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Sep 1
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The Battle of Alcatraz

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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 h ... Show More
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