Private Private Western Australia Private Sergeant Sergeant State of ResidenceFlorida Box 16 Captured December 28, 1941Agedabia, Libya 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. Medical Officer Australian Army Corps2nd/28th Batallion, Al Buttacavoli Private The address above is from that list. England. U.S. Army, Infantry Captain Camp 59 internmentFebruary 28June 2, 1943, Lawrence J. Buerkle Jim Snodgrass name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Service Number3958294 Service Number5493563 Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle J. W. T. Duffield Pte Jackson Harold. 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), George Mickus George Shorters name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. A series of long, single-story buildings housed the fliers. 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), William S. Bamberg Serial Number34319757 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 Pickens, S.C. [South Carolina]. Serial Number32335038 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), William B. Casey, Jr. Service Number7518016 No address for John Buchanan is recorded in Armie Hills address book. G. Loonam 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), Robert H. Williams State of ResidenceNew York Freeborn as he was being carried to the hospital by civilians. State of ResidenceIowa 13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 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. State of ResidenceWisconsin Medical Orderly State of ResidenceOhio Serial Number20703555 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), Additional source: Letters written by Marshall Wells provided by POW Raymond Kestners granddaughter Jessica McMahon (posted on this site), Robert B. Wessels State of ResidenceFlorida Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia 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 Bud Davids name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. R.F.D. Ehmann Frederick Elliot. U.S. Army, Air Corps Finally, the Americans of Stalag 17-B were told to gather their meager possessions and prepare to move out. Fred Chilton and Norman Davison were sent to North Africa on the same boat, were captured together in Libya in April 1940, and were transferred from camp to camp together, eventually ending up 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), Ivan T. Simpson Address from Armie Hills address book: One of 12 POWs who escaped from Camp 59 though a tunnel on the night of September 11, 1942. John T. Davis 6th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment Our Private 215 Park Street 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 Number6149568 This address for Frederick Druce is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Frederick Druce 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), Emil J. Keller U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentParachute Infantry Serial Number37042238 Private 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 but no camp listed). Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia State of ResidenceIndiana State of ResidenceKentucky Serial Number12007149 Captured near Ragusa, Sicily, on or about February 27, 1942 Christopher J. Facchina State of ResidenceNew York U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Medium U.S. Army, Infantry Rifleman 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), David E. Riding Source: T. Strapps name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. 37073082is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Sergeant Serial Number16050075 Leroy Thurman RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) Private State of ResidenceKansas 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). Serial Number15057395 Private Service Number7015022 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 Residenceunlisted Serial Number16023331 Address from Armie Hills address book: Service Number902822 Private Private See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Sergeant Double rows of barbed-wire fencing surrounded low-slung prison barracks and a dirt compound. Private Later in 1943, on 13th of December (my mother's, his sister's birthday), he was shot down again on a mission to Kiel, Germany. Private Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Medium Stanley Bentley U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Private Private Serial Number39227259 Private First Class Private First Class U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Charles H. Ebright Mahlon J. This address for Charles Woolnough is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Charles A. Woolnough 20701884is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. (About 200 sick prisoners stayed behind, and were liberated by Russians on May 9.) Serial Number15054958 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), Richard A. Wombacher Central City, Ky. [Kentucky]. Private See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Enterprising airmen even managed to build at least one radio from crystal, headphones, and a few other items snuck into camp. According to the Geneva Convention, as non-commissioned officers, the Americans were not required to work. 15055130is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Athol Grays name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number32066473 Officers were held in separate camps called Oflag. Hartwell R. Harris Technical Sergeant Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with James Martelli, George Tucker, James Kingsley, Carl Good, and James Snodgrass. State of ResidenceMinnesota Paul Wakeland This address for Jack Davies is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Jack Davies Serial Number12018732 Serial Number37140882 Source: researcher Robert A. Newton, James Pond, Jr State of Residenceunlisted Is this the same Edmund Cote, and was he living in Massachusetts at the time of the war? 