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. On April 8, 1945, the gates of the American compounds swung open, and 4,000 filthy, scrawny, and hungry airmen stumbled out onto the road west. Private U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryInfantry U.S. ArmyCompany A, 18th Infantry Regiment 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), 16th Engineer Battation, 1st Armored Division Following diagnosis, received 10 days of treatment for malaria in a British infirmary. U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Cpl. Edmond Petrelli 16th Parachute Field Ambulance Serial Number34210020 Serial Number12007147 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with James Martelli, George Tucker, James Kingsley, Carl Good, and James Snodgrass. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Shortly after the beginning of World War II in September 1939, a POW camp called Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts-Stammlager (Stalag) VII A was established north of Moosburg. 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). Private First Class Lawrence Mortimer Lawrie Butler Serial Number32335038 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Corporal Ernest Ellis name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. This address for George Jordan is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: George D. Jordan Les Crotty U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists only two POWs with this last name: Fay M. Straight and William J. 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. 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 Tasiopulos Liberated by the Americans after westward death march, Source: Charles Wheatleys granddaughter Samantha Constable, Ivan E. White Serial Number 20717605 Did John Buchanan escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg? Private 2 Jack Street U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force State of Residencenot listed U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentRifle State of ResidenceNew Jersey State of ResidenceOklahoma U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Sgt. 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), Johnnie D. Ford U.S. Army 2nd Corps, Source: Luther Shields daughter Cindy Jackson, Murray Shulaw Serial Number6701591 All escapees were recaptured and held in close confinement cells for 10 days. State of Residenceunlisted Camp 59 internmentMarch 10, 1942April 1, 1943, J. W. Cade State of ResidenceWest Virginia Serial Number35264025 Notation in the dog tag hole indicates interned in Camp 59. State of Residenceunlisted Private 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), John O. Everett Reached Allied lines, ________ Hegarty Serial Number32423241 1945 Leicester England to Germany Prisonerof War POW Camp Stalag 17BCover $68. Did William Kornrumph escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? U.S. Army, Field Artillery155 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn 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 Piceno Italy 43-13). U.S. Army, Infantry Private Beyond the imposing barbed wire, the broad Austrian countryside separated any escapee from freedom. 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), Charles A. Harman, an American serviceman who was interned in Camp 59, was later a prisoner in Germany.His name appears in U.S. State Department wartime reports about Camp 59 from the Swiss Legation in Rome. There, German Luftwaffe (air force) officers separated the commissioned officers from the non-commissioned officers and shipped them to other depots of the German prison camp system (except for chaplains and doctors, who might be assigned among enlisted prisoners). 102nd Regiment, Royal Artillery The Essex Regiment, British Army Address from Armie Hills address book: No address for John Buchanan is recorded in Armie Hills address book. Address from Armie Hills address book: Service Number6285660 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 J. Procko, Jr. Technician, Grade 5 Serial Number33105763 72nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Serial Number12020395 State of ResidenceIdaho Black 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 Brooks New York, Al Buttacavolis name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., V. J. Button J. W. T. Duffield Serial Number33088486 They were refugees from the infamous stalag near Krems, Austria, 280 miles to the east. To get more articles like this one, subscribe to America in WWII magazine. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 New York, Salvatore Trischittas name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., William F. Tschoerner Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Joseph A. Altomari Camp 59 internmentMarch 19, 1942May 25, 1943, R. E. Byne Captured in Tobruck, Libya, circa December 1941, Printed on the back of a photo of Arnold Chessell: 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 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), Rochester F. Nettles Thomas A. Chard U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Rifleman Figures of other nationalities of the above POWs are in the Swiss Red Cross report that covers the same period. Charlie Perkins name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 32003230 Joseph D. Steed 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). [Kansas]. Dundee, Angus Serial Number14027421 [England, United Kingdom], J. R. Cromley is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Clarence T. Cronin Gunner Telephone 55206, Charles J. Stewart Attached, 3rd Light Field Ambulance So enabled to monitor the progress of the war, kriegies knew when the end was near. 