Serial Number33137881 Serial Number39678019 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Address: 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). Hubert G. Dewey Serial Number6952090 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 0000002641 00000 n Serial Number32026850 Serial Number20701801 Technical Sergeant Service Number5342465 Source: Henry Kanes son George Kane, Richard Kane 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), Marvin Varnes Royal Army Service Corps The most noticeable is the work of an, According to the German governments own post-war figures. They represent the first Camp 59 POWs I was aware of in 2008. Thanks to the fine photoshopping skills of Bob Penoyer, by overlaying the map on a Google image, you can see its location today near Krems, Austria, and more specifically, the town of Gneixendorf. trailer See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Duard W. Payne Private U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number32180821 Serial Number33136672 Freeborn as he was being carried to the hospital by civilians. Trooper After a bit of digging, I located the GPS location of the old camp, and on a recent trip to Austria, I set out to find it. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle [Kansas]. State of Residenceunlisted U.S. Army, InfantryRifle The address above is from that list. Camp 59 internmentMarch 1June 3, 1943, A. J. Briggs Source: researcher Robert A. Newton and the U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, Russell B. Merritt See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private First Class John O. EverettSerial No. Sergeant Private First Class Freeborn laying in a field. U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 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 but no camp listed). Corporal James Martelli No address for John Buchanan is recorded in Armie Hills address book. Malverne, Long Island U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentRifle xb```b``g`a``c@ >f(;wH{00\ 4}% I5bG|hj2[l48t%&@|1]` vYy)pEHiF R0 yu" 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. 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 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11). About 20 min from the bombing target at Schweinfurt, Germany on 13th of April 1944 at 13.54 in the afternoon, the B-17 formation came under attack by German FW 190 fighter planes. Stalags were operated in both World War I and World War II and were intended to be used for non-commissioned personnel (enlisted ranks in the US Army and other ranks in British Commonwealth forces). U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment U.S. Army, CavalryCavalry Reconnaissance, Mechanized In Clifford Houbens address list, Jack is also noted as having been interned in Camp 59. Lance-Corporal, NCO This address for Eric Brown is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Eric Brown He was ill at the time of his escape and was sheltered and protected by the Cesari family for six months. Private This village is located six kilometers northwest of Krems, Austria. Sergeant The statistics are mind-boggling. 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). Orville Higgins name and address 9above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. State of Residenceunlisted Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryRifle POW) "enlisted" "main camp".Therefore, technically "stalag" simply means "main camp". Only the nearness of freedom drove many on. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 State of ResidencePennsylvania 14065982 (Stalag 17B, Barrack #17B) (303 rd BG, Squadron 358) Resto, Clement T/Sgt. Prisoners often bartered with one another for supplies. Private Source: Arthur Freestones name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. 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). 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), Cecil A. Rogers R.F.D. These men were liberated on 9 May 1945 by the Russians. U.S. Army, Infantry State of Residenceunlisted Private State of ResidenceNorth Carolina 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 Edmond Petrelli, Joe C. Mandese, Tony Spicola, and Felice D. Vacca, W. E. Cannon John Fouts Crew Interned at Lamsdorf Stalag VIII-B after the Armistice Serial Number11045737 Captain W. Jock Timoney was interned in Camp 59 with gunner Robert Smith. Service Number310798 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number37282896 Serial Number12007149 State of ResidenceArizona I have recorded below names, military ranks and units, and notes concerning capture, internment, escape, and repatriation. Serial Number18061638 John S. Skulborstad escaped from Camp 59 with Paul Alsin and Willard J. Bergstrom. Camp 59 internmentMarch 1942May 1943, R. C. R. Boulton Service Number5732581 Serial Number31068754 England. 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 Wood, 3rd Serial Number36053918 55 Sheaf Gardens 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), Special Air Service (British Special Forces), Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, Sources: Article Britain at War: Initiating a POW breakout in Italy, The Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk), November 13, 2008; http://www.ww2escapelines.co.uk, J. Keith Killby is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Cavaliere Ufficiale of the Italian Republic. 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 Morris Brunt Beyond the imposing barbed wire, the broad Austrian countryside separated any escapee from freedom. 