(Machine Gun) Battalion [England, United Kingdom], Stephen T. Dean Serial Number12066110 Address from Armie Hills address book: U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Heavy State of ResidenceMaryland 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 Number20704893 John Prockos name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, Infantry Was taken by this unit down the Adriatic Sea coast to the British 8th Army at Bari, Italy, on October 25, 1943. Corporal Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Serial Number12020628 Bernard P. Robinson 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 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. He was ill at the time of his escape and was sheltered and protected by the Cesari family for six months. These two men had parachuted out of the plane over France and after getting rid of his parachute and equipment, Sgt Milasius ran out of the village and found Sgt. Private Roy Blankenbeckler Serial Number15055130 Bud Davids name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceSouth Carolina Lincoln 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), Cyril Cooke Private Vandergrift U.S. Army, Infantry 1st Lt. Dolsen Francis George. Barnesboro, Penn. Service Number902822 State of Residencenot listed U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Kenneth C. Robertson Serial Number33090088 Johnstown, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. 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 Number 20717605 Serial Number37282896 Escaped at the Armistice, was recaptured, then escaped again Service NumberT/164744 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), Vernon R. Catterton Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Ernest Dale Source: John Shaws daughter Penny Hayes (nee Shaw). Stalag 17B was built in 1939 near Krems, Austria, initially as a transition camp for Polish and French civilians who were captured early in the war before they had trained to become soldiers. 272 0 obj<>stream State of ResidenceIndiana South Shore, K.Y. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry Field ArtilleryTank Destroyer, Captured December 6, 1942 in Tunisia England. U.S. Army, Infantry As a leader of a British SAS team,your mission is to find the key and open the camp gate to release the prisoners. Change). Serial Number13069951 Serial Number32105342 State of Residenceunlisted State of Residenceunlisted Corporal Holland knocked in the sides of the tunnel and became stuck. 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 Helmly Private Anthony P. FioreSerial No. Address from Armie Hills address book: Cyrus Johnson was one of three men who survived the crash of the Fyrtle Myrtle on July 16, 1943 at Pietragalla, Italy. Serial Number12007294 U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Heavy State of ResidenceMissouri U.S. Army, service branch unlisted Serial Number38027034 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Division 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17). 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. State of ResidenceIowa Unusually, the entire crew successfully bailed out. 5th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment Source: Henry Kanes son George Kane, Richard Kane Goodrich, N. Dak [North Dakota], Clarence A. Dale E. Bechtel CHESSELLARNOLDPRE No 7264690. PG 59 POW 1634 Stalag 17B Read more about stalag, roster and valerosos.com. 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 Service Number7916190 Serial Number35100858 Camp 59 internmentMarch 1June 2, 1943, Charles R. Brue State of ResidenceKansas State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number32294444 Brand 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. Novotny 253 0 obj <> endobj 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), Arnold Chessell Charles C. Stalling U.S. Army, Infantry Trooper List Organized By: Random. CAMPO P.G. 37 Hampstead Lane Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number36104952 U.S. Army, Infantry Corporal Lance-Sergeant U.S. Army, Infantry Shot down over Naples 11 Dec 1942 Signalman Serial Number36072813 State of Residenceunlisted Joseph James Freeborn 422nd Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group. Portland, Oregon. Joseph J. Keeley WX12806 Serial Number37098469 Middle photo: Some personal items that belonged to Paul "Flash" Gordon, a B-17 ball-turret gunner with the US 327th Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, while he was at Stalag 17-B. 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. 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 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 Repatriatedno camp listed). State of Residenceunlisted 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. Perhaps he was stationed there before going overseas. State of Residenceunlisted George Reesclaf (or Reuschak), Jr.s name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private First Class 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), Thaddeus A. Sopel 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), Murrell C. Harley U.S. Army, Infantry The U.S. National Archives POW database include a listing for William T. Miller, but no camp is specified, John H. Derek Millar U.S. Army, Infantry Corporal Robert D. ChandlerSerial No. Source: Charles Stallings name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. Bar Machine Gunner State of ResidenceVirginia Robert records that Sgt. State of ResidenceIowa Serial Number20701816 They were all members of the same outfit. 