U.S. Army, Infantry Service Number1559674 State of ResidenceMinnesota Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Maholan is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. State of ResidenceNew Jersey number and were required to memorize it or endure severe physical punishment. Driver U.S. Army, InfantryRifle [Kent] The treatment at Stalag 17B was never considered good, and was at times even brutal. State of Residenceunlisted [Wisconsin] U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryInfantry 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), Raymond Hines 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 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. Vaughn See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. On 24 March 1944, 76 Allied prisoners escaped through a 110 m (approximately 360 feet) long tunnel. Malverne, Long Island Across eastern Germany the Nazis had already begun death marches, herding thousands of suffering political prisoners and Allied captives west toward approaching American forces, from whom the Germans expected better treatment than from the dreaded Red Army. Reached Allied lines, Robert R. Krager 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. State of Residenceunlisted 1st Battalion, The Buffs Serial Number32180893 P. A. Hawksley-Hill Captured April 8,1941Fort Michelli Serial Number33147188 Source: George Wales son-in-law Tom Hill. State of ResidenceNew York U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number37158596 These are the camps that housed captured members of the enemy armed forces, crews of ships of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft. U.S. Army, Infantry 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) 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 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; no camp listed), Escaped from Camp 59 with Peter J. Calvagno, Edmond Petrelli, Joe C. Mandese, and Felice D. Vacca, William T. Spruiell 99th Bombardment Group Edward Dzierzynski is listed in the WW II POW database of the U.S. National Archives as having been interned in Camp 59 (Robert Dulac was hospitalized in Potenza, Italy). Stalag 17b Stalag 17B was situated near the village of Gniexendorf, which is six . Presbyterian Chaplain My sources for information about British and other non-American Allied prisoners have been less official. 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 RepatriatedStalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12). Keith Argraves name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. There are:103 items tagged Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp available in our Library. 13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 523 N. 3rd St. 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 Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 27, Object number: UPL 54568 - R. R. 1 Sgt. Service Number7015022 Service Number6290483 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. 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 Reached Allied lines, Gene Schull U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentRifle Spokesman stated that attitude of the guards is often influenced by bombardments. There also existed a security committee. Technician, Grade 4 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry Stalag 17B was situated 100 meters northwest of the village of Gniekendorf. Caernarvonshire Serial Number6956922 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 A. Serial Number 7082151 John Pawlawskis name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 9th Infantry Division Serial Number37044160 State of Residenceunlisted (Captured 2/9/1944) Almy, Burt L. (37B-351 st BG) Alston, Charles E. (39A-401 st BG) Anderson, Wiliam S. (306 th BG-Captured 5/15/1943 Arnold, Raymond M. (32B-448 th BG)(Captured 4/20)1944) Ash, Alvin G. (388 th BG) Ayala, Paul R. (37B-91 st BG) (Captured 9/27/1943) Babcock, Dwight H. (38A-388 th BG) (Captured 7/26/1943). U.S. Army, Air Corps U.S. Army, Corp of EngineersArmored (Divisional) Serial Number14027421 Added details from : http://www.b24.net/pow/stalag17.htm. Serial Number35040104 State of ResidenceWest Virginia The 1945 map of Stalag 17B indicating today's location of the few remaining remnants of Stalag 17-B The map points to the grove of trees where the only relics of the camp remain. Monks Cottages 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 M. Greenberg 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 U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry The school was held in a building containing the fiction and technical libraries. 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. Franklin E. Swint (LogOut/ Murray Shulaws name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of ResidenceOhio State of ResidenceOhio Serial Number37044709 State of ResidenceSouth Dakota Serial Number20705331 They were all members of the same outfit. 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), Alvin G. Norden U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) Warren, Ohio. Milasius. These were usually journalism, farm management and livestock farming, and were directed by men who had had successful experience in the fields. R.F.D. U.S. Army Hays, Kans. 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), Olin E. Rodgers 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). Corporal [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 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), Wesley Goettel Among these was William L. Davidson, who apparently is the same person as Luther W. Davidson, who at times inverted his first and middle names. Serial Number16004997 Did Ernest Ellis escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to CC 21? Address from Armie Hills address book: State of ResidenceKentucky Serial Number12018732 State of ResidenceNew York 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 Dickinson, Gunner 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 Mickus Oflag IIIB Wehrmachtlager Tibor/Zuellichau. Serial Number36238842 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Serial Number6653062 Serial Number6575976 While this process was ostensibly to keep a tally on prisoners and to detect escapees, the process was often cruel. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Staff 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). 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), Kenneth J. Wagner Lyndale Ligons name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Box 16 State of ResidenceIowa Knoxville, Illinois. SSgt. 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 6D Dortmund Prussia 51-07), Joseph Raffeo [United Kingdom]. Escaped from Camp 59though the hole in the wallSeptember 14, 1943. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private First Class Gilbert D. LoonamSerial No. Sergeant Rifleman 6142045 Copyright 2018 310 Publishing, LLC. London,England. AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN GERMANY Prepared by MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WAR DEPARTMENT 1 November 1945 Restricted Classification Removed Per STALAG 17B (Air Force Non-Commissioned Officers) Location - Stalag 17B was situated 100 meters northwest of Gneixendorf, a village which is six kilometers northwest of Krems, Austria (48 27 N . Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, George Tucker, James Kingsley, Carl Good, and James Snodgrass. U.S. Army, Cavalry James Gunn Mathieson State of ResidenceWest Virginia 33067286is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Captured on the ground, the American pilots, bombardiers, flight engineers, and assorted gunners and other crewmen were first funneled into a processing center, Dulag Luft, near Frankfurt, Germany, for interrogation. 253 20 State of Residenceunlisted 4 Normanby Street Therefore, technically "stalag" simply means "main camp".[1]. Charles R. Martins name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Incoming mail takes 5 months. One prisoner remembered receiving just a single box during the wars final eight months. Private Part of Lists of Prisoner-of-War Camps section in the Prisoner-of-war camp article. Serial Number13022149 Australia, Source: Ray Worthington, son of former Camp 59 prisoner Leslie Worthington, Thomas David Alman U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentRifle 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), Francis L. Dixon Today, the overgrown trees and moss-covered cement walls are all that physically remains. The radio operator landed so hard that he broke his leg along with sustaining multiple injuries including broken ribs and severe lacerations to the face. Smithton, Penna. Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia Frank J. 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