State of ResidenceKentucky Corporal Even without a radio, though, the Americans at Stalag 17-B could tell something was happening in April 1945. U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number37158596 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), Salvatore Trischitta The other two were Staff Sergeant Cyrus F. Johnson Jr. and Staff Sergeant Edward T. Dzierzynski. 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), Johnnie D. Ford No. 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 Wolfenbarger He and his left waist gunner, SSgt James W McClain, were on the loose for 5 days prior to capture by the enemy. 142 Montrose Street U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidencePennsylvania 9 Amies Street 59. State of ResidenceIowa U.S. Army, CavalryCavalry Reconnaissance, Mechanized 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 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). Private Back on the road early each morning, the columns dodged increasing numbers of rumbling German vehicles, and the wide-eyed Americans stared in horror as they passed living skeletons in striped pajamas with yellow stars on them. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Address from Armie Hills address book: Private First Class 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), Special Air Service (British Special Forces), Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, Sources: Article Britain at War: Initiating a POW breakout in Italy, The Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk), November 13, 2008; http://www.ww2escapelines.co.uk, J. Keith Killby is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Cavaliere Ufficiale of the Italian Republic. State of ResidenceNew York John A. Sikorski 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 Number12020303 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 Number13078670 State of Residenceunlisted Brooklyn, N.Y. [New York]. Originally from Scotland E. R. H. Silverman Corporal U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Division 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Serial Number13069951 1st Battalion, The Buffs All rights reserved. Charles Martin, Army Infantry, of Tennessee was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a POW camp, but no camp name is indicated. U.S. Army, Infantry Captured November 21, 1941Tobruk, Libya Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Stalag XIB and Stalag 357, both near Fallingsbostel, were liberated by the 7th Armoure. 20701816is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. His enlistment records indicate that he is from Bristol County, Rhode Island. 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), Virgil Jarvis, Jr. Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli Serial Number12047271 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Haverstraw, N.Y. [New York]. 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), Hobert W. Gabbard Joseph J. Keeley State of ResidenceIndiana Serial Number6776227 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceSouth Carolina Private First Class Bennett, Vernon F, Staff Sergeant, Right Waist Gunner, Prisoner Of War Russi, William A, Corporal, Left Waist Gunner, Prisoner Of War Halbert, Truair E, Staff Sergeant, Tail Gunner, Killed In Action . Arthus Page wrote a memoir, A Walk in Wartime Italy (1995), (Information courtesy of researcher Janet Kinrade Dethick), Howard Palya Camp 59 internmentFebruary 28May 1943, D. G. Bradbrook This address for Eric Oram is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Eric Oram Sergeant Source: letter from Eric provided by Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke. 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), John Leon Turner Private Monks Cottages State of ResidenceNew York Serial Number38064103 Serial Number34312025 State of ResidenceNew York New York, Al Buttacavolis name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., V. J. Button Serial Number15059956 His body lay sprawled across the fence until the morning as a warning to his shaken fellow prisoners. Sergeant Pilot Serial Number13015647 About 20 min from the bombing target at Schweinfurt, Germany on 13th of April 1944 at 13.54 in the afternoon, the B-17 formation came under attack by German FW 190 fighter planes. He took this bold action in violation of a stay put order issued from London ordering all Allied prisoners to remain in the camps. An example of extreme brutality occurred in early 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 Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Olin E. Cox Caernarvonshire U.S. Army, Infantry Royal Army Medical Corps, Escaped from Camp 59 with Corporal Howard F. Jones. Camp 59 internmentMarch 1942May 1943, R. C. R. Boulton U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 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), Francis Cecil Dick George European Theatre: Germany. Service Number7889463 L. H. Straights name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of Residenceunlisted He was originally from McKean County, Pennsylvania, but he enlisted in Olean, New York. Route 4 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), Charlie W. Smith England. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 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. Service Number5774137 Box 123 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of ResidenceKentucky Athol Grays name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Lance-Sergeant The camps American population soon swelled to more than 4,200 as the United States and Great Britain intensified their strategic bombing campaign. U.S. Army, Infantry The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. 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 Sergeant The address above is from that list. All rights reserved Website hosted by ctinetworks.com. Private U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residenceunlisted 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), Verlin E. Cokely Private Private 32003230 Serial Number15088456 [England, United Kingdom], Source: Ronald Streatfields granddaughter Tracy Jayne Streatfield, T. Strapp U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentArmored Infantry Serial Number15082385 Massachusetts. Jim Snodgrass name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Roy Hatfields name and address (above) and the quip Hill Billy Sheep Hearder were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private Serial Number37175260 Harold S. Arneson Serial Number14013189 U.S. Army, Field Artillery155 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn Groeslon State of ResidenceWisconsin Box 16 [Texas]. 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). Staff Sergeant (LogOut/ Stanley Bentley Serial Number20704699 Blain Prewitt Source: Louis VanSlootens son Tom VanSlooten, Leroy Varnadoe Corporal 440 Huchnall Road Corporal Les J. Cratty [Crotty]Serial No. Harold J. Steever State of ResidenceWest Virginia Serial Number33123750 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Captured December 4, 1942Tunisia U.S. Army, Infantry 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, also told me of Mario Barone. Bist offered art lessons in Camp 59. [Buckinghamshire] Private U.S. Army, Infantry Kings Royal Rifle Corps Serial Number32003300 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 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), Thaddeus A. Sopel They were refugees from the infamous stalag near Krems, Austria, 280 miles to the east. Private 17 Linden Avenue As Handy later wrote, We know now what none of us could have imagined then: that those who shuttled us in boxcars to Stalag 17 routed millions of others to the death camps. Doubtless other American prisoners of Stalag 17-B also discovered themselves counting their blessings as they pondered their plight in one of the Nazis harshest prisons. Frank J. Mikes 20701884is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Corporal Edgar J. CurttrightSerial No. Service Number6290483 I am pleased to have been contacted by many in the UK whose fathers, grandfathers, and uncles were interned in the camp. Camp 59 internmentJanuary 22, 1942April 7, 1943, W. Burns Service Number7586544 Sullivan, Ind. Serial Number20704953 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). Reached Allied lines, Donald F. Turner 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), Walter G. Nesley Service Number4886262 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 Serial Number34195650 Trooper Serial Number6954980 322 Lincoln St. Although the U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists one serviceman with the last name of David returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-1, and he is Cpl. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number12016884 Robert Chandler Private First Class Burton Street State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry State of ResidenceIllinois Cyrus Johnson was one of three men who survived the crash of the Fyrtle Myrtle on July 16, 1943 at Pietragalla, Italy. State of Residenceunlisted Albert I. Rosenblum LaSalle 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). This address for George Crawford is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: George A. Crawford Anglican Chaplain Returned home through Sicily, French Morocco, and via transport on the General E. A. Anderson American troop ship to Newport News, Virginia. 37025587is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Adel, Iowa. Harry Kirschners name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of ResidenceOklahoma - Stalag 17B Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. Captured near Tunis on December 3, 1942 [Glamorgan, Wales]. Gunner Serial Number 7082151 Culpepper, Virginia Lance-Sergeant T. H. Knight Serial NumberO&436014 Service Number860452 State of Residenceunlisted State of Residenceunlisted 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), Raymond Cox 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 Number37207024 Only the nearness of freedom drove many on. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceVirginia 459 South Rowan Avenue 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 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 State of Residenceunlisted State of Residenceunlisted 0000001709 00000 n Serial Number38056580 Address from Armie Hills address book: A series of long, single-story buildings housed the fliers. They might have laughed at the comfortable picture of their lives sometimes portrayed by the American press. Serial Number35170899 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. Serial Number18061638 Corporal California, James Tasiopulos name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Guss O. Teel New York, George W. Mickus name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., George Mickus State of ResidenceCalifornia Source: Charles Stallings name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. State of ResidenceNew Jersey SSgt. Lincoln, Lincolnshire State of ResidenceMichigan U.S. Army, Infantry 36379734. Serial Number39013867 Serial Number35170070 Source: Patrick Cahills grandson Dean Cahill, Patrick Cahill State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number35455726 Like this page to receive our updates. Interned at Lamsdorf Stalag VIII-B after the Armistice 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. [England, United Kingdom], James Bough Robert Dickinson 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. The aircraft was 42-5877. 