Gravier 2217 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 Driver Private Staff Sergeant Serial Number12022719 State of ResidenceIowa New Road N. Vandergrift The number of English POWs in the same span of time decreased from 1,337 to 313. State of ResidenceIndiana [England, United Kingdom], F. R. Jackson In Clifford Houbens address list, Jack is also noted as having been interned in Camp 59. State of Residenceunlisted 37038102is 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 Lawrence F. Hunt State of ResidenceConnecticut U.S. Army, Captured in Tunisia at the Battle of El Guettar, March 1943, Escaped from Camp 59 in September 14, 1943, Reached lines of the Polish forces, June 1944, Source: Raymond Coxs daughter Ethel Stafford, Roy L. Cox U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry Royal Army Medical Corps xref U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private 276 Wragby Road 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), George H. Tucker Serial Number 20717605 [England, United Kingdom], James Bough Serial Number12005280 Serial Number15088456 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), George M. Zuehl State of ResidencePennsylvania State of ResidencePennsylvania Private First Class The other two were Staff Sergeant Robert E. Dulac and Staff Sergeant Edward T. Dzierzynski. U.S. Army, Infantry [Incorrectly listed as Arnie S. Hill in the National Archives on-line database], Armie S. Hill Captured near Tunis on December 3, 1942 Fitchbourgh [Fitchburg] Staff Sergeant Edmond Petrelli Kings Royal Rifle Corps Serial Number35108445 U.S. Army, Field Artillery Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, One of nine Australian POWs who escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, (The nine Australians were: John Jack Albert Allen, Thomas David Alman, Arthur George Bellwho sometimes went by A. G. Jux, Lawrence Mortimer Lawrie Butler, Vaughan Lawrence Carter, Robert Edward Albert Edwards, James William Feehan, Ronald James Jimmy McMahon, and Leslie Worthington), Address from Camp 59 prisoner Charles Simmons calendar/address book: Logansport, Indiana Black U.S. Army, InfantryDivisional Artillery Private First Class Gilbert D. LoonamSerial No. State of ResidenceNew York Source: Henry Kanes son George Kane, Richard Kane Staff Sergeant 15 Ancill Street Bud Davids name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number15059956 State of ResidenceMichigan More and more Allied prisoners are being released by advancing Armies. U.S. Army, Infantry Australia, Source: Ray Worthington, son of former Camp 59 prisoner Leslie Worthington, Thomas David Alman Herne Bay, Kent U.S. Army, Infantry L. H. Straights name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number12016751 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Frederick Brooks State of ResidenceCalifornia U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number36215009 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, Tony Spicola, and Felice D. Vacca. Service Number6146826 99th Bombardment Group State of ResidenceWisconsin See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Connections See how this entry relates to other items in the archive by exploring the connections below. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Private U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceTexas Address from Armie Hills address book: Allen Coombs Private State of ResidenceIowa U.S. National Archives on-line POW database indicates Cpl. 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), John Savageau State of Residenceinlisted With other SAS prisoners, made the hole in the west wall of the camp and was among the first to escape, with fellow SAS soldier named Schofield, 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), Roland B. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 15, 1943 Private First Class William W. HurleySerial No. F. T. Lockett Service Number310798 Oreville, Calif. [California]. Montello Street State of ResidenceIowa Private First Class startxref The gaunt prisoners felt lucky to see the men known as the Black Cats. Escaped during the breakout 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), Dennis Sweeney Reached Allied lines, Charles K. Simmons 1540 Cropsey Avenue Serial Number16004997 35. State of Residenceunlisted Trooper. State of Residenceunlisted Nello lives in Servigliano. 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 State of ResidencePennsylvania See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 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. State of Residenceunlisted John Pawlawskis 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), Raymond E. Cox Private Lowell, Mass. State of Residencenot listed Serial Number15054958 Lt Briley observed several of his men being picked up by Red Cross ambulances. State of ResidenceMinnesota C. Cowley Source: Patrick Cahills grandson Dean Cahill, Patrick Cahill 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 Mooney Serial Number14038487 Change). Camp 59 internmentMarch 1942May 1943, R. C. R. Boulton U.S. Army, Infantry Protests to the commandant were always useless. Ned Handy, a flight engineer from Massachusetts, described one such run-in with one of the camps more notorious guards: After dressing, I was the last out, trailing the others, when suddenly I was grabbed by my left arm and yanked about ten feet to a little shed. Corporal See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 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), 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 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15), Michael R. Kreisch This address for William Rawlinson is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: William Rawlinson Corporal Holland knocked in the sides of the tunnel and became stuck. 