0000002605 00000 n Inside their spartan quarters, prisoners searched for fellow crew members whom they had last seen inside a falling, shot-up plane, and acquainted themselves with the other men of their bay (a tightly clustered section of bunks that lined the barracks walls). State of ResidenceWest Virginia 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 . 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 Robert R. Downings name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment Did Murray Shulaw escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein in Germany? Monks Cottages be living and where the plane crashed after being shot down. 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), 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 Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Edward T. Dzierzynski At night streetlights were used in addition to the searchlights from the guard towers to illuminate the area. U.S. Army, Air Corps According to Nazi ideology, Slavic people were regarded as rassisch minderwertig ("racially inferior"). 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) U.S. National Archives on-line POW database has no listing for a serviceman by either of these names. He was Nazi prisoner number 105921. Service NumberT/164744 Serial Number6992438 The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, Stalag 17B was situated 100 meters northwest of the village of Gniekendorf. U.S. Army, Coast Artillery Corps If the men were relieved to be out of their pen, they quickly discovered that life on the march was no better, or safer. Private U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number13015647 Private First Class Arnold L. AndersonSerial No. State of ResidenceTexas They were quickly processeddeloused, shaved, and assigned a numberand released into the wide compound to find a bed in one of the barracks. The terrible truths tucked away with Stalag 17-B in the Austrian wilderness began to come to light in the spring of 1945, as Russian armies from the east and American armies from the west were crushing the remnants of the Nazi war machine between them. Private Private Serial Number37045379 State of ResidenceIdaho Bist offered art lessons in Camp 59. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 No address for William Anderson or Dillard Anderson is recorded in Armie Hills address book. Serial Number38153226 Private See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. State of ResidenceIowa R. R. 1 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 Consequently, the tedium took its own toll on the prisoners, who had to find ways to keep themselves busy. State of ResidenceNew York State of ResidenceNew York 102nd Regiment, Royal Artillery State of ResidenceTexas Serial Number15046656 Sergeant Serial Number6953355 We learned that he went down on June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany. Serial Number12017271 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 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 James Gunn Mathieson 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), Willman King Serial Number33092308 State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceVirginia See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Red Cross delegates would have checked that the court-martial complied with the Geneva Convention. Ernest Ellis name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of ResidenceMassachusetts Camp 59 internmentMarch 3May 29, 1943, H. J. State of ResidenceIllinois Serial Number6973874 Private Camp 59 internmentMarch 5, 1942March 3, 1943, Alfred Bowen Shot down 8 April 1944. U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry Box 123 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 Private First Class Serial Number32180893 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. Thornbury Serial Number37042565 Serial Number20714952 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. Service Number1424178 State of Residenceunlisted In the surrounding area, I noticed a few markers to identify this place as a former POW camp. Arrived in Camp 59 on January 3, 1943, and interned there approximately 6 months Serial Number32003230 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 Did Anthony Fiore escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? Prisoners often bartered with one another for supplies. Serial Number34149584 Private First Class Gilbert D. LoonamSerial No. Private Private Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano notes that both J. H. D. Millar and Aiden Duff were Scottish. 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 [England, United Kingdom], Dee L. Fowler So enabled to monitor the progress of the war, kriegies knew when the end was near. R.R. Escaped at the Armistice, was recaptured, then escaped again Private Serial Number12017070 State of Residenceunlisted Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry 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 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia (Also KDOS [USA] #1-5; ARB BTNS 225-255) 52-14), Keith Argraves Surely this is the same Robert Mooney, but why his state of residence is listed as Mississippi is unknown. Copyright 310 Publishing, LLC. Source: 1994 Directory of American Prisoners of War 1943 1945 Stalag 17 B Adams, Robert F. Adams William A. Private Any individuals who were injured in work, or became ill, were returned to the Lazarett (medical care facilities) at the parent stalag. Edward W. Kober U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Medium Id be happy to help you find it. 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 Sergeant Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia Service Number7015022 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), Richard Kane U.S. Army, Field Artillery105 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn Soviet prisoners began to arrive and eventually dominated the 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), George H. Tucker State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment Captured December 3, 1942Bizerta, Tunisia 358) The following names are missing from the AAD World War II Prisoners. State of Residencenot listed Rifleman Left Waist 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). Service Number7887518 I am pleased to have been contacted by many in the UK whose fathers, grandfathers, and uncles were interned in the camp. Serial Number31069525 Worley H. Priest 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. Sikorski Private 37025587is 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Bill Spruiell U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Corporal U.S. Army, Cavalry Did William Kornrumph escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? Jack Kirkpatricks name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Because of the lack of heating and an insufficient number of blankets, the men slept two to a bunk for added warmth. 33189164is 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), Clovis G. Amos State of ResidenceTennessee U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) Serial Number6956922 Serial Number33090088 Sergeant Riley Rudd died in a hospital in Ascoli Piceno on July 20, 1942 of appendicitis. Private First Class This address for Aurther Harris is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Aurther Harris Service Number2614655 State of ResidenceOregon See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists only two POWs with this last name: Fay M. Straight and William J. 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 Kenneth C. Robertson U.S. Army, Infantry Service Number5501857 Private Serial Number32001738 U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists only one Charles Perkins who was detained by Germany and returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from Stalag 4D Torgau (Elbe) Sachsen, Prussia 51-13. Private Chris J. FacchinaSerial No. Address from Armie Hills address book: Malverne, Long Island [Texas]. Serial Number36336832 Reading, Penna. State of Residenceunlisted Private (Research courtesy of Brian Sims), John Jack Albert Allen Luther C. Shields WX14366 All the POWs present in the camp escaped en masse the evening of 14 September 1943; exactly six days after the Armistice had been announced.. One of 12 POWs who escaped from Camp 59 though a tunnel on the night of September 11, 1942. 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. Phelps, Wisconsin, On February 23, 1943 was captured at Battle of Kasserine Pass, Tunisia, February 2428prisoner at Gabes, Tunisia, March 13 (or February 28March 2transported from Gabes to Le Bardo, west of Tunis, by railroad, March 30 (or March 31)flown from North Africa to Sicily and at Sicily was held as prisoner at Camp 98 near Palermo, May 14left Camp 98 and was transported by truck to Messina, then by ship from Messina to Reggio di Calabria on the Italian mainland, and finally by railroad from Reggio to Camp 59 in central Italy, October 15, 1943traveled with Ben Farley and they together reached the Eighth Army at British lines near Termoli, Chester A. Hillman Lighting facilities were very poor, and many light bulbs were missing at all times. Stalag IIIC Alt-Drewitz. Service Number5050489 State of ResidenceIowa Serial Number35214698 Help us to tell the stories that deserve to be told, by contributing information to the archive. The address above is from that list. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Insufficient water from 6:30 to 8:00 AM and 10:30 to 12:00 and 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Service Number964741 U.S. Army, Field Artillery155 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private Address from Armie Hills address book: Consulted during the making of the film Von Ryans Express. He died in 1980. Corporal State of ResidencePennsylvania According to the Geneva Convention, as non-commissioned officers, the Americans were not required to work. The school was held in a building containing the fiction and technical libraries. Allied aircrew shot down during World War II were incarcerated after interrogation in Air Force Prisoner of War camps run by the Luftwaffe, called Stalag Luft, short for Stammlager Luft or Permanent Camps for Airmen. Hurley, Virginia, Domingo S. Aguilar Serial Number37190621 Private State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number20705393 New Road John A. Allen Reached Allied lines, Leon Haduk Anthony N. Proto Latrines were open pit type and were situated away from the barracks. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private Sergeant Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Private Serial Number33146780 L. H. Straights name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private First Class Alvie D. CochranSerial No. 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), William Nizza 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), George M. Zuehl 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), J. G. Whitlow 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Staff Sergeant 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Jacob Stiner Cyrus F. Johnson U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry 132 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 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). On 3 may 1945 the camp was liberated when six men of the 13th Armored Division arrived in three Jeeps and easily captured the remaining guards who numbered 205. 8, Alfred Road See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Harold J. Steever Reached Allied lines, Richard P. Griffen Charles R. Martins name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. New York, Al Buttacavolis name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., V. J. Button Source: G. H. Birds name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. Hubert H. Schwandt [Iowa]. The refugees were sergeants of the US Army Air Forces, most of whom had begun their lives under the Nazi boot the same way. 0000002940 00000 n Serial Number15054964 Platoon Acting Sergeant Serial Number6575976 Pleasant Hill, Illinois. Serial Number15045264 Source: 1994 Directory of American Prisoners of War 1943 - 1945 Stalag 17 B. Adams, Robert F. Private PM 3300, Source: Arnold Chessells son Roger Chessell, Woodrow Chew Serial Number15082385 On behalf of my first cousin Pamela Kelso Winkler, we would like to Lance Corporal Serial Number39163898 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle The more I researched this place, the more I felt a strong need to see it with my own eyes. A letter from George William Beer to Robert Smiths mother dated July 23, 1943 states that he was interned with Bob for two years at Camp 59 before being transferred to another camp. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer Serial Number20323864 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number36501055 The Essex Regiment, British Army Private 4217 S. 23rd Street Maybe its because there are so many concrete structures that its just not worth it. Each barracks became a sort of autonomous unit. Company E, 47th Infantry Regiment See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. John S. Skulborstad escaped from Camp 59 with Paul Alsin and Willard J. Bergstrom. 