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). U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceTexas Gilmore City, Io. State of ResidenceIndiana Stanley Bentley U.S. Army, Infantry Sgt. Finally, the Americans of Stalag 17-B were told to gather their meager possessions and prepare to move out. State of ResidencePennsylvania WX4445 U.S. Army, Thomas C. Cronin George Shorters name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Spencer, Okla. [Oklahoma], Albert Edward Ibbetson 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 Number35108445 State of ResidenceOhio Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 13022149is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Private 391 Grand Street Serial Number39078023 Bar Machine Gunner Serial Number13057379 Address from Armie Hills address book: U.S. Army, Infantry Private Signalman State of Residenceunlisted Service Number964741 Serial Number37190621 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), James F. Quigley, Jr. State of ResidenceIllinois Franklin Nettles 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), William Helmly Serial Number20416457 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 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), Walter J. Simon U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) 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 State of ResidenceTexas See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number33116580 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), Howard F. Jones See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. In reality, many Red Cross crates disappeared en route. Serial Number6975802 Mulberry, Kansas. Thorpe Bay 1225 Quincy Street, N.E. Sergeant Carl V. Fisk Private Free for 7 months before being recaptured and sent to Germany, where he spent another year in Stalag VIIA Moosburg (Germany), Stalag IVB Muhlberg (Germany), and Stalag Esdenmein U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) State of ResidenceTexas Sweechbridge Road Serial Number33136467 Serial Number32105474 State of ResidenceTennessee U.S. Army, InfantryArmored 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), J. F. Meyler Serial Number35214698 Special Air Service (British Special Forces), Captured in Sardinia during operation Hawthorn, July 8, 1943 Dr. Adrian Duff, who attended him, donated his own blood but got an infection and was taken to the hospital. Brand 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 Sergeant Reached Allied lines, Source: The National Archives, United Kingdom 354 8th Ave. S.W. Richard T. Mooney 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), Willis Largent 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Joseph F. Tuchewicz 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), Clarence T. Tom Cronin Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Maholan is noted as having been interned in 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), Jack G. Hughes Woodrow W. Bird Turned over to American 5th Army military authorities. 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 E. Cox Corporal 16th Parachute Field Ambulance After one and a half years, was transported to Hamburg, Germany; then moved to Cologne, Germany, Liberated on April 18, 1945 by a British tank battalion, Sources: American Ex-Prisoners of War biography and Frank Mancinellis daughter, Irene Mancinelli, Joe C. Mandese Serial Number38153226 Domingo S. Aguilars name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 107 Depot Street Theodore Drazkowski 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 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11). Serial Number37042565 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. Service Number3958294 Jack Kirkpatricks name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Hurley, Virginia, Domingo S. Aguilar 72nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Bombardier/Corporal Serial Number32180821 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). 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 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), Capt. Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number12007294 1724 South 88th Street State of ResidenceNew Jersey Private First Class Allen A. CoombsSerial No. The truth was that at most campsespecially the harsher ones such as Stalag 17-Bbartering between prisoners and even guards was serious business, sometimes a matter of survival. 310 E. Tyler 15055095is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force U.S. Army, CavalryCavalry Reconnaissance, Mechanized 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 4D Torgau (Elbe) Sachsen, Prussia 51-13), Charlie Perkins The prisoners focused most of their creative energies on making their lives more bearable. Private TREATMENT: The treatment at Stalag 17B was never considered good, and was at times even brutal. 1 Commando, British Army Serial Number6881043 Lance Corporal Oreville, Calif. [California]. 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), Domingo S. Aguilar Serial Number12026083 Private Serial Number36306180 T/Sgt Dolton Harry Edward. 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