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 Hoag Source: Arthur Freestones name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. England, United Kingdom, Interned at Camp 59 from January 8, 1942 to January 24, 1943, Interned in Camp 53 Sforzacosta until his escape in September 1943 following the Italian Armistice, Found shelter with a family in Gassino in northern Italy; in October 1944 joined the Partisans, Killed in action while fighting with the Partisans on March 3, 1945, Sources: various documents from Roberts nephew Steve Dickinson, Search this site for Robert Dickinson to access numerous posts about Robert and his prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Charles M. Dittman U.S. Army, Infantry The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA. Private Morris SciannaSerial No. Armored Infantryman Camp 59 internmentJanuary 23, 1942January 24, 1943, Victor Boulter Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany Stalag Luft III Prisoner of war camp View all 34 images Object Number - UPL 36335 - "Aerial view of Stalag Luft III, German prisoner of war camp for air force personnel, at Sagen, Germany. U.S. Army, Infantry Escaped from Camp 59 on September 12, 1943 Cedartown, Ga. [Georgia]. Private Captured December 15, 1941Gazala Line, Libya xb```b``g`a``c@ >f(;wH{00\ 4}% I5bG|hj2[l48t%&@|1]` vYy)pEHiF R0 yu" Bill Hurley Church Street Private Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryRifle See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Earl Linaweaver See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of ResidenceIndiana Document Date: 9 Apr 1940. 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), James Guillory Reached Allied lines, Virgil Jarvis Forman (A. Forman) is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Alec Foreman [England, United Kingdom], Daniel M. Jorgensen 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 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. Captured December 3, 1942Bizerta, Tunisia [United Kingdom], Jermiah J. Langone Serial Number14038487 Private Guy 4th Milner See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Flight Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Lance-Sergeant George Reesclaf (or Reuschak), Jr.s name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 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. Arthur E. Shupe U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersEngineer inquire if anyone has any information about the crew and who may still U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Staff Sergeant State of ResidencePennsylvania Serial Number37073082 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Emerson Street Serial Number10600080 State of Residencenot listed Serial Number39013867 Private c/o John C. Calhoun Homes Serial Number39302734 Virgil Jarvas, Jr.s name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number12017478 Serial Number36238842 Serial Number11033641 From Italy he was transferred to Germany, where he was interned at Stalag 7-A Moosburg, Stalag 11-A Altengrabow, Stalag 11-B Fallingbostel, and Commando 1011 Wolfenbttel. 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). Serial Number11037316 Service Number115227 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 15, 1943 Originally from Scotland Sherwood, Nottingham U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Together with diarrhea and dysentery, the poor hygiene made life at Stalag 17-B precarious. Robert Chandler Sergeant State of ResidenceNew York 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Private Minneapolis, Minnesota, William D. Anderson Stanley Bentley U.S. Army, InfantryRifle August C. Erdbrink Manuel C. Brava 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). Frederick Buske 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 Serial Number12009301 Antioch, Nebraska. State of ResidenceIowa Serial Number35201783 The most prized trading commodities were cigarettes and D-Bars. Robert A. Newton corresponded with or met a number of former Camp 59 POWs or their family members, or heard about former prisoners from other escapees, while conducting research for his book Soldiers of the Strange Night. Private First Class New 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; no camp listed), Escaped from Camp 59 with Peter J. Calvagno, Edmond Petrelli, Joe C. Mandese, and Felice D. Vacca, William T. Spruiell Paul McLaughlins name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Briley Scott Andrew. State of ResidenceIowa Private [England, United Kingdom], Captured in North Africa at the Battle of Sidi Rezegh, November 23, 1941, Arrived at Camp 59 December 31, 1941 (as the bells from a local church were ringing in the new year), Transferred from Camp 59 to Camp 53 in January 1943, Source: William Redmans niece Jo Millard, who discovered Frederick Druces story archived at the government records office in Littlehampton in Sussex, England, George Reesclaf, Jr. [or Reuschak] John Prockos name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 1st Dragoons Blue Earth Serial Number12020628 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), Joseph E. Pojawis Special Air Service 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), Ernest C. Ellis Staff Sergeant Moses was near Comunanza with a large group, including Gus Teel, Francis Thomas and Walter Simon. Serial Number6661860 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). 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 is listed). U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Corporal Corporal WX17234 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), Tony Spicola 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), J. M. 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