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 New York. Reached Allied lines, Maurice W. Cox East Surrey Regiment, British Army Technician Fifth Grade Staff Sergeant Royal Army Medical Corps, Escaped from Camp 59 with Corporal Howard F. Jones. Serial Number38027034 Finding What's Left of Stalag 17-B: The Notorious WWII POW Camp, To make prisoners miserable, guards would require all the prisoners to line up for roll call three to four times a day. Tatsfield,Westerham Sergeant State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number35455726 Serial Number32207520 State of ResidenceMichigan This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Clifford H. Houbens 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 Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12 (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11). State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force 0000006168 00000 n Dennis J. Sweeney If a man could live on that parcel for a week, one of them wrote, it was only at ten percent over starvation. Contents of the shoebox-size parcels generally included canned tuna, cheese, dehydrated milk, liver paste, and raisins, along with margarine, sugar, several packs of cigarettes, and two D-Bars (condensed chocolate). 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), Source: Raymond Kestners granddaughter Jessica Kestner McMahon, Everette L. Kidd (DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR; 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Oria Powers (National Archives database has no POW listing for Ira Powers) Each barracks became a sort of autonomous unit. Sergeant Major Thornbury U.S. Army, Infantry Classes in Mathematics, Laws Photography, Music, Economics, American History, Shorthand, Auto Mechanics, English, Spanish, German and French were given to the students. Staff Sergeant T/Sgt. State of ResidencePennsylvania Private I was thrown through its rickety door before I could even react. British Royal Airforce, Sources: The Memoirs of J. H. D. Millar, published by Quaderni della Memoria, 2008; Giuseppe Millozzi, Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano. ** Subject to change by Casualty Branches Moffett, Ralph P. Sgt. Pte Roger Lee Hymer 4th Btn. Sergeant Day Serial Number12021433 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), Peter C. Grillo Address from Armie Hills address book: U.S. Army, Infantry Spokesman stated that attitude of the guards is often influenced by bombardments. Serial Number35431800 James Collins Corporal LaSalle Private First Class Harold S. ArnesonSerial No. Bronx U.S. Army, Infantry Les Crotty State of ResidenceMinnesota Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 3, Object number: UPL 54563 - 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), Captured in North Africa on March 18, 1943, Source: Jack Kirkpatricks daughter Colleen Nisewonger; 1944 news article from The Democrat (Johnstown, Pennsylvania), Jack Kirkpatrick U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 9 Tannadice Street Serial Number20706388 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 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force 12th Royal Lancers, British Army Richard Mooneys name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Sergeant Box 132 8540 5-31-44. Serial Number14046442 Corporal Captured December 28, 1941Agedabia, Libya [Massachusetts]. Red Cross POW book of Porter D. Clemens, page 8, Object number: UPL 54566 - 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 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 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). Alkcus Stokes Private First Class Nathan A. McClendon Address from Armie Hills address book: Private State of ResidenceDelaware Serial Number12020306 For me, the memory of this place has lingered for a long time after I returned home. Private First Class Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Keith is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. 0000011782 00000 n State of ResidencePennsylvania 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), Francis L. Dixon U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, service branch unlisted U.S. Army, Field Artillery Corporal Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia Serial Number6954980 Franklin E. Swint State of ResidenceNew York Staff Sergeant U.S. Army 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 Number12017540 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), Charlie W. Smith 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). 59 during the Second World War. Arrived in Camp 59 on March 1, 1943 This address for Denis Crooks is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Denis Crooks 20 Woodside Grove State of ResidenceTexas Serial Number36306882 State of ResidenceIndiana Serial Number37044192 Dr. Adrian Duff, who attended him, donated his own blood but got an infection and was taken to the hospital. This address for Ronald Bones is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Ronald Bones 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 orno camp listed), 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) (LogOut/ Want to find out more about your relative's service? 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). Escape was a topic rarely discussedaloud in camp. Medical Orderly Reached Allied lines, Walter A. Gontarski State of ResidenceOregon 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), Elmer M. Eckman Red Gross parcels were issued to each man in sufficient amounts to last about seven days. Eldridge H. Kimmons Sergeant Sergeant Arnold L. Anderson Starvation was a deliberate policy in the Stalags, particularly with regard to Soviet prisoners of war. 13022149is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Sergeant Winchester, Virginia. Sonny spent the remainder of the war as a POW in Stalag Luft XVII-B. 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 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15), Shot down while on a bombing mission in the Mediterranean, Interned at Camp 59 for three months; made friends with a guard and escaped over the fence with two comrades, Recaptured by Germans and interned at Stalag 17-B until close to the end of the war, Sources: Frederick Solbergs son Andrew Solberg; filmed interview of Frederick Solberg created by Stoneham Theatre in conjunction with their 2009 production of Studs Terkels The Good War: A Musical Collage of WWII, Donald J. Sonnega - SSGT Joe B. Dobbs Serial Number37026306 Serial Number13003189 State of ResidenceMissouri 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), Camp leader at Camp 59 from February 1942 to September 1942, Donald A. Penton Lt Briley observed several of his men being picked up by Red Cross ambulances. LDr_nnno;V:0 ~,=Xe-v5)F`'P->`=]XDIJH$?I?S 0?0$_G]3FPdaC`yz&w[3f*'xHTLY1MIe6A3G0OI Yu3eYj3 The U.S. National Archives POW database include a listing for Moses Melmed, but no camp is specified. