests to the commandant were always useless. Ned Handy, a flight engineer from Massachusetts, described one such run-in with one of the camps more notorious guards: After dressing, I was the last out, trailing the others, when suddenly I was grabbed by my left arm and yanked about ten feet to a little shed. Serial Number37284762 Serial Number12013944 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle N. Vandergrift State of ResidencePennsylvania Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Arthur Freestone Private Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceIowa There, German Luftwaffe (air force) officers separated the commissioned officers from the non-commissioned officers and shipped them to other depots of the German prison camp system (except for chaplains and doctors, who might be assigned among enlisted prisoners). Bill Kornrumph Private Burton Street U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceMichigan Hays, Kans. To get more articles like this one, subscribe to America in WWII magazine. Each barracks had its own elected leader, who reported to Kurtenbach and his security team in a barracks building referred to as the White House. Route 5 State of Residenceunlisted Army, InfantryArmored Force Private First Class R.R. An Italian named Nello who was in the prison camp for being AWOL escaped with Luther and Charlie Lum. Service Number2368486 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force 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 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15), Michael R. Kreisch 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 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09), Orville Higgins [Indiana]. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Stalag 20b Prisoner of War Camp. State of ResidenceKentucky 13023021is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Culpepper, Virginia U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force This is because as NCOs, they may not be forced to work and they considered this work as aiding the enemy. U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceIowa U.S. Army, InfantryForce or Forces/Fleet/Battalion 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 J. Crotty 35. Serial Number38060738 Serial Number37045379 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Royal Air Force U.S. Army, CavalryCavalry Reconnaissance, Mechanized State of ResidenceMinnesota Reached Allied lines, Daniel J. McAnally Serial Number33146482 Address from Armie Hills address book: British Army, Escaped from Camp 59 with Dr. J. H. D. Millar, Source: The Memoirs of J. H. D. Millar, published by Quaderni della Memoria, 2008, H. F. Jones Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, One of nine Australian POWs who escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, (The nine Australians were: John Jack Albert Allen, Thomas David Alman, Arthur George Bellwho sometimes went by A. G. Jux, Lawrence Mortimer Lawrie Butler, Vaughan Lawrence Carter, Robert Edward Albert Edwards, James William Feehan, Ronald James Jimmy McMahon, and Leslie Worthington), Address from Camp 59 prisoner Charles Simmons calendar/address book: State of ResidenceOhio 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. Private First Class Source: John Shaws daughter Penny Hayes (nee Shaw). Serial Number37162428 14038487is 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), Edwin A. Wilcher Utahville Anthony Fiore U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer Each one was divided into halves shared by 150 to 240 men (and sometimes many more), who also shared straw-filled, flea-ridden mattresses in triple-deck bunks, a single stove with scant fuel (54 pounds of coal per week), wash basins into which cold water ran only a few hours each day, and a single indoor latrine for use after dark (for daytime use, there were multi-hole latrines a short walk from the barracks). U.S. Army, Field Artillery105 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn 9 Amies Street U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Service Number1433324 U.S. Army He and his left waist gunner, SSgt James W McClain, were on the loose for 5 days prior to capture by the enemy. 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), Arnold Chessell Serial Number32188839 East Surrey Regiment, British Army Serial Number14046442 Source: researcher Robert A. Newton, James Pond, Jr CHESSELLARNOLDPRE No 7264690. Camp 59 internmentJanuary 30, 1942June 4, 1943, P. G. J. Burke State of ResidenceTennessee Serial Number20705393 The U.S. National Archives POW database include a listing for Moses Melmed, but no camp is specified. Serial Number39078023 Private First Class U.S. Army, Infantry 929 N. Front St. Following diagnosis, received 10 days of treatment for malaria in a British infirmary. Herne Bay, Kent 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. Freeborn as he was being carried to the hospital by civilians. U.S. Army, Infantry 38064103recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Arthus Page wrote a memoir, A Walk in Wartime Italy (1995), (Information courtesy of researcher Janet Kinrade Dethick), Howard Palya Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Serial Number39525295 Freeborn would eventually be liberated and repatriated back to the United States. Serial Number37042309 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), Wesley Goettel Private State of ResidenceCalifornia Address from Armie Hills address book: London. August C. Erdbrink 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), Jerome C. Pugh 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 J. Duncan 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, Tony Spicola, and Felice D. Vacca. Staff Sergeant Corporal See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Source: Ronald Gordons name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. Johnstown, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. Serial Number32001738 Thomas A. Chard 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 State of Residenceunlisted Gunner Kenneth Seldon escaped from Camp 59 but was recaptured and sent to Germany. Lake City, Tenn. [Tennessee]. 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 Records from Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp other sources. 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