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- Papago Park was designated a reservation for the local Maricopa and Pima tribes of Native Americans in 1879. It became the Papago–Saguaro National Monument in 1914, but this status was recalled by Congress, April 7, 1930, because the area was not considered suitable for a national monument.
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Dec 17, 2015 · On Dec. 23, 1944, under cover of darkness, 25 prisoners squeezed through a slender tunnel beneath the barbed wire of Camp Papago Park and scattered across the desert. It was the largest escape by...
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May 27, 2019 · Katie O'Connell. The Republic | azcentral.com. 0:05. 1:17. It took months of planning, but on the night of December 23, 1944, 25 German prisoners of war escaped from Camp Papago Park in...
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Camp Papago Park was a prisoner of war (POW) facility located in Papago Park in the eastern part of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It consisted of five compounds, four for enlisted men and one for officers.
Nov 5, 2007 · Here at Papago Park in Arizona, a difficult lot of more than three thousand officers and sailors from the German navy and merchant marine finally appeared to be adjusting to camp life. This seemed especially true over in Compound 1A, which housed the troublesome Nazi U-boat commanders and their crews.
The Great Papago Escape was the largest Axis prisoner-of-war escape to occur from an American facility during World War II. On the night of December 23, 1944, twenty-five Germans tunneled out of Camp Papago Park, near Phoenix, Arizona, and fled into the surrounding desert.
Papago Park Internment Camp, one of 500 POW camps scattered across the United States, covered 3,000 acres, holding over 2,000 German, a few Italian, and even some Japanese prisoners of war. The 400 guards were a mix of Army personnel and civilians. The camp, a former U.S. Army training site, was then several miles outside the Phoenix city limits.
Apr 26, 2020 · With a massive escape and several deaths, Camp Papago Park left quite a dark stain on history. Thousands of visitors flock to Papago Park annually; many are unaware of its dark history. Flickr/Jack Ketcham. During WWII, the popular outdoor recreation area served as a German prisoner-of-war camp.
