NO. If the hell inflicted on the Americans was different from the hell inflicted on the Russians, it was only by degreeespecially during the wars final months. E Company Dawson Springs, Ky. Paul Wakelands name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Meador, West Virginia Staff Sergeant Escaped from Camp 59 on September 15, 1943 Address from Armie Hills address book: 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 Serial Number36238842 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), P. G. Whapples, bombardier, is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Charles Thomas Wheatley Serial Number15055095 Benjamin F. Farley Among these was William L. Davidson, who apparently is the same person as Luther W. Davidson, who at times inverted his first and middle names. Private State of ResidencePennsylvania Serial Number14038487 14065982 (Stalag 17B, Barrack #17B) (303 rd BG, Squadron 358) Resto, Clement T/Sgt. Source: Ronald Gordons name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. Serial Number12017271 Harold J. Steever 0000003632 00000 n See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Division See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number6658983 Sergeant Originally from Scotland U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force At night, healthier prisoners prowled nearby fields and farms for anything edible. U.S. Army, InfantryReconnaissance Mechanized Separate Private As a rule, the French were treated the best, followed by other Europeans, then the Americans. Technician, Grade 5 State of Residenceunlisted Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Signalman Private First Class 99th Bombardment Group This address for William Redman is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: William Redman Edgar J. Curttright List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries. U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number12017070 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Hattiesburg, Miss. Orville Higgins name and address 9above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 20701883is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Sergeant Serial Number39928714 Stalag IIID Berlin. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Id be happy to help you find it. Corporal Source: Though direct written and phone contact with Frank Mikes, I understand him to have been an escapee from Camp 59. 1225 Quincy Street, N.E. CQ0 Service Number884337 Bar Machine Gunner 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), Martin G. Wethington U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number38151547 Serial Number18117755 Corporal Private c/o John C. Calhoun Homes Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, George Tucker, James Kingsley, James Martelli, and Carl Good. State of ResidenceCalifornia Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry Private Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli State of Residenceunlisted August C. Erdbrink State of Residencenot listed U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceDistrict of Columbia New York. I was surprised by the impression I felt that this was hallowed ground. Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Allentown, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. Private State of ResidenceIndiana U.S. Army, InfantryRifle They reached the Allied forces on June 14, 1944. See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. As elements of Pattons 13th Armored Division blasted their way into Austria, they found several groups of chilled, ashen-faced Americans in the woods near Braunau. Lt Briley was first sent to Stalag 17-B and later moved to Poland. Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano notes that both J. H. D. Millar and Aiden Duff were Scottish. 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, InfantryArmored Force U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, CavalryCavalry Reconnaissance, Mechanized 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 Woodrow W. Bird Added details from : http://www.b24.net/pow/stalag17.htm. 12th Royal Lancers Serial Number 31140926 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment State of ResidenceCalifornia Surely this is the same Robert Mooney, but why his state of residence is listed as Mississippi is unknown. Serial Number12023561 Rayford Blankenship 8, Alfred Road Royal Army Medical Corps John T. Davis Service Number1707955 Captured December 4, 1942Tunis, Tunesia Private First Class Stalag Luft III, a large prisoner of war camp near Sagan, Silesia, Germany (now aga, Poland), was the site of an escape attempt (later filmed as The Great Escape). Aside from the nine double barracks used for housing purposes, one barrack was reserved for the infirmary and the medical personnels quarters. Technical Sergeant Service Number115227 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), Edwin M. Majeski Private Source: Robert Smiths niece Carole Procter, Arthur George Bell Robert R. Downings name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Special Air Service Captured November 21, 1941Tobruk, Libya See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 0000006168 00000 n Freeborn would eventually be liberated and repatriated back to the United States. State of Residenceunlisted Royal Artillery (repatriated to the East Yorkshire Regiment), Captured in Egypt by Germans State of ResidenceVirginia London. Serial Number16037380 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). 37025587is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number20416457 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. Star Route, Box 54 Service Number6146826 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 State of ResidenceNew York Sergeant 102nd Regiment, Royal Artillery 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). Vandergraft, Penna. Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia State of Residenceunlisted Service Number2980168 John A. Allen 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 While this process was ostensibly to keep a tally on prisoners and to detect escapees, the process was often cruel. U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceTexas Corporal Serial Number11037316 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 West State of Residenceunlisted State of Residenceunlisted Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Raymond Felchle c/o Martin Funeral Home Serial Number32161370 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of ResidenceOregon Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Their section of the camp was flanked by international compounds stuffed with French, Italian, British, and other Allied prisonersand a ghastly village of the damned saved for the Russians. Address from Armie Hills address book: 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 Source: G. H. Birds name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. He stated, Hardly anyone knows (that) the largest prisoner of war camp in Austria was located here in Krems.. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 U.S. Army, Infantry [although listed as serving in the Infantry in the National Archives database, Roland served in the U.S. Army Air Force] State of ResidenceIowa photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. Private First Class Willis LargentSerial No. Private 12th Royal Lancers, British Army Prisoners protested vigorously being forced to fill up discovered escape tunnels. State of Residenceunlisted Houston,Tex. Source: Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, referencing Gilbert Broadbent in Behind Enemy Lines, C. A. Hollis is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling.. Private Reached Allied lines. 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), Bernard Petrulis 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 607 6th Street Captured January 21, 1941Sidi Rezegh, Libya Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. State of Residenceunlisted Frederick W. Solberg U.S. Army, Infantry Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Newburgh, New York, Richard Kane and Henry Kane (above) were brothers. Want to know what life was like during the War? [England, United Kingdom], Stephen T. Dean State of Residenceunlisted [place of residence at time of enlistment was Dundee, Illinois] The refugees were sergeants of the US Army Air Forces, most of whom had begun their lives under the Nazi boot the same way. State of ResidenceIowa Private First Class Haverstraw, N.Y. [New York]. (LogOut/ Trooper 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), G. Norman Davisons military experiences are recorded in his book In the Prison of His Days: The Memoirs of a Captured World War II Gunner by G. Norman Davison (Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd, 2009). Private Gunner HUT 8. Sergeant Riley Rudd died in a hospital in Ascoli Piceno on July 20, 1942 of appendicitis. 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), Robert H. Williams Despite inclement weather, the Kriegies (The German word for war prisoner was Kriegsgefangener or Kriegies for short) would stand for hours while the guards conducted an extensive roll call, inspecting ID tags and comparing the faces with their photographs. Serial Number36215009 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), J. M. Greenshields If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small xref 32003230 Serial Number32026775 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. They consider that they are entitled to a special camp and the privileges of aviators. 1st Special Air Service Regiment Sergeant [Indiana]. Reached Allied lines, Gene Schull Malone, N.Y. [New York]. 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. Sergeant Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number12066110 Corporal In 1943 three Americans were killed under suspicious circumstances. British State of ResidenceKentucky Special Air Service (British Special Forces) CHESSELLARNOLDPRE No 7264690. 93rd Battalion, Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery U.S. Army, InfantryArmed Forces The U.S. National Archives list of WW II POWs list a Edmund H. Cote (Serial No. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Corporal Dale E. Bechtel 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 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 59 during the Second World War. Rifleman 6142045 South Shore, K.Y. 59. State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 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. Charles C. Stalling Corporal Camp 59 POW Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke said her father knew Arthur Harris. Serial Number35431800 State of ResidenceCalifornia Sergeant Nicknames Ark and L.C. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force U.S. Army, InfantryRifle See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Brooklyn, N.Y. [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 from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), George G. Deaver G. Loonam Staff Sergeant 2703555is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Field ArtilleryTank Destroyer, Captured December 6, 1942 in Tunisia 37073082is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of 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 Traveled south on foot through Italy until contacted by a British Commando Unit that was looking for escaped POWs. Serial Number32026850 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 11B Fallingbostel Prussia (Work Camps) 53-09), Orville Higgins In Clifford Houbens address list, John is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. Did Earl Linaweaver escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? Serial Number20701883 trailer 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), William S. Kornrumph The destination of the column was a Russian prison camp 4 kilometers north of Braunau. 