Tag Archives: SIMCOL
The Office of Strategic Services and the SIMCOL Operation in Italy October 1943
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Senior Archivist at the National Archives at College Park. At the time of the Italian Armistice on September 8, 1943, there were almost 80,000 Allied prisoners of war in Italian prisoner of … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, History, Military Records, World War II
Tagged Allied Forces, Greg Bradsher, Office of Strategic Services, OSS, Peter Sauro, POWs, prisoners of war, RG 226, RG 331, RG 389, SIMCOL
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Stories of American Escapees from Prisoner of War Camp 59, Servigliano, Italy – Part I
Today’s post is written by Dr. Greg Bradsher, Senior Archivist at the National Archives at College Park. At the time of the Italian Armistice on September 8, 1943, there were almost 80,000 Allied prisoners of war in Italian camps. Among … Continue reading
Posted in Archives II, History, Military Records, World War II
Tagged Bronze Star Medal, Camp 59, Greg Bradsher, PFC Harold Arneson, POWs, Prisoner of War Camp 59, Private Anthony Proto, Private Daniel McNally, Private Edward Greenberg, Private Hilbert Balk, Private Lawrence Ruzzo, RG 165, RG 331, Sargeant Karl Huddleston, Sargeant Theodore Drazkowski, Servigliano, SIMCOL
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