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Now, those were the days!

May 2, 1946: prisoners at Alcatraz Prison riot, where a group aiming to escape gets out of their cells and into and armory for guns and ammo. They herded captured guards into a cell and then one of the prisoners shot into the cell, killing two and injuring others.

Authorities sent for the Marines who, with their traditional subtlety, attacked with 60 mm mortar, bazookas, machine guns and frag grenades.