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er Dengler's Prison Camp Escape

5.迪特·丹格拉叢林戰俘營越獄事件

Dieter Dengler was a German-American Navy pilot who made a famous escape from a jungle prison camp during the Vietnam War. In early 1966, Dengler's plane was shot down by anti-aircraft fire over Laos, and he was captured and shipped to a prison camp run by the Pathet Lao, a group of North Vietnamese sympathizers. Dengler had earned a reputation for his uncanny ability to escape from mock-POW camps during his military training, and he immediately contributed to a plan the prisoners had to make a getaway. On June 29, 1966, he and six other prisoners managed to escape from their hand and foot restraints and get a hold of the guard's weapons. After gunning down three guards, Dengler escaped into the dense forest. He would eventually spend 23 days in the jungle enduring extreme heat, insects, leeches, parasites, and starvation before being rescued by an American helicopter. Only one of the other prisoners, a Thai contractor, survived the escape. The others were all either killed or disappeared in the jungle. Dengler would go on to become a successful test pilot in his later years, and to this day he is credited as the only American soldier to successfully escape from a prison camp during the Vietnam War.

迪特·丹格拉是一名德裔美國海軍飛行員。他在越南戰爭期間曾經策劃了一場舉世聞名的叢林戰俘營越獄。在1966年早期,丹格拉駕駛的飛機被老撾軍隊的防空火力擊落,他被抓獲並經由小船運到了老撾人民軍監管的一個叢林戰俘營中。但實際上,早在丹格拉的軍事訓練期間,他就以他神奇的逃脫能力聞名。每次訓練中,他都能成功從模擬戰俘營中逃脫。所以在被捕後,他立即開始和獄友制定出一項逃亡計劃。在1966年6月29日,他與其他六個囚犯設法掙脫了手銬和腳鏈,並搶來了一個衛兵的武器。在射殺了三名守衛之後,丹格拉一行逃到了茂密的叢林之中。丹格拉在極端酷熱,到處是昆蟲、水蛭、寄生蟲,食物嚴重短缺的熱帶雨林苦熬了足足二十三天,最後終於等來了美國直升機的營救。除了他以外,只有一名囚犯,一名泰國的承包商,得以在這次逃亡中倖存。其他的人不是被殺死了,就是被雨林所吞噬。丹格拉在後來成爲了一名成功的試飛員。直到今天,他仍被譽爲越南戰爭中唯一一名成功逃離叢林戰俘營的美國士兵。

最不可思議的十次越獄事件(下)

pe From Alcatraz

4.惡魔島監獄越獄事件

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In 1962, Frank Morris and Clarence and John Anglin used months of meticulous planning to make what has become the prototypical prison escape. The trio were being held in the infamous prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco, which was reserved for the most hardened criminals and considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons ever built. The men used a series of tools including a drill assembled from a vacuum cleaner motor to chip away at the aging concrete in their cells and make it to a nearby ventilation shaft. They then made their way down a chimney to the beach, where they quickly assembled a handmade raft and escaped into the San Francisco Bay. Their escape was not realized until the next morning, as the men had fashioned some dummy heads from soap, human hair, and toilet paper to make it look like they were asleep in their beds. The men were never heard from again, and most evidence suggests they drowned in the bay, but no bodies were ever found.

在1962年,弗蘭克·莫里斯、克勞倫斯和約翰·安格林經過幾個月的精心策劃,最終制訂出一份嚴密謹慎的越獄計劃。這三個人被關押在舊金山臭名昭著的惡魔島監獄,那裏關着最爲窮兇極惡的罪犯,是有史以來最難逃脫的監獄之一。他們使用了一系列的工具(其中包括一個由真空吸塵器的馬達製成的鑽頭),從牢房裏老化的混凝土鑿出了一條通向附近一個通風井的隧道。他們順着煙囪爬到海邊,隨後迅速自制了一艘小木筏,乘着木筏駛進了舊金山港。直到第二天早上,人們驚訝地才發現他們已經逃走了。這三個人用肥皂、毛髮和紙巾製作了足以亂真的假頭,從外面看上去就好像他們還在裏面睡覺一樣。從此之後,他們就再沒有任何音信了,大部分證據都顯示他們最終淹死在海灣,但是他們的屍體卻從來沒被找到過。

