6 Apr 1900
United States
United States
- Milton Robbins was born in Jerome, Arizona, United States. ww2dbase [Milton Miles | Jerome, Arizona | CPC]
13 Dec 1913
United States
United States
- William Osborne was born in Prescott, Arizona, United States. ww2dbase [William Osborne | Prescott, Arizona | CPC]
12 Jan 1923
United States
United States
- Ira Hayes was born on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Sacaton, Arizona, United States. ww2dbase [Ira Hayes | Sacaton, Arizona | CPC]
23 Dec 1944
United States
United States
- 25 German prisoners of war escaped from Camp Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. ww2dbase [Camp Papago Park | Phoenix, Arizona | CPC]
24 Dec 1944
United States
United States
- Guards at the Camp Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, United States realized that 25 prisoners of war had escaped on the previous day. ww2dbase [Camp Papago Park | Phoenix, Arizona | CPC]
1 Jan 1945
United States
United States
- A group of German prisoners of war, having escaped from Camp Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, were captured 30 miles north of the US-Mexico border. ww2dbase [Camp Papago Park | Arizona | CPC]
28 Jan 1945
United States
United States
- Captain Jurgen Wattenberg, a German prisoner of war at Camp Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, was captured in Phoenix. ww2dbase [Camp Papago Park | Phoenix, Arizona | CPC]
31 Jan 1945
United States
United States
- [appx date] Fragments of a paper balloon envelope from a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb were found near Nogales, Arizona, United States near the Mexican border. ww2dbase [Nogales, Arizona | DS]
- [appx date] Fragments of a paper balloon envelope from a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb were found near Nogales, Arizona, United States near the Mexican border. ww2dbase [Fu-Go | Nogales, Arizona | DS]
24 Jan 1955
United States
United States
- Ira Hayes passed away in Bapchule, Arizona, United States. ww2dbase [Ira Hayes | Bapchule, Arizona | CPC]
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