23 Dec 1944
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United States
- 25 German prisoners of war escaped from Camp Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. ww2dbase [Camp Papago Park | Phoenix, Arizona | CPC]
24 Dec 1944
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United States
- Guards at the Camp Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, United States realized that 25 prisoners of war had escaped on the previous day. ww2dbase [Camp Papago Park | Phoenix, Arizona | CPC]
28 Jan 1945
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United States
- Captain Jurgen Wattenberg, a German prisoner of war at Camp Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, was captured in Phoenix. ww2dbase [Camp Papago Park | Phoenix, Arizona | CPC]
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