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A fact from Alcatraz Gang appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 September 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the Alcatraz Gang(member pictured) was a group of eleven American POWs singled out for extra harsh treatment by their North Vietnamese captors because of their fierce resistance to captivity?
Thanks to those who worked on this article—featured this day on Wikipedia's homepage. We will remember "freedom is not free". Thanks Again, Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 22:54, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Glad you enjoyed it! Drmies started it, then I worked on it, then others helped. PumpkinSkytalk 23:01, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
