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Wartime Stories

The Battle of Alcatraz

Wartime Stories

Wartime Stories

History, Society & Culture

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Alcatraz was designed to be an inescapable prison for America’s most dangerous criminals. But in 1946, a desperate breakout attempt by its prisoners forced battle-hardened U.S. Marines – fresh from the islands of the Pacific – to lay siege to the fortress on their own shores. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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They might even be sent off base to investigate reports of little green men harassing a local

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