Great Papago Escape
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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
The entrance to the tunnel was concealed by a large box of coal.
Lieutenant Friedrich Guggenberger in October 1941
Papago Escape Tunnel exit marker
Lt. Woody J. Cochran holding a Japanese flag, New Guinea, 04 01 1943 NARA 519155