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 F. Raffeo State of ResidenceKentucky Camp 59 internmentMarch 3May 29, 1943, H. J. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 (DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR; 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). State of ResidenceIndiana Private Source: John Shaws daughter Penny Hayes (nee Shaw). 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 Repatriatedno camp listed). Private Sergeant 55 Sheaf Gardens Stalag Luft or Luftwaffe-Stammlager (" Luftwaffe base camp") - These were POW camps administered by the German Air Force for Allied aircrews. U.S. Army, Field Artillery State of ResidenceKansas R.F.D. 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), Jerome C. Pugh Barnesboro, Penn. Service Number7887518 Service Number902822 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number33092308 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). Les Crotty State of ResidenceKentucky U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer State of Residence Serial Number36200720 Address from Armie Hills address book: An Italian named Nello who was in the prison camp for being AWOL escaped with Luther and Charlie Lum. Private Bombardier/Corporal U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentParachute Infantry See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Kurtenbach knew how to get things done, spoke German, and had final say on all prisoner matters, includingand especiallyescape attempts. 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 Serial Number36053918 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), Mariano F. Barone U.S. Army, CavalryCavalry Reconnaissance, Mechanized Serial Number38074437 Private West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Serial Number12005278 Serial Number33088486 Service Number6137771 Serial Number17006666 State of Residencenot listed Private First Class The German camps were expected to stock enough of the parcels to provide one week of sustenance for each American. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number32003300 Clermont, Florida, William W. Hurley Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Dr. Adrian Duff, who attended him, donated his own blood but got an infection and was taken to the hospital. Bronx Michael Sterm 7 Leicester Street State of ResidenceWest Virginia Pennsylvania 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment Private First Class Neither of these are specifically identified as returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a specific camp. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Address from Armie Hills address book: Hubert H. Schwandt xb```b``g`a``c@ >f(;wH{00\ 4}% I5bG|hj2[l48t%&@|1]` vYy)pEHiF R0 yu" Private First Class Copyright 310 Publishing, LLC. U.S. Army, Infantry Staff Sergeant 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 Repatriatedno camp listed). 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), Robert Edward Albert Edwards 93rd Battalion, Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery Antioch, Nebraska. Orville Higgins name and address 9above) 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), Willman King He was decorated for this decision at the end of the war. 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.. Serial Number32157976 Serial Number33114113 Moses was near Comunanza with a large group, including Gus Teel, Francis Thomas and Walter Simon. 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), Clarence W. Dust Private This address for Charles Holt is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Charles Holt Serial Number14052008 Special Air Service (British Special Forces) Turned over to the Italians and interned at Camp 59 Source: Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, John L. Whitten GERMANY. Private Serial Number18117755 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). Sergeant U.S. Army, Infantry In fact the number of the latter increased from 445 in March 43 to 913 two months later, that is in June when the Red Cross delegates inspected the camp for the last time. 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). U.S. Army, InfantryArmored 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), Sal Trischitta On the return, a Ju-88 finished the job. Service Number2980168 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), Ray W. Dentler 272 0 obj<>stream His name appears in U.S. State Department wartime reports about Camp 59 from the Swiss Legation in Rome. Address from Armie Hills address book: Malverne, Long Island State of ResidenceOhio Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Corporal Generating Agency: Der Landrat. Serial Number32354694 Staff Sergeant Sergeant Albert I. Rosenblum U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Nomenclature [ edit] At the start of World War II, the German Army was divided into 17 military districts ( Wehrkreis ), which were each assigned Roman numerals. Gunner Private The Survivors of Camp 59 site as a whole contains much more informationinterviews, photos, and newspaper storieson many of these fellows in individual posts. R.F.D. U.S. Army, Air CorpsArmy Air Forces U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Hurley, Virginia, Domingo S. Aguilar Stalag XIB and Stalag 357, both near Fallingsbostel, were liberated by the 7th Armoure. Serial Number34138090 Clifford H. Houbens name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private Red Cross delegates would have checked that the court-martial complied with the Geneva Convention. 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, Joe C. Mandese, Tony Spicola, and Felice D. Vacca, Bernard Petrulis When it didnt rain or snow, nighttime brought some relief from pain, as the men lay their tired bodies down to sleep in the woods and fields along the winding country roads. Roy Hatfields name and address (above) and the quip Hill Billy Sheep Hearder were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, Infantry Victoria, Australia, James Frederick Osborn Western captives at least had that agreement working in their favor, and the American fliers even received a semblance of respect from a few of the German air force officers who guarded themthough they got no sympathy from Commandant Oberst Kuhn, an army officer. Serial Number36052038 Staff Sergeant 20701884is 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). State of ResidenceNew Jersey Aberdare State of Residenceunlisted Private Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 Southend-on-Sea, Essex Ward Reached Allied lines, Daniel J. McAnally Serial Number17028052 James W. Tasiopulos Corporal William S. KornrumphSerial No. Robert Newton and Martin Majeski were sheltered by Cesare Viozzis family for nearly six months before the men were discovered by Germans and executed on March 9, 1944. Service Number1529644 State of Residenceunlisted Technical 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), Tony Spicola 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 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 Piceno 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), Source: Edwins great grandson John Garner, A. Sergeant Serial Number37038102 Address from Armie Hills address book: NX10180 Eric Ethier is a former staff editor of Civil War Times and American History magazines. Serial Number12023027 State of ResidenceIowa Medical Officer State of Residenceunlisted Hays, Kans. Serial Number12017502 U.S. Army, Infantry T/Sgt. U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry Pleasant Hill, Illinois. L. H. Straight 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), Henry Kane Max A. Hauser Theodore Drazkowski State of ResidenceSouth Carolina Source: T. Strapps name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. Les Worthington 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), Raymond Hines 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 F. Poleri State of Residenceunlisted recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. 20th Ave. State of ResidenceIowa Private 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 RepatriatedStalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12). 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), Moses Moe Melmed U.S. Army, Infantry The Nazis ignored sickness and starvation in the Russians ranks, and men died in droves. Technician, Grade 5 State of ResidenceNew York Warren A. Culver U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Forces Lt Briley was first sent to Stalag 17-B and later moved to Poland. 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). Staff Sergeant Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Spencer A. Edwards Serial Number20705331 U.S. Army %PDF-1.4 % St. Louis, Missouri. State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryArmored 105 MM Howitzer 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 orno camp listed), 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) The prisoners focused most of their creative energies on making their lives more bearable. U.S. Army, Infantry The American veterans shared their misery with more than 25,000 neighbors. State of ResidenceNew York Beyond the imposing barbed wire, the broad Austrian countryside separated any escapee from freedom. 523 N. 3rd St. 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. Portland, Oregon. Serial Number38064103 Captured in Tobruck, Libya, circa December 1941, Printed on the back of a photo of Arnold Chessell: Carl V. Fisk Serial Number13078670 Serial Number33186173 1945 Leicester England to Germany Prisonerof War POW Camp Stalag 17BCover $68. 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 Kenneth C. Robertson U.S. Army, Infantry Private Although the camp that Cyrus Johnson was in is not specified in the database, he likely was held in Camp 59 as well, as he escaped with Edward (official records indicate the two men returned to the Allied forces on the same dayreturned to duty, June 28, 1944). Hartwell R. Harris John Savageaus 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), Wesley Goettel Hubert G. Dewey 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), Verlin E. Cokely 7th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment Serial Number6953355 State of ResidencePennsylvania Private State of Residenceunlisted 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). 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). Sergeant 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), Jack Eichler Source: Clifford Houbens son Wayne Houben, Earl W. Huddleston State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceNew York 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), Murrell C. Harley Russia had not signed the 1929 Geneva Convention agreement, which, on paper, guaranteed humane treatment for prisoners of war. John S. Skulborstad escaped from Camp 59 with Paul Alsin and Willard J. Bergstrom. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceMassachusetts Patrick Cahills address is from an official notification of his capture to his parents. 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 CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Waggner, [or Waggoner] Ill. [Illinois]. 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