Comments on: Phoenix POW Escape — December 23, 1944 http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/12/phoenix_pow_esc.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: r http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/12/phoenix_pow_esc.html/comment-page-1#comment-3026 r Fri, 30 Dec 2005 17:16:30 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/12/phoenix_pow_esc.html#comment-3026 <p>Yes, I want my subscription price back with interest and penalties. :-)</p> <p>With history as interesting as it really is, I've always marvelled at how schools manage to turn most kids off of it, but that is a topic for another day. Nice post.<br /> </p> Yes, I want my subscription price back with interest and penalties. :-)

With history as interesting as it really is, I’ve always marvelled at how schools manage to turn most kids off of it, but that is a topic for another day. Nice post.

]]> By: Dan http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/12/phoenix_pow_esc.html/comment-page-1#comment-3025 Dan Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:08:55 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/12/phoenix_pow_esc.html#comment-3025 <p>Captain Wattenberg was captured when, after a massive nationwide manhunt, he walked into the lobby of the Adams Hotel in Downtown Phoenix and asked, in a thick German accent, for directions to the train station! That's one of my favorite stories of Phoenix lore to tell to my tour guests.</p> Captain Wattenberg was captured when, after a massive nationwide manhunt, he walked into the lobby of the Adams Hotel in Downtown Phoenix and asked, in a thick German accent, for directions to the train station! That’s one of my favorite stories of Phoenix lore to tell to my tour guests.

]]> By: Mark Horn http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2005/12/phoenix_pow_esc.html/comment-page-1#comment-3024 Mark Horn Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:57:41 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2005/12/phoenix_pow_esc.html#comment-3024 <p>The subject of the movie was based on a real escape that occurred in a German PoW camp. I recently saw an episode of Nova that showed the rediscovery of the actual camp. They dug up the actual tunnels and brought 3 of the survivors from the escape back to talk about it. There's more information about the real escape available at http://www.historyinfilm.com/escape/real1.htm.</p> The subject of the movie was based on a real escape that occurred in a German PoW camp. I recently saw an episode of Nova that showed the rediscovery of the actual camp. They dug up the actual tunnels and brought 3 of the survivors from the escape back to talk about it. There’s more information about the real escape available at http://www.historyinfilm.com/escape/real1.htm.

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