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I.S.9 History—Operations in Italy, Part 4
This post is eleventh in a series drawn from a History of I.S.9 (CMF) in the British National Archives. The chief task of I.S.9 was the support and rescue of escaped POWs and evaders (E&Es)...
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I.S.9 History—Operations in Italy, Part 5
This post is eleventh in a series drawn from a History of I.S.9 (CMF) in the British National Archives. Access to this report is courtesy of researcher Brian Sims. For earlier postings on I.S.9...
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I.S.9 History—Operations in Italy, Part 6
This post is twelfth in a series drawn from a History of I.S.9 (CMF) in the British National Archives. Access to this report is courtesy of researcher Brian Sims. For earlier postings on I.S.9 history,...
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I.S.9 History—A Final Installment
This is a final post in a series drawn from a History of I.S.9 (CMF) in the British National Archives. I am indebted to researcher Brian Sims for access to the report. For earlier postings on I.S.9...
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William Percy Hill—Escaped from Camp 65
William Percy “Bob” Hill. Bob’s daughter-in-law Gillian feels this photo might have been taken while Bob was a prisoner. Information for this post is from Gillian Hill, who lives in Beldon, Western...
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The Brandenburgers—War Crimes Investigations
An interesting report from the British National Archives documents investigations carried out in January 1948 by Captain C. Hillman and a second investigator referred to only as Mr. Suesserott. The...
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Upcoming Italian Freedom Trail Walk
A wreath-laying ceremony in Monte San Martino, Italy, during the Freedom Trail Walk in September 2013. A Tenna Valley Freedom Trail Walk sponsored by WW2 Escape Lines Memorial Society and Monte San...
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Raimondo Illuminati on Sidney Seymour Smith
Raimondo Illuminati at the site of the Sidney Seymour Smith memorial plaque. Tenna Valley Freedom Trail Walk activities last month included the installation, on May 10, of a plaque in memory of...
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George Payne, U.S. Army Medic
Private First Class George A. Payne I received an e-mail on May 27 from Julie Payne Williams. Julie wrote she began an archive of the WW II experiences of her father, George Payne, in spring 2003. He...
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I.S.9 Italian Agents, Part 1
This is the first of what will be a series of posts concerning Italians who served as agents for I.S.9 (Intelligence School 9 of the Central Mediterranean Force). The chief task of I.S.9 was support...
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Patrick F. Shea—a Tribute
Patrick F. Shea, Jr. (left) with a fellow sergeant. I heard from David Shea, Staff Sergeant Patrick F. Shea, Jr.’s youngest brother, last month. Pat died at the age of 19 when the B-24 bomber he...
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Liberated Comrades-in-Arms
Peter Grillo’s son Roy believes this photograph of 26 cheerful servicemen was taken shortly after their liberation from German captors on March 25, 1945. Click on the photo to enlarge it. Roy writes,...
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I.S.9 Italian Agents, Part 2
This is the second part in a series of posts concerning Italians who served as agents for I.S.9 (Intelligence School 9 of the Central Mediterranean Force). I.S.9′s chief mission was support and rescue...
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I.S.9 Italian Agents, Part 3
This is the third part in a series of posts concerning Italians who served as agents for I.S.9 (Intelligence School 9 of the Central Mediterranean Force). I.S.9′s chief mission was support and rescue...
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I.S.9 Italian Agents, Part 4
This is the fourth part in a series of posts concerning Italians who served as agents for I.S.9 (Intelligence School 9 of the Central Mediterranean Force). I.S.9′s chief mission was support and rescue...
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Memorial to Rome Escape Line’s Sam Derry
Recently my friend Brian Sims sent me an article that was published last year in the Newark Advertiser, which serves the UK’s Newark-on-Trent area. The article describes a local interest in the...
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A Warning to German Officers and Men
The following letter from General H. R. Alexander to commanders and men of the German army is from the British National Archives. Unfortunately, it is undated. However, as the last of the atrocities...
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An Execution at Comunanza
Exhibit G.4 in a report of the British military’s Special Investigation Branch inquiry into the execution of six servicemen at Comunanza, Italy, is captioned, “Photograph at Comunanza showing alleged...
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Swingler and Antognozzi Families United
This news article from the London area Ham&High newspaper is provided by Anne Copley. It’s the touching story of a contact made between the family of POW Sydney Swingler, known to the Italians as...
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I.S.9 Italian Agents, Part 5
This is the fifth part in a series of posts concerning Italians who served as agents for I.S.9 (Intelligence School 9 of the Central Mediterranean Force). I.S.9′s chief mission was support and rescue...
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