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), Edmund H. Cote Camp 59 internmentMarch 2June 1, 1943. Reached Allied lines, Leon Haduk The other two were Staff Sergeant Cyrus F. Johnson Jr. and Staff Sergeant Edward T. Dzierzynski. State of ResidenceIndiana Captured at Battle of Longstop Hill, Tunisia, December 23, 1942, Henry Kane and Richard Kane (below) were brothers. Serial Number14067569 Serial Number33137228 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 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 B. Pond, an American serviceman who was interned in Camp 59, was later a prisoner in Germany. Serial Number6653062 Sergeant State of ResidenceTexas Corporal Leland J. Gorshe Corporal Shelby, Montana Private First Class Harry Kirschner Serial Number39013867 L. H. Straights name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 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. Serial Number32026850 State of ResidenceTexas U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry [Incorrectly listed as Arnie S. Hill in the National Archives on-line database], Armie S. Hill See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Stalag 17B Roster American Prisoners of War Source - National Archives & 1994 Directory of American Former Prisoners of War 1943 - 1945 Stalag 17B PROVOST MARSHAL GENERAL'S OFFICE - AMERICAN PRISONER OF WAR INFORMATION BUREAU MASTER INDEX FILES (Flexo-lLine) of AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL Reported in the hands of the enemy (Germany) Private First Class Harold AdkinsSerial No. Serial Number12017070 Detested, feared, and treated worse than animals by the Germans, Russian prisoners suffered beyond comprehension. U.S. Army, InfantryForce or Forces/Fleet/Battalion 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 Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Raymond Cox Staff Sergeant Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Joseph A. Altomari Pte. Blain Prewitts name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) Technician, Grade 5 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 P.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), J. F. Meyler 49th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Brechin, Angus Did William Kornrumph escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? London,England. Serial Number35119503 However, there are several POWs with the name Charles Martin listed as having been detained by Germany, some of them without state are residence or camp listings. Joseph James Freeborn 422nd Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group. Raymond A. Johnson Virgil Jarvas, Jr.s name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 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 State of ResidenceOklahoma 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). Source: researcher Robert A. Newton, Charles A. Harman State of ResidenceNew York Massachusetts. West Allis U.S. Army, InfantryReconnaissance Mechanized Separate zBPk ql5^ ~fuYg=SsZ. State of ResidenceNew York A. Willis Royal Corps of Signals Private Corporal 20701885is 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), Maholan J. Serial Number39602619 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Driver U.S. Army, Infantry He was supposed to be a POW in Stalag 17, but when I searched the online records at the National Archives, his name did not come up. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Carl V. Fisk Captured at Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein in 1942. The refugees were sergeants of the US Army Air Forces, most of whom had begun their lives under the Nazi boot the same way. Dean Steeds name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. 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 P. Rogers State of ResidenceIndiana Private Copyright 310 Publishing, LLC. Gunner Serial Number33146780 WX12806 Serial Number12020395 4th Milner Serial Number20704916 The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceIowa 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). Serial Number34352271 Serial Number20704893 Southend-on-Sea, Essex State of ResidenceKansas State of ResidenceWest Virginia U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 20701847recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. State of ResidenceIllinois Corporal Serial Number33146482 State of ResidenceMinnesota Serial Number12010340 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 [England, United Kingdom], C. G. Hooper-Rogers is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Clarence J. Horton [Iowa]. Steve Shedlocks name and address were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of ResidenceNew York P. A. Hawksley-Hill Les Crotty Serial Number32354694 Private Sergeant Serial Number12022719 3 His name appears in U.S. State Department wartime reports about Camp 59 from the Swiss Legation in Rome. 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Forces 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 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), Robert J. Gossman Luther Vaughns name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Nick Velton Corporal William S. KornrumphSerial No. , Leon Haduk the other two were Staff Sergeant Cyrus F. Johnson Jr. Staff. Army, InfantryRifle Carl V. 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