Template:Did you know nominations/Alcatraz Gang

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 14:08, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Alcatraz Gang

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• ... 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?

• Reviewed: Qormusata Tngri and Sülde Tngri

Created/expanded by Drmies (talk), PumpkinSky (talk). Nominated by PumpkinSky (talk) at 21:50, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

• Article length, creation date, hook length, hook source, policy conformance all check out. Ideally there should be a link to Vietnam War in the hook text, but I can't quite figure out where it should go. Should be evident enough by context, though. Wasted Time R (talk) 00:12, 27 August 2012 (UTC)

REQUEST this be run on Sep 9, 2012, the 47th anniversary of Stockdale being shot down; something day or evening USA time please. PumpkinSky talk 00:56, 27 August 2012 (UTC)