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment We searched the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) and located the Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 in the Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General (Record Group 389) that includes a file for Molle, Benaiah W., who was held at Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13. State of ResidenceMississippi 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 Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia (Also KDOS [USA] #1-5; ARB BTNS 225-255) 52-14), Keith Argraves Camp 59 internmentMarch 13, 1942May 24, 1943, Peter J. Calvagno U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Western Australia, Captured at El Alamein the night of July 27, 1942, Repatriated at British Headquarters on June 26, 1944, Sources: Ray Worthington, son of former Camp 59 prisoner Leslie Worthington; Red Cross service record, Leon Wuzzardo The camps American population soon swelled to more than 4,200 as the United States and Great Britain intensified their strategic bombing campaign. 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 F. Jones NX10180 Source: Carl Goods granddaughter Crystal Aceves, Ronald Gordon Did Orville Higgins escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 11B Fallingbostel? Private 12th Lancers F. T. Lockett Charleston, S.C. [South Carolina]. Private Private First Class Harold S. ArnesonSerial 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 from Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia (Also KDOS [USA] #1-5; ARB BTNS 225-255) 52-14). U.S. Army, Infantry 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 Escape was a topic rarely discussedaloud in camp. U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer Serial Number32161370 Serial Number37073082 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Private State of Residenceunlisted Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli Trooper. Charles R. Martin Address from Armie Hills address book: Serial Number12023561 Service Number7889463 126 S. Ellwood Ave. Royal Army Service Corps State of ResidenceVirginia Cross If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Pip Cummings is mentioned a letter dated October 21, 1943 in which a POW only identified as Eric, writing to his mother and dad, describes the escape from Camp 59 and the actions of the men immediately after. 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), Wesley Goettel Michael Sterm Driver The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA. Special Air Service POW camp Stalag VII 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), One of the 12 POWs who escaped from Camp 59 though a tunnel on the night of September 11, 1942. Private Escaped from Camp 59 on September 12, 1943 British Royal Artillery, Lincoln Territorial Battery 237, Address: Aluminum cans that held klim (dehydrated milk) were turned into everything from drinking cups and eating utensils to miniature lanterns and improvised spigots for sinks. Bramley, Leeds State of ResidenceTennessee Serial Number33136536 Service Number2368486 Flushing, Long Island 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). Red Cross delegates would have checked that the court-martial complied with the Geneva Convention. Lt Briley was first sent to Stalag 17-B and later moved to Poland. State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number38153226 Address from Armie Hills address book: Captured December 3, 1942Tebourba, Tunesia U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Infantry Corporal U.S. Army, Field 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), Alec. Reached Allied lines, Gilbert D. Loonam State of ResidenceNew York 6959286is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. R.F.D. Reached Allied lines, Robert R. Krager Serial Number32001738 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment T. H. Knight Source: Though direct written and phone contact with Frank Mikes, I understand him to have been an escapee from Camp 59. Fahl Earl Cornell. Jim Snodgrass name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. His name appears in U.S. State Department wartime reports about Camp 59 from the Swiss Legation in Rome. He was interned at Camp 59 and escaped with Paul Alsin and John S. Skulborstad. Corporal Michael M. StermSerial No. U.S. Army, Infantry T/Sgt. John Savageaus name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of ResidenceConnecticut Serial Number12016884 U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry Corporal Sergeant One prisoner remembered receiving just a single box during the wars final eight months. 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 Number33136497 Eric Ethier is a former staff editor of Civil War Times and American History magazines. Serial Number32188999 Cyrus F. Johnson Australian Army Corps2nd/28th Batallion, Leonard Caruso North Wales [United Kingdom]. William Helmlys name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number12021044 WX4445 Sergeant Telephone 2541, Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943 with John O. Everett; both men were protected by Nazareno Lupi and his wife for nine months (the Lupi family lived near the town of Force in the province of Ascoli Piceno), Ernest P. Lawrence Sergeant State of ResidenceWisconsin 724 MacKinley Consulted during the making of the film Von Ryans Express. He died in 1980. 