Is this the same Edmund Cote, and was he living in Massachusetts at the time of the war? This address for Micheal Lacy is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Micheal W. Lacy British Army. 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 4D Torgau (Elbe) Sachsen, Prussia 51-13), Charlie Perkins With other SAS prisoners, made the hole in the west wall of the camp and was among the first to escape, with fellow SAS soldier named Schofield, on September 14, 1943. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Within days of the rescue, American forces began uncovering the ghastly results of Hitlers Final Solutionhuman slaughter pens filed with the remains of thousands of Jews and other people Nazis considered undesirable and unworthy of life. Camp 59 internmentJanuary 22, 1942April 7, 1943, W. Burns I did not find an Anthony Primac or Anthony Premas in the U.S. Archives WW II POW or enlistment databases. 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), Claude J. Cole Sergeant Source: Robert Smiths niece Carole Procter, Arthur George Bell The address above is from that list. 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). 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). Serial Number17006666 State of ResidenceFlorida Private Ray Felcle [Felchle]Serial No. Serial Number37181688 State of ResidenceIndiana 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), Charles Kenneth Simmons Service Number1424178 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), William Nizza U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment Australia, Source: Ray Worthington, son of former Camp 59 prisoner Leslie Worthington, Thomas David Alman Gunner Did Robert Chandler escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg? 1306 Main St. Reached Allied lines, Robert A. Newton 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 U.S. Army, Field Artillery105 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn Serial Number6871722 Among the first to escape through the hole in the camps west wall, with fellow SAS soldier J. G. Whitlow on September 14, 1943, H. Schofield Private First Class Emerson 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Charles R. (Rusty) Martin 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), Joe L. Ross Corporal U.S. Army, InfantryArmed Forces U.S. Army U.S. Army, Infantry Bist of Robert. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Stalag 17B Read more about stalag, roster and valerosos.com. 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment Serial Number37129829 Private State of ResidencePennsylvania 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), Source: Swiss Red Cross report on Camp 59 from December 16, 1942, as referenced by Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano. Document Date: 9 Apr 1940. Sergeant Private List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries Date (s) 1945-07-06 - 1947-07-02 (Creation) Level of description Folder Context area Name of creator. Serial Number16004997 State of ResidenceWisconsin Lincoln, Lincolnshire Serial Number37282896 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 Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia (Also KDOS [USA] #1-5; ARB BTNS 225-255) 52-14). Stalags were operated in both World War I and World War II and were intended to be used for non-commissioned personnel (enlisted ranks in the US Army and other ranks in British Commonwealth forces). His body lay sprawled across the fence until the morning as a warning to his shaken fellow prisoners. Concerning the nationalities of prisoners of Camp 59, Giuseppe Millozzi, in his splendid study of Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, writes: According to the Italian military authority, in March 1943 Serviglianos camp held: 1,445 British; 464 Americans; 4 French. State of ResidenceIndiana Private William Helmlys name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 523 N. 3rd St. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Serial Number14038487 Although the camp that Cyrus was in is not specified in the database, he likely was held in Camp 59 as well and escaped with Edward (official records indicate the two men returned to the Allied forces on the same day). 12th Royal Lancers 1st Battalion, The Buffs They were repatriated in June 1944 by Allied forces. Sergeant Red Cross delegates would have checked that the court-martial complied with the Geneva Convention. Gunner Corporal Camp 59 internmentMarch 10, 1942April 1, 1943, J. W. Cade Serial Number15054964 Source: Lorraine McLoughlin, whose mother was Jack Davies daughter-in-law owns a St. Johns Ambulance First Aid Book that belonged to Jack Davies; information about Jack is recorded on the inside covers of the book. Middleton Escape was a topic rarely discussedaloud in camp. John Savageaus name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Sergeant Address from an envelope featured on metropostcard.com, Fred R. Phillips U.S. Army, InfantryRifle This address for Victor Day is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Victor A. 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 S. Delanoy Serial Number20701847 U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry State of ResidenceIowa Edgar Curttright Serial Number15056350 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 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Serial Number16023331 U.S. Army, Infantry Private First Class William W. HurleySerial No. U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 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). Serial Number38019317 Although the camp that Cyrus Johnson was in is not specified in the database, he likely was held in Camp 59 as well, as he escaped with Edward (official records indicate the two men returned to the Allied forces on the same dayreturned to duty, June 28, 1944). U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersEngineer (Combat, Square Divisions and Combat Units Not in Divisions) Serial Number32188999 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 State of ResidenceTexas Serial Number34312025 Private 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. Ts translation (1p) of a note issued by Colonel von Lindeiner, Camp Commandant of Stalag Luft III, Sagan, listing 'offences' committed by prisoners during Christmas 1943 and the penalties imposed on individuals and the camp as a whole as a result. Medical Officer Staff Sergeant I am grateful for the wealth of information they have sent me to share on this site. 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). Oelwein, Iowa, James Collins 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 Private State of ResidenceNew York Serial Number35108445 Reached Allied lines, Robert R. Krager Service Number170400065 18th Regiment, 4th Platoon, 1st Battalion, C Company, Captured in at the battle for Long Stop Hill in Tunisia on Christmas Eve 1942, Held for 10 days in Camp 98 on Sicily before being transferred to Camp 59. 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 1 Commando, British Army Originally from Scotland U.S. Army, Infantry Private Fields Their long ordeal was over. (Machine Gun) Battalion Private First Class Charleston, S.C. [South Carolina]. New York, George W. Mickus name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., George Mickus Glam. Serial Number37045390 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). Corporal Escaped from Camp 59though the hole in the wallSeptember 14, 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), Salvatore Trischitta The U.S. National Archives POW database include a listing for Moses Melmed, but no camp is specified. I'm told that he was able to meet with several of his former crew mates. Private Serial Number20846363 State of ResidenceNebraska Sergeant Jacobs Joseph. Omaha, Nebraska, Robert R. Krager, an American serviceman who was interned in Camp 59, was later a prisoner in Germany. In the middle of the beautiful Austrian countrysideof rolling hills and thick forest stood an ugly placethe sprawling eyesore and den of misery known as Stalag Luft 17-B. This address for George Crawford is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: George A. Crawford His enlistment records indicate that he is from Bristol County, Rhode Island. U.S. Army State of ResidenceIowa CHESSELLARNOLDPRE No 7264690. John Everett is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residenceunlisted Address from Armie Hills address book: 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), Peter C. Grillo U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists only two POWs with this last name: Fay M. Straight and William J. Staff Sergeant 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. Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Private (LogOut/ 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 Procko State of ResidenceKansas U.S. Army Air Corps, Shot down and captured on Sicily, July 5, 1943, Michael A. Toth Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, George Tucker, James Snodgrass, James Martelli, and Carl Good. He hit me two or three more times before I blacked out. 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 but no camp listed). 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). Meador, West Virginia 1540 Cropsey Avenue Serial Number6701591 Private U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceNew York Elmcourt 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), Ray W. 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