Don't think so, if it was in the US, the eagle always had a Olive branch - that does go to the main page for the cemeteries, I think it has a list of states, click on Alabama, then if it lists counties, go to Calhoun, but I think the people who did the cemetery listings are the ones who have the photo of the eagle and that e-mail (not sure how old it is) is where you can get her to send you a copy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hinkle" <pdhinkle@yahoo.com> To: <WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [WORLD WAR II] German/Italian POW's | D: Unforunately the url did not take me to a photo, It was a home page for cemeteries. Can you resend the photo ? NOTE: During WW2 German POW s were allowed to wear the swastika, this may have been the eagle with one in its claws Paul HInkle | | GERMAN ITALIAN MEMORIAL CEMETERY | FORT MCCLELLAN, ANNISTON, CALHOUN COUNTY, ALABAMA | | The information from the stones was written down in August 1998. This | cemetery has been unused since the end of World War 11. The cemetery is in | good condition since it is on what is currently Fort McClellan, but since | the fort is closing and the land is being returned to the City of Anniston, | we cannot predict what will happen at the completion of the base closure. | All the stones in the cemetery are typical military stones (white and in | straight lines). It is a pretty but small cemetery. At the entrance to the | cemetery, there is a stone marker that has a symbol of an eagle with | something in it's talons. The symbol was not familiar to either of us. We | have a dark picture of the symbol if anyone wants/needs to see it. | Written by: Aaron and Johanna Bock Abock74@aol.com | web site: | http://www.internment.net/data/us/nat/al/calhoun/german_italian.htm | | GERMANS | Adler, Alfred, died ll Nov 1944, CPL | Barthelmess, Albert Hienrich, died 04 Dec 1944, Sgt Air Force | Beck, Marcel, died 14 Nov 1943, Corporal | Bornmann, Paul, died 26 July 1944, Gefreiter | Christoph, Alfred, died 28 Sept 1944, Obergefreiter | Clemens, Fritz, died 07 Feb 1944, Gefreiter | Elflein, Werner, died 18 July 1944, Gefreiter (Iron Cross) | Fischer, Willy, died 31 Jan 1945, First Lieutenant | Frank, Karl, died 21 Aug 1945, Cpl | Gnau, Peter, died ll Nov 1944, Cpl | Hoever, Gunter, died 25 Aug 1943, L. Cpl. | Jaeckel, Otto, died 16 Sept 1945, Soldat | Jaeckel, Richard, died 03 Nov 1945, Obergefreiter | Knopf, Kurt, died 01 May 1945, Sgt. | Kohl, Josef, died 25 Jan 1944, Gefreiter (Iron Cross) | Krause, Karl, died 08 Jan 1945, Hilfszoll Assistent | Lienert, Walter, died 30 April 1944, CPL | Nachtigall, Erich, died 20 Feb 1946, CPL | Ott, Waldemar, died 20 July 1944, Ober-gefreiter | Rauschenberg, Friedrich, died 18 Aug 1943, PVT | Reinke, Heinz, died 13 Sept 1944, PVT. 1 CL | Schneider, Rolf, died 06 Aug 1943, Sgt. | Schorr, Hienrich, died 28 May 1945, PVT | Schuberth, Hans, died 04 Apr 1945, Brig . General | Ulrich, Otto F., died 12 Sept 1943, L. Corp. | Waechter, Willi, died 29 July 1943, Obergefreiter (Iron Cross) | | ITALIAN | Iacoboni, Giuseppe, died 04 Mar 1944, Captain | Spera, Resorie, died 24 Aug 1943, PVT | Vernacchio, Vincenzo, died 17 Feb 1944, PVT | --------------------------------------------------- | | | NOTE: I don't know when Fort McClellan closed, but it has been a military | storage facility and is now something else. | The thing the eagle is holding is a Olive leaf | | | ==== WORLDWAR2 Mailing List ==== | To post queries/answers to the list, send an email to: WORLDWAR2-L@rootsweb.com We are an international list. Please remember to tell us what country your ancestor was from and what country you are in now if different. This helps us help you. If you give dates please help us understand the date you are referring to. For example: 4 Nov 1944 or Nov 4, 1944. | | ============================== | New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. 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