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Okay, bit of a story here. At some point in Alcatraz's history, a number of prisoners escaped and rioted. After a few days, the Marines were sent in to handle them, since the prisoners were well armed with stolen guard weaponry. They'd holed themselves up in a well-reinforced walkway between cellblocks, so the marines had to drop grenades down ventilation shafts leading into the area. The next day, the Marines entered the area to find that all of the rioters were dead. These chips in the floor are from grenade shrapnel that went flying during the explosions. I thought that A) it was a cool picture and B) showed that grenade power is really underestimated in movies.
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I think by that point they had killed several fellow prisoners, guards, and a handful of marines. And remember that at the time Alcatraz was one of America's highest-security penitentiaries, so they probably wouldn't want things there getting out of hand for too long.
But yeah, it sucks. I can only imagine that with the number of grenades dropped none of them lasted too long.
But yeah, it sucks. I can only imagine that with the number of grenades dropped none of them lasted too long.
Actually two prison guards were killed, one by friendly fire, Officer Harold Stites and three of the six instigators were killed. No Marines were killed or wounded. Several guards were wounded by Joe Cretzer, the leader when he shot them locked up in cells#403 and #404 with a .45 pistol. The wounded men played dead, one, Officer Bill Miller would later die of his wounds after rescue.
It was Officer Charles Buckler, a combat vet in the Marines in the Pacific who drilled holes in the roof and lowered via a wire the demolition grenades and pulled a string to release the spoon. A trick he learned battling the Japanese in their caves.
Teargas grenades were used, numerous ones were pitched in during the riot. Three of the Prisoners, Cretzer, Coy and Hubbord were armed with a couple rifles and handguns. They were the ones doing the shooting at the guards outside and the marines. The three were later found dead in the C-Block utility corridor. Prisoners Thompson and Shockley were later executed in the gas chamber in San Quenton on December 3rd 1948, Carnes would be given a life sentence since he showed compassion towards the wounded guards and told Cretzer they were dead, knowing they weren't.
It was Officer Charles Buckler, a combat vet in the Marines in the Pacific who drilled holes in the roof and lowered via a wire the demolition grenades and pulled a string to release the spoon. A trick he learned battling the Japanese in their caves.
Teargas grenades were used, numerous ones were pitched in during the riot. Three of the Prisoners, Cretzer, Coy and Hubbord were armed with a couple rifles and handguns. They were the ones doing the shooting at the guards outside and the marines. The three were later found dead in the C-Block utility corridor. Prisoners Thompson and Shockley were later executed in the gas chamber in San Quenton on December 3rd 1948, Carnes would be given a life sentence since he showed compassion towards the wounded guards and told Cretzer they were dead, knowing they weren't.
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