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Frank Landi — Sergeant and Military Police guard at the Loire DTC, he was likely born on November 3, 1904 in Pennsylvania. Landi had attended grammar school and had worked in a machine shop prior to enlisting in Los Angeles on April 17, 1942. One prisoner recalled that Landi stood about 5’5″ tall and in addition to his very bowed legs had what appeared to be a broken nose, indicative that he may have been a boxer. He was discharged at Indian Gap Military Reservation in Pennsylvania on November 6, 1945 and returned to Los Angeles. It appears that Frank Landi died in Sacramento, California on May 1, 1981.

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Herbert Kleinbeck — Technician Fifth Grade. Born on August 9, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, he was single, had one year at the University of Illinois and was trained as an apprentice tool and die maker. Kleinbeck, who listed his residence as Elmhurst, Illinois, was inducted into the Army in Chicago on August 14, 1942. He stood 5’10” tall and weighed 164 pounds. He attended military police school and was trained as a clerk, light truck driver and motor dispatcher and arrived in Europe on June 2, 1943. He was discharged from the Army at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on December 24, 1945. He was awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. Herbert Kleinbeck died on February 21, 2000 in East La Mirada, California.

Arthur S. Imell — Major and Commander of the 2615^th MP DTC in North Africa. Born on July 31, 1889, he served in World War I and retired as a lieutenant colonel; he was in the Infantry. He died on February 9, 1956; Arthur Imell is buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Section AI, Site 268 at San Antonio, Texas.

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Alfonso Girvalo — Sergeant and Military Police guard at the Loire Disciplinary Training Center. Nicknamed “Big Al” at the disciplinary training center, he was born in 1918 in Ossining, New York; he attended high school for four years prior to his induction into the Army on April 16, 1942 at Fort Jay at Governors Island, New York. Girvalo stood about 6’1″ tall and weighed 200 pounds. After the war, he returned to the Ossining. Alfonso Girvalo died there in 1986.

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T. W. Gillard — Lieutenant Colonel and Commandant of DTC Number 1 at Shepton Mallet Prison, World War II.

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Philip J. Flynn — Major and Commanding Officer of the United Kingdom Base Guardhouse, World War II.

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James C. Cullens, Jr. — Lieutenant Colonel and Commandant of DTC Number 1/2912^th DTC at Shepton Mallet Prison; Cullens assumed command of the facility on June 14, 1943 as a major. He commanded the unit until October 1, 1944, when he transferred to the 751^st MP Battalion. James C. Cullens was born in Louisiana on November 9, 1895. He graduated from West Point in 1918 and was commissioned in the Infantry, but resigned his commission the following year. He was recalled to service in 1942 and served until 1947. James C. Cullens died at Ille-et-Vilaine, Dinard, France on December 11, 1961.

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Mortimer A. Christian — Major and Commandant, Seine DTC. Born on September 28, 1896, Christian graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and served in the 17^th Cavalry in World War I, later entering the Military Police. Mortimer Christian died on November 1, 1955. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Section 1, Site 931-B.

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Kenneth L. Breitenstein — Sergeant and Military Police guard in the 2913^th DTC. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania on August 19, 1922, he finished three years of high school before becoming a metalworker. Breitenstein was inducted at Allentown, Pennsylvania on January 2, 1943. He stood 6’1″ tall and weighed 175 pounds. In 1945, he applied for officer candidate school. After the war, Breitenstein served in the Reserves until 1953. Kenneth L. Breitenstein died on May 10, 2009 at Coudersport, Pennsylvania.

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Russell E. Boyle — Sergeant and Military Police guard at the Loire DTC. He enlisted in Chicago; the Army discharged Boyle at Camp Grant, Illinois on November 21, 1945.

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