Bill Bergstrom (Traverse City, Michigan), was formerly of the 1st Armored Regiment. Serial Number12023027 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 U.S. Army, Air Corps State of ResidenceIndiana Driver 1 Commando, British Army Neither of these are specifically identified as returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a specific camp. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Service Number1559674 Camp 59 internmentJanuary 2June 1, 1942, Marshall J. Brekkes name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Author of Behind Enemy Lines (Bognor Regis, Anchor Publications, 1985), Gilbert Broadbent was one of the 150 POWs transferred to Sforzacosta on February 23, 1943, Robert Brooks Serial Number15046656 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), Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943; Owen Frye and William Helmley were protected by the Marcozzi family near the town of Force in the province of Ascoli Piceno. 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), Robert H. Williams Carl V. Fisk The Survivors of Camp 59 site as a whole contains much more informationinterviews, photos, and newspaper storieson many of these fellows in individual posts. 55 Sheaf Gardens Prospects for successsuch as the mass breakout that occurred at Stalag Luft 3 in March 1944were poor. Svc.) State of ResidencePennsylvania The Americans occupied five compounds, each of which measured 175 yards by 75 yards and contained four double barracks 100 by 240 feet. Duard W. Payne The other two were Staff Sergeant Cyrus F. Johnson Jr. and Staff Sergeant Edward T. Dzierzynski. 9 Amies Street Address from Armie Hills address book: State of ResidenceTexas A few months later Soviet prisoners started arriving, mostly officers. Private State of Residenceunlisted Woodrow W. Bird Corporal Australian Army Corps2nd/28th Battalion, Sources: Jim McMahons daughter Linda Veness, and Ray Worthington, son of former Camp 59 prisoner Leslie Worthington, Howard J. Meadow Captured in Tobruck, Libya, circa December 1941, Printed on the back of a photo of Arnold Chessell: Serial Number32161370 Holly House 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), Elmer M. Eckman U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 11011529) from Rhode Island as liberated from Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12. State of ResidenceWisconsin 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), Billy England U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Medium Thats a 57% death rate. Stalag IIIC Alt-Drewitz. Serial Number34312025 %PDF-1.4 % Serial Number33146780 R. W. Buchanan Private Private First Class Dillard W. AndersonSerial No. U.S. Army, Infantry Finding What's Left of Stalag 17-B: The Notorious WWII POW Camp, To make prisoners miserable, guards would require all the prisoners to line up for roll call three to four times a day. Serial Number20701884 1529 Ill Ave. 0000002641 00000 n England. 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), Willard Kirk Address from Armie Hills address book: State of ResidencePennsylvania Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryRifle [Pennsylvania]. (LogOut/ U.S. Army, InfantryMilitary Police He awoke suddenly and had somehow been ejected from the plane and was falling at terminal velocity. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Sergeant And it's not just any old concrete foundation. State of Residenceunlisted British Army. Victoria, Australia, James Frederick Osborn U.S. Army, InfantryRifle As the war was winding down, the Russians were advancing from the east and the POWs were forced marched west, across Austria, and ended up at Braunau Am Inn, on the Danube. Reached Allied lines, Robert R. Downing 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. Cross Bill Hurley State of ResidenceIowa Private See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Only 1 hot shower during the last two months. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. This issue is sold out, but to view and order other back issues, click here. 1st Special Air Service Regiment Serial Number12016751 State of ResidenceWest Virginia U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Arthur Shupes name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Joseph Raffeos name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private First Class State of ResidencePennsylvania 4 latrine houses pits are emptied every two or three weeks. Starvation was a deliberate policy in the Stalags, particularly with regard to Soviet prisoners of war. State of ResidenceOhio State of ResidenceMichigan Help us to tell the stories that deserve to be told, by contributing information to the archive. 215 Park Street 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), Maholan J. State of ResidenceKentucky Serial Number 7082151 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Beer Flight Sergeant John S. Skulborstad escaped from Camp 59 with Paul Alsin and Willard J. Bergstrom. Richard Mooneys name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. WX14635 14038487is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. (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). Stephen W. Kane was the only chaplain and acted in an advisory capacity whenever called upon. Private State of ResidencePennsylvania John E. Rileys name and addressand his nickname(above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Luther C. Shields Entire camp has had one bath at central bathing station since May 30. State of ResidenceConnecticut Address from Armie Hills address book: 1306 Main St. . 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). No. U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number6992438 Private State of ResidenceIllinois U.S. Army, Infantry (DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR; 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceVirginia Private Edwin H. Thofern 39th Squadron, Royal Air Force Private Dawson Springs, Ky. Paul Wakelands 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), Source: Raymond Kestners granddaughter Jessica Kestner McMahon, Everette L. Kidd John O. Everett in an interview said that William Helmley is from Savannah, Georgia, Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943; William Helmley and Owen Frye were protected by the Marcozzi family near the town of Force in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Orville A. Higgins Henry Kanes name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Corporal Holland knocked in the sides of the tunnel and became stuck. Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 9, Object number: UPL 54567 - State of Residenceunlisted 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 Number13023638 State of ResidenceCalifornia Extent and medium. endstream endobj 271 0 obj<>/Size 253/Type/XRef>>stream 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One), Captured at Long Stop Hill, near Medjez el Bab, Tunisia on December 23, 1942, Interned in Camp 98, Sicily, for one month, Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943; recaptured by German paratroopers nine days later, After recapture, Ralph Hoag was interned at Muhlberg, Stalag IV-B, Stalag II-B at Hammerstein, Stalag III-B Furstenberg on Oder, and Stalag III-A at Luckenwalde, Herman J. Hochman Private Anthony Fiore is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Serial Number37282896 Private 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 Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number33123750 Private Address from Armie Hills address book: 59. U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceNew York Les Crotty - SSGT Joe B. Dobbs Some cooperation was obtained from Major Eigl, but since there was friction between him and the other German officers (who were Wehrmacht), his authority was extremely limited. See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. State of Residenceunlisted Sergeant The address above is from that list. U.S. Army, Air CorpsArmy Air Forces During 1943 many English POWs were transferred to Sforzacostas prison camp (CPG 53) and also to various working camps in North Italy in order to make space for American POWs. 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 Serial Number12020395 U.S. Army, Wounded in action and captured at Kasserine Pass on March 28, 1943, Transported to Palermo, Sicily, for a hospital stay of 14 days, Transferred to a hospital in Bologna, Italy for a six-month recovery, Transported with 100 other prisoners to Camp 59, Escaped after signing of the Armistice, but was recaptured after 10 days and taken back to Camp 59; held there until transport to Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria, After a short stay at Moosburg, transferred to 2B in Hammerstein, Germany. U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Cpl. Sergeant Major Although the Russians population made up roughly 22% of the prisoner population, they accounted for 96% of all deaths, 1641 in all. Captured December 1, 1942Tunis, Tunesia New York, Al Buttacavolis name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., V. J. Button 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), Nathaniel Kemp Nye Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Serial Number38056580 Sioux City, Iowa. 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), Jack Webb State of Residenceunlisted Edwin P. Rogers name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, Infantry 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), George E. Good, Jr. Serial Number36151602 U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Infantry Sergeant Serial Number32157976 State of ResidenceIowa His name was Ed Oscar Seabourne, he was the best man I've ever known. 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Service Number3958294 After the war, he returned to live in St. Albans, Vermont. 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), Darrell DeCamp Consequently, the Nazis knew they were immune from any legal consequence for making the Russians endure such a ghastly sort of hell. 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