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Alcatraz veteran recalls long stretch and career shifts
Army retiree Davis, once a guard at Alcatraz from 1919 to 1933, recalls his 13 years on the rock as the best years of his life. The piece notes Alcatraz’s 1933 switch to a civilian prison and Davis's subsequent postings. It also mentions two WWII era assignments at Camp Gordon and duties at the England frontier with Lee and Grant names.
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Alcatraz Rock
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Davis
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San Lorenzo
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Camp Gordon
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S
Grant
Barbara Whittaker
Maiden Newton