12020628is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Serial Number6959286 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 1540 Cropsey Avenue See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 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). Sergeant Pilot 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). [England, United Kingdom], C. Bruce Serial Number38060738 Private Serial Number33137217 These are the memories and observations of Howard Thornley, who was a prisoner of war in Europe during World War II. U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists only two POWs with this last name: Fay M. Straight and William J. Finally, the Americans of Stalag 17-B were told to gather their meager possessions and prepare to move 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), J. F. Meyler For a total of 1913 POWs, it should be noting that with British Italian Authorities included other nationalitiesIrish, Canadians, Cypriots, New Zealanders, Australians, Poles, South Africans, Palestinians (2), Maltese (2), Rhodesians (1) and Norwegians (6). Private Service NumberT/220738 9th Infantry Division Central City, Ky. [Kentucky]. 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). U.S. Army, InfantryMilitary Police 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 H. Tucker Service Number568313 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 [although listed as serving in the Infantry in the National Archives database, Roland served in the U.S. Army Air Force] Inkley House Reached Allied lines, Walter A. Gontarski 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 Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli Captured in Algeria, Willman King was interned in Italian and German camps, including Camp 59. Serial Number34352271 George Shorters name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Gunner Alisal Ranch The address above is from that list. U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number32019660 Beer Hurley, Virginia, Domingo S. Aguilar British Army Private recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. 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. 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), Roy Hatfield State of ResidenceOhio State of Residenceunlisted See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private State of ResidenceIowa Territories captured from the Germans were beginning to give up all sorts of ugly secrets about Adolf Hitlers dying Third Reich. 26 Penywaun Road Address from Armie Hills address book: Max Hausers name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number11037316 0000007732 00000 n U.S. Army, Infantry Dear Mr. Molle, Thank you for posting your request on History Hub! The German camps were expected to stock enough of the parcels to provide one week of sustenance for each American. 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 C. Wojcik Service Number6923234 To some of the underfed, ailing, and depressed POWs forced to live theremany of them American airmensudden death by enemy gunfire must at times have seemed a reasonable alternative. U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryInfantry xb```b``g`a``c@ >f(;wH{00\ 4}% I5bG|hj2[l48t%&@|1]` vYy)pEHiF R0 yu" Lance Corporal, Australian Army Corps2nd/28th Batallion, Address from Red Cross service record: 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 [Kentucky]. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle This address for Eric Oram is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Eric Oram 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). The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. State of ResidenceFlorida Serial Number38019317 State of ResidencePennsylvania 96 Forest Road Serial Number12021601 Star Route, Box 54 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), Sal Trischitta Did Earl Linaweaver escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? 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. Serial Number16004997 State of ResidenceNew Jersey Serial Number12005009 State of ResidenceOklahoma Serial Number35327149 State of ResidenceIndiana This address for Ronald Bones is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Ronald Bones Harry Edward Dolton Coldstream Guards, Harold Jackson 365 Squadron 305th Bomb Group, Another question: Does anyone know why I can't find `Donald Bevin', the co-author of Stalag 17 in the Archives? Private Royal Army Medical Corps, Escaped from Camp 59 with Corporal Howard F. Jones. This address for Harry Foster is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Harry Foster [United Kingdom], Leslie Worthington Private First Class %PDF-1.4 % State of ResidenceNew 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), Michael J. Rotunno Box 132 Ernest Ellis name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Medical Orderly Haverstraw, N.Y. [New York]. U.S. Army, CavalryCavalry Reconnaissance, Mechanized Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Forman (A. Forman) is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Alec Foreman Serial Number32188839 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. c/o Martin Funeral Home Newburgh, N.Y. [New York]. Private Private Red Cross delegates would have checked that the court-martial complied with the Geneva Convention. State of ResidenceTexas Serial Number15055095 Camp 59 internmentJanuary 2June 1, 1942, Marshall J. Brekkes name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Author of Behind Enemy Lines (Bognor Regis, Anchor Publications, 1985), Gilbert Broadbent was one of the 150 POWs transferred to Sforzacosta on February 23, 1943, Robert Brooks U.S. Army, Infantry Private Serial Number37025587 Private First Class State of ResidenceTexas Sergeant Tylers Green Private Luther Vaughns name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Nick Velton WX14366 State of ResidenceOhio 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. 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). Description: List of Polish POWs released from a camp. Hymer Roger Lee. 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