Serial Number20701883 Matt Brazil was liberated by British forces after his escape from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy. 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. 2 Jack Street State of ResidenceGeorgia 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). Date: 1942 Jan 01 - 1945 Dec 31 Held by: The National Archives, Kew: Former reference in its original department: SS/3 Records/281: Legal status: Public Record(s) . Staff Sergeant Address from Armie Hills address book: Private First Class Allen A. CoombsSerial No. Private Billy V. EnglandSerial No. Source: Giuseppe Millozzi, Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, Hilbert H. Balk Telephone Missouri 70670, Charles Lum Corporal U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryTank Destroyer P.A. T/Sgt. Serial Number32105474 Private British Army U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry After their time in Camp 59, the men were sent to separate camps and, after escape from their respective camps, both made their way north to freedom in Switzerland. 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 State of ResidenceNew York Serial Number32134552 Serial Number12020628 Serial Number12016278 20 Woodside Grove 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). State of ResidenceNew Jersey 2006 Store Ave. [or S. Tore] Joseph J. Keeley Bill Bergstrom (Traverse City, Michigan), was formerly of the 1st Armored Regiment. Victoria, Australia, James Frederick Osborn Dvr. Stalag 20b Prisoner of War 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Joseph F. Tuchewicz 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 Kalgoorie Corporal Source: George Wales son-in-law Tom Hill. No. Serial Number37140882 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force The address above is also on that list. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 State of ResidenceNew York State of ResidenceNew York New Orleans, Louisiana, B. Serial Number37093751 U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer Private Norman A. Ellsworth 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 R. LaPorte State of ResidenceCalifornia Service Number5732581 Serial Number34012643 Private First Class Highgate, London S.E. Private Sergeant In the National Archives, the camp listed for each prisoner was the last camp they were interned in; some were held in a number of camps. Serial Number33136672 Harry Kirschners name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number12020395 Charlie Perkins name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. British Army, After the war, served in the Church of Scotland, Sources: The Memoirs of J. H. D. Millar, published by Quaderni della Memoria, 2008; obituary at news.scotsman.com, G. Mackenzie 0000002605 00000 n
The following year, quick-trigger guards shot an unbalanced Kriegie who ran screaming across the compound one night. Anthony Fiore is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. State of Residenceunlisted Private Charles C. Stalling WX12806 Serial Number12020033 State of ResidenceIowa U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private 0000006168 00000 n
State of ResidenceNew York U.S. Army, Infantry Private Lowell, Mass. Royal Army Medical Corps See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. 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. State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, Infantry Sergeant Cyrus Johnson was one of three men who survived the crash of the Fyrtle Myrtle on July 16, 1943 at Pietragalla, Italy. Royal Artillery (repatriated to the East Yorkshire Regiment), Captured in Egypt by Germans Serial Number6664729 Serial Number16048446 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. Greenshields Private Ray Felcle [Felchle]Serial 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 but no camp is listed), Arthur Shupe State of ResidenceTexas U.S. Army, CavalryCavalry Reconnaissance, Mechanized State of ResidenceFlorida John Park, who was ill at the time of the escape, was recaptured and died of pneumonia in solitary confinement at Camp 59 on September 28, 1942. Private Private Private Michael Sterm Private In Stalag 17-B this MOC was Staff Sergeant Kenneth Kurtenbach, a tough, intelligent, and resourceful sergeant who represented the prisoners in any dealings with their German captors. Corporal Private State of ResidenceOklahoma Private Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli Serial number7597368 2nd Battalion, Hampshire 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 orno camp listed), 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) State of ResidencePennsylvania Double rows of barbed-wire fencing surrounded low-slung prison barracks and a dirt compound. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle We learned that he went down on June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany. John A. Allen Captured December 28, 1941Agedabia, Libya 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), Ebb W. McGuire West Allis 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), Benjamin F. Farley U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Kings Norton 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), Edward T. Dzierzynski Private First Class U.S. Army, InfantryRifle xb```b``g`a``c@ >f(;wH{00\ 4}%
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Jesse E. Kirk Bist offered art lessons in Camp 59. R.R. 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. Burton Street State of ResidenceDelaware 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Charles Kenneth Simmons Serial Number12010340 Ray Dentler 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. Private Straight. Brooklyn 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), John A. Sikorski Bronx U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceWest Virginia 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 Repatriatedno camp listed), Franklin E. Swint 5 Haverstraw, N.Y. [New York]. Their long ordeal was over. U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentArmored Infantry 0000001403 00000 n
Captured June 15, 1941Fort Capuzzo, Libya European Theatre: Germany. 12th Royal Lancers 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), Lawrence F. Hunt U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Field Artillery 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 Repatriatedno camp listed). State of Residenceunlisted See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Service Number2748467 Private Serial Number38027037 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Reached Allied lines, Robert R. Downing Private 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), Robert C. Dunfee Address from Armie Hills address book: Gunner 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), Luther C. Vaughn Private 13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private The address above is from that list. 16000460is 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 Hillsborough Serial Number13003189 U.S. Army, InfantryPrivate Force Technician, Grade 5 Died in the Camp 59 infirmary of appendicitis, William T. Miller Camp 59 internmentMarch 13, 1942May 24, 1943, Peter J. Calvagno Rifleman Serial Number36199768 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), Address: This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle My sources for information about British and other non-American Allied prisoners have been less official. In January 1945, he swapped identities with Frank Grey, an American POW wanted by the Gestapo for prior escapes, and helped Grey slip away. 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), Lyndale Ligon Service NumberT/164744 Captured January 21, 1941Sidi Rezegh, Libya PM 3300, Source: Arnold Chessells son Roger Chessell, Woodrow Chew Service Number2980168 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Bottom photo: The prisoners tag (above) and dog tag of Stalag 17-B prisoner Lloyd Kern, a B-17 ball-turret gunner with he US 303rd Bomb Group, known as Hells Angels. James W. Tasiopulos North Tazewell, Virginia, Milton E. Cohen U.S. Army, InfantryForce or Forces/Fleet/Battalion 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 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Address from Armie Hills address book: 1724 South 88th Street Grey ultimately reached Yugoslavia, where anti-Nazi partisans assisted him. 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. Private See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Allen Coombs [Pennsylvania], R. H. Collins Serial Number 20717605 Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Edmund is noted as having been interned in Camp. 32019660recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. P. A. Hawksley-Hill This address for George Crawford is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: George A. Crawford Each barracks became a sort of autonomous unit. Sergeant State of ResidenceNew York James L. Rogers Private Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli 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 Savageau U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private First Class State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, InfantryRifle c/o John C. 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