Unsuccessful escape attempt from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in 1946
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Battle of Alcatraz
Alcatraz cellhouse shelled by mortars, May 3, 1946
Date
May 2–4, 1946
Location
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, San Francisco, California, United States
The Battle of Alcatraz, which lasted from May 2 to 4, 1946, was the result of an escape attempt at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary by armed convicts. Two Federal Bureau of Prisons officers—William A. Miller and Harold Stites—were killed (Miller by inmate Joseph Cretzer who attempted escape and Stites by friendly fire). Three inmates were also killed during the incident.[1] Fourteen other officers and one uninvolved convict were also injured. Two of the perpetrators were executed in 1948 for their roles.[2]
^DeNevi, Don (1974). Alcatraz '46;: The anatomy of a classic prison tragedy. San Rafael, California: Leswing Press. p. 164. ISBN 0883392968.
^"A Brief History of Alcatraz". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
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