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 W. Dust Serial Number39078023 Serial Number38074437 State of ResidenceIowa Charles R. Martins name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, Infantry Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, George Tucker, James Snodgrass, James Martelli, and Carl Good. Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 7, Object number: UPL 54565 - Serial Number37207024 Sergeant See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Gunner Serial Number37158596 Private Source: Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling contains a 1942 drawing by Sgt. Sergeant Source: 1994 Directory of American Prisoners of War 1943 - 1945 Stalag 17 B. Adams, Robert F. The same address is recorded in Cliffords own address 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), Ivan T. Simpson Private State of ResidenceNew York Date(s) 1945-07-06 - 1947-07-02 (Creation) Level of description. 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), Tony Spicola Bernard P. Robinson Private https://camp59survivors.wordpress.com/2015/12/27/charles-simmons-recovered-bowling-ring/, John Davies 4300 Davis Ave. 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). Private Two separate wire fences charges with electricity surrounded the area and four watchtowers equipped with machine guns were placed at strategic points. Sergeant 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. [United Kingdom]. U.S. Army, Infantry Finally, as May dawned, relief arrived in the rugged jeeps and hulking Sherman tanks of the 13th Armored Division. From an American standpoint, the horrible state of the Russians was a constant source of anxiety as they had to watch them slowly die of starvation and exposure. Captain Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 State of ResidenceIowa N. Manchester Flushing, Long Island 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Serial Number33114113 It was their first encounter with Nazi Germanys tormented, mostly Jewish political prisoners. U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Heavy Serial Number37095302 At Stalag 17-B, one of the most notorious German prisoner-of-war camps, the American fliers were herded from the train to the bleak outpost about a mile or so away. U.S. Army, Signal CorpsRifle WX14366 U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number32294444 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), Marshall Brekke 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 Serial Number17006666 Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 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 C. Pirnie U.S. Army InfantryRifle Serial Number37044160 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), Ralph N. Astin 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 Fall River 8540 5-31-44. Soviet prisoners began to arrive and eventually dominated the camp. State of ResidenceIndiana 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. U.S. Army, Field Artillery Private See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of ResidenceVirginia Private Escaped from Camp 59 on September 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), Bud David Camp 59 internmentMarch 1June 3, 1943, A. J. Briggs I did not find a Gene Schull or Eugene Schull in the U.S. Archives WW II POW or enlistment databases. (National Archives Identifier: 540164). Left Waist Gunner State of Residenceunlisted 32432937 (Stalag 17B, Barrack #17B) (303 rd BG, Squadron 358) The following names are missing from the AAD World War II Prisoners of War Data File for Stalag 17B. Address from Armie Hills address book: <<08A4E18E2E986D4A88491B7C2608C279>]>> 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, Infantry Serial Number20701864 Paul Wakeland 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 A. Willis Private See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. 126 S. Ellwood Ave. 253 20 Service Number4886262 State of ResidencePennsylvania Many men lost almost half their body weight, while others lost their minds and were never the same when they returned. State of ResidenceMissouri U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Address from Armie Hills address book: 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), Gus Teel 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 Source: Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, John L. Whitten State of ResidenceSouth Carolina 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), Harry Stewart (H. Stewart) is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Jacob J. Stiner State of Residenceunlisted 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 The address above is from that list. State of ResidenceOhio State of ResidenceIndiana Northwich, Cheshire The men on this page are just a sample of the thousands of prisoners who passed through P.G. 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), Ralph Hoag See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Captured in Tobruck, Libya, circa December 1941, Printed on the back of a photo of Arnold Chessell: Leland J. Gorshe James Martelli Staff Sergeant R.F.D. While this process was ostensibly to keep a tally on prisoners and to detect escapees, the process was often cruel. Serial Number12020628 State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, Infantry 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), Ivan J. Robinson Initially known as Stalag 331, construction began in 1941 to house prisoners from Belgium and France. Serial Number16004997 [Pennsylvania], R. H. Collins State of ResidenceWest Virginia The fuel ration for the week was 54 pounds of coal. Address from Armie Hills address book: 1 Commando, British Army U.S. Army, Thats a 57% death rate. In reality, many Red Cross crates disappeared en route. Serial Number33136500 Private Captured December 1, 1942Tunis, Tunesia Serial Number33090208 Western Australia Lance-Sergeant Morris Brunt 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. 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