18 Westcliffe Street Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 8540 5-31-44. Records from Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp other sources. Dundee, Angus The address above is also on Cliffords list. George Shorters name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Camp 59 internmentMarch 1June 2, 1943, Charles R. Brue Francis Thomas and Gus Teel escaped Camp 59 together on September 14, 1943; both menand an British soldierwere sheltered by Italians near Comunanza. U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Sgt. State of ResidenceKentucky 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 Number11011496 Luther Claude Vaughn One of these buildings had been used a s a gymnasium, and the other chapel. U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 15 Ancill Street Alexander M. Haddon with the following aims and objectives: (3) To help men to plan for post-war educational and vocational activities. U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry Reached Allied lines, Donald F. Turner Guss Teel and Francis A. Thomas escaped Camp 59 together on September 14, 1943; both men were sheltered by Italians and were repatriated in June 1944. State of Residenceunlisted 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), Martin G. Wethington State of Residenceunlisted Australian Army Corps2nd/28th Batallion, Al Buttacavoli Maghull, Off Dodds Lane Bailgate, Lincoln 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 J. Brekke Name of creator. Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943, Source: John Leon Turners son-in-law Terry Marshall, Felice D. Vacca 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), 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; no camp listed), Escaped from Camp 59 with Peter J. Calvagno, Edmond Petrelli, Joe C. Mandese, and Felice D. Vacca, William T. Spruiell 14038487is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. H. Tugwell Patrick Cahills address is from an official notification of his capture to his parents. Box 11-2 Escaped with an American paratrooper and several British soldiers through a tunnel from Camp 59 on September 8, 1943 when word of Italian armistice reached the camp, and before the general escape from camp on September 14. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle This surely is the same John Procko, despite the discrepancy in state of residence. Enroute to the target their plane (a B-17F SN: 42-30602, named "Dry Run IV") was damaged by flak. NX10180 There are:103 items tagged Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp available in our Library. U.S. Army, Rifle 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 Hillman State of Residenceunlisted Camp 59 internmentMarch 12, 1942June 8, 1943, H. J. Carey John Sikorskis name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 24 Pratt 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), Alvin G. Norden Grey managed the improbable only through a series of rendezvous with contacts who helped him make his way through Yugoslavia. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Private First Class State of ResidencePennsylvania Serial Number32180821 Added details from : http://www.b24.net/pow/stalag17.htm. Fields Sergeant 37038102is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. (15B- 97 th BG) (Captured 10/21/1942) Alderman, R.J. (Jimmy) (15B-95 th BG ) (Captured 4/13/1944) Alexenberg, Roland (Lex) (38B-95 th BG) (Captured 10/04/1943) Allred, Joe D. (Hosp-1 st Spec. Address from Armie Hills address book: 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), Edward G. 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 from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Vernon R. Catterton See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. of War Data File for Stalag 17B. Serial Number20701910 Jacob Stiners name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. The marching column was divided into eight groups of 500 with an American leader in charge of each group, guarded by about 20 German Volkssturm guards and two dogs. Charles H. Ebright Serial Number10600080 Blain Prewitt Adel, Iowa. Ira Powers name and address were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 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), Opal E. Ware U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private First Class There is an average of one parcel a week for each man, he claimed, and they are so well prepared that the men have requested the Germans to limit their provisions to bread, potatoes, and hot water. Prisoners told a different story. State of ResidenceWest Virginia Serial Number12007294 Edgar Curttright State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number15059956 Serial Number36306882 Corporal Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Private A second issue was made a few days later of one parcel for every fifth man. I am grateful for the wealth of information they have sent me to share on this site. Address from Armie Hills address book: Private First Class Service Number3196639 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. His name appears in U.S. State Department wartime reports about Camp 59 from the Swiss Legation in Rome. Service Number883615 Sergeant U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryTank Destroyer Serial Number35100858 State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number36200720 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 Private Captured November 21, 1941Tobruk, Libya Sergeant Pilot [United Kingdom], Leslie Worthington State of Residenceunlisted Bist of Robert. State of ResidenceNew York Duke Street London N12 Guards provided little more than a few uncooked potatoes. 4 Carr Lane U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentArmored Infantry Serial Number35264149 State of Residenceunlisted With a total of 1,714 deaths at Stalag 17-B, the Russians accounted for the vast majority. 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), L. Rowbottom Serial Number37042259 startxref State of ResidenceTexas Mulberry, Kansas. 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 Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceSouth Carolina During World War II these latter provisions were consistently breached, in particular for Russian, Polish, and Yugoslav prisoners. IRCC 1-12-44. Address from Armie Hills address book: Finally, the Americans of Stalag 17-B were told to gather their meager possessions and prepare to move out. 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), Ralph N. Astin Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 7, Object number: UPL 54565 - Smithton, Penna. 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