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    Name: James W Sweaney
    Race: White
    Residence Place: California, USA
    Report Date: 1 1943
    Latest Report Date: 14 Jun 1945
    Grade: Second Lieutenant or Nurse or Dietitian or Physical therapy aide
    Grade Notes: Second Lieutenant or Ensign
    Arm or Service: Air Corps
    Arm or Service Code: Air Corps
    Organization Type: K95
    Parent Unit Type: Group/Regiment/Commands/System
    Area Served: European Theatre: Germany
    Detaining Country: Germany
    Camp: Stalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12
    Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
    Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.

    Source Citation

    The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General, 1920 - 1975; Record Group Number: 389

    Source Information

    Ancestry.com. World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005.

    Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. World War II Prisoners of War Data File [Archival Database]; Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 1942-1947; Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General, Record Group 389; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

    Description

    This database contains information on approximately 140,000 U.S. officers and soldiers, as well as U.S. and some Allied civilians who were prisoners of war (POWs) during World War II (specifically 7 Dec 1941-19 Nov 1946). Information in this database was originally taken from records and reports created by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Learn more...