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. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 Yahoo is my non-personal mail. For personal mail only use <pdhinkle@radiotower.net> --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates.