238236 Tech5. Daniel William Procchi US Army My Uncle (late) Daniel William Procchi was a Tech 5th grade, United States Army. He was a prisoner of war 3 times (captured twice by the Germans and escaped both times, once by the Russians and was liberated from them). In his box of belongings he had I.D. tags that bore the stamp: ST-XIIA and what looks like a serial number. I'm not sure how he was captured, he did tell me a few stories of how he escaped, and one of how he was captured.
He passed away a couple of years ago, and I came into possession of his medals, and other artifacts relating to his involvement in WWII. I'm trying to collect as much information as possible to build a suitable memorial or (well, I'm not exactly sure how to explain it. But I want to make sure that my nieces (who are only 2 and 4 respectively) can learn and know more of the family history, and the rolls played by those who were veterans of that war (there were two in our family). The thing that struck me as odd were the two 'dog-tags' that appeared to be stamped out by hand, and bore the designation of the Stalag 12a. While I like to think of myself as fairly well educated on that time period, I'd never seen anything like them in photos, documentaries or other sources. My uncle never talked about them, and until his death and the box of his possessions coming into my possession, I'd never known of them.
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