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. It felt like it was their primary objective to demean and humiliate all prisoners, but especially incoming prisoners. Over 130,000 Allied soldiers were imprisoned there. Spencer, Okla. [Oklahoma], Albert Edward Ibbetson We learned that he went down on June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany. Bristol 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 Number12020303 Captured on the ground, the American pilots, bombardiers, flight engineers, and assorted gunners and other crewmen were first funneled into a processing center, Dulag Luft, near Frankfurt, Germany, for interrogation. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Royal Canadian Air Force 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 Frederick W. Solberg They considered that they were entitled to a special camp and the privileges of aviators. When the school was first started, attendance registered 1389, but gradually enthusiasm dropped until the average attendance was 980. Serial Number37042259 State of ResidenceTexas Many men lost almost half their body weight, while others lost their minds and were never the same when they returned. Corporal R. W. Buchanan Serial Number6975802 Stalag IIIB Frstenberg/Oder. Manuel C. Brava 5539 Beacon Avenue Dewitt Stansells name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. [England, United Kingdom], Stephen T. Dean 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 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). Fall River U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry Commandant stated that no complaint had yet reached him, but that he would take steps to remove guards unsuited to their work. 33067286is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Service Number T/5569678 Four months elapsed after the opening of the compound before the MOC was granted an interview with the Commandant to register protests, and weeks would pass before written requests were acknowledged. Private Private Private Serial Number6131066 In the artists own description of the work, he points out that few people in Krems are aware of the sordid history that existed in their hometown. Double rows of barbed-wire fencing surrounded low-slung prison barracks and a dirt compound. PG 59 POW 1634 Serial Number33146780 Address from Armie Hills address book: Handy exacted a measure of revenge by facilitating the only successful escape from Stalag 17-B. Service Number2368486 Serial Number20614252 Minneapolis, Minnesota, William D. Anderson 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. Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Spencer A. Edwards A postwar inquiry found that in less than two years of American captivity, there were about 30 recorded cases of guards striking PW [POWs] with bayonets, pistols, and rifle butt. 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 State of Residenceunlisted As the war was winding down, the Russians were advancing from the east and the POWs were forced marched west, across Austria, and ended up at Braunau Am Inn, on the Danube. Serial Number34312025 Died in the Camp 59 infirmary of appendicitis, William T. Miller 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), Alfred T. Yax 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 Repatriatedno camp listed). Serial Number12013944 Service Number7888771 Kurtenbach knew how to get things done, spoke German, and had final say on all prisoner matters, includingand especiallyescape attempts. Corporal Stalag 17B was situated just a few miles northwest of Krems, Austria, and was used from a concentration camp from 1938 until 1940, when the first war prisoners were brought . U.S. National Archives on-line POW database lists only one Charles Perkins who was detained by Germany and returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from Stalag 4D Torgau (Elbe) Sachsen, Prussia 51-13. 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), Francis Cecil Dick George State of ResidenceNebraska 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), James Guillory 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 Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), John F. Kirkpatrick, Jr. State of ResidenceNew York Escaped on 10 September 1943 reaching Allied Lines in Termoli on 14 October 1943, Residence: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, Sources: Former Royal Artillery Museum Archives Woolwich, Para Data Archives Duxford, National Archives Kew, UK, plus the a personal account recorded by The Escape Lines Memorial Society (Courtesy of Nigel Hackett), Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) POW Freemen in Europe, Francis Cecil Dick Georges Account of Camp, J. Keith Killby's Account of the Escape in the UK Telegraph, November 2008, Sid Bowlands Account of Camp 59 and the Escape, The National Archives Access to Archival Databases, Veterans History Project of The Library of Congress. State of ResidenceCalifornia Private First Class Claude J. ColeSerial No. The PWs depended a great deal on card games, checkers, chess and other indoor games, as well as reading material from the well-stocked library. 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 Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 ______ Kuhn was charged with a crime and brought to trial in Camp 59. State of ResidenceTexas Edward W. Kober Serial Number39013867 Tex Reome See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. [Maryland]. Thats a 57% death rate. Help us to tell the stories that deserve to be told, by contributing information to the archive. Private State of ResidenceVirginia Ray Dentler 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). 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