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U.S. Marines were once called to fight the "Battle of Alcatraz"...
U.S. Marines were once called to fight the "Battle of Alcatraz"...
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Between 1934 and 1963, the country's most dangerous convicts were sent to an island prison in San Francisco Bay. Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary housed the 20th century's most notorious captured criminals, because it was believed that escape from "The Rock" was impossible.
Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly and gangster Mickey Cohen were a few of the high-profile residents of Alcatraz, but it was considered a prisoner's prison: a place where the most violent prisoners were sent.
Life on Alcatraz was orderly and monotonous, filled with routines as an attempt to teach the prisoners to follow the rules. Unfortunately, some of the prison guards also fell into routines. They eventually let their guard down and allowed the prisoners to take advantage, proving the old military adage, "Complacency Kills."
The result was a two-day gun battle between the federal government and prisoners on the island that forced United States Marines to fight the prisoners.
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https://www.military.com/history/us-...-alcatraz.html
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