Maze Prison Escape

3.迷宮監獄越獄事件

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One of the most violent prison escapes of all time, the Maze Prison break took place in 1983, when 35 inmates escaped after taking control of the prison by force. The Maze was reserved for Irish Republican Army paramilitary combatants and terrorists, and was considered to be one of the most inescapable prisons in all of Europe. But after several months of planning, a group of prisoners led by IRA members Gerry Kelly and Bobby Storey seized control of an entire cellblock by using handguns that had been smuggled into the jail. After wounding several of the guards and stealing their uniforms, the prisoners hijacked a car and took over a nearby guard post, but when they couldn't get past the main gate, the men hopped the fence and made a run for it on foot. All told, 35 men escaped from the prison– sixteen of whom were recaptured soon after–and twenty guards were injured.

下面要講的是有史以來最爲暴力的越獄——發生在1983年的迷宮監獄越獄事件。三十五名囚犯在武力佔領監獄之後逃走。迷宮監獄裏主要關押着愛爾蘭共和軍的武警戰士以及恐怖分子,號稱全歐洲最爲森嚴的監獄之一。這夥囚犯由愛爾蘭共和軍成員格里·凱利和鮑比·斯托裏領導,經過幾個月的嚴密策劃之後,他們使用偷運進監獄的手槍控制了整座監獄。在激戰中,囚犯們射傷了幾名衛兵,偷走了他們的制服,隨後劫持了一輛汽車並佔領了附近的一個哨所。但後來他們發現,他們無法開車通過大門,於是大家紛紛跳過柵欄跑着逃走。最終,在越獄的三十五名罪犯中,十六名逃犯很快就被抓了回來。在這次暴力越獄中,共有二十名衛兵負傷。

y Hayes' Escape From Turkish Prison

2.比因·海因斯土耳其越獄事件

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Billy Hayes was an American student who was arrested in 1970 when he tried to smuggle two pounds of hash onto a plane in Turkey. After being caught, he was sentenced to thirty years in the harsh Turkish prison system. Hayes toiled in Sagmilicar Prison for five years, but he was eventually transferred to an island prison in the Sea of Marmara, and it was here that he began to seriously plan his escape. The island had no boats, but a nearby harbor would frequently fill up with small fishing vessels any time there was a strong storm. Hayes spent days hiding in a concrete bin, and when the time was right, he swam to the harbor and stole a small dinghy. From here, he was able to make his way to Greece, and eventually traveled halfway around the world before arriving safely back in the United States. Hayes later wrote a book about his ordeal called Midnight Express, which was adapted into a fictionalized film of the same name.

比因·海因斯是一名美國學生。在1970年,他試圖把兩磅毒品偷偷帶到土耳其的飛機上,由此發現被捕。土耳其的監獄制度之殘酷嚴厲舉世聞名,而他被審判在土耳其監獄服刑三十年。海因斯在薩格米利卡監獄度過了五年暗無天日的生活之後,最終被轉移到馬爾馬拉海上一個小島之上的監獄中。來到這裏後,他開始認真策劃自己的逃亡計劃。島上是沒有船的,但是一旦暴風雨來臨的時候,大量漁船就會停泊在附近的港口。海因斯連着幾天躲避在一個混凝土卸料斗裏,直到暴風雨來臨之後,他才偷偷遊過港口偷了一條小漁船。海因斯從那裏駛向了希臘,最終環繞了半個地球才安全返回美國。後來,海因斯把這次驚險的逃亡之旅寫成了一本書,叫做《午夜快車》,還被改編拍成了一部同名電影。

Great Escape

1.大逃亡

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For sheer planning, risk, and scale, prison escapes don't get much more complex than the 1944 escape of 76 Allied soldiers from Stalag Luft III, a German prison that operated during WWII. The escape was the culmination of over a year of work by some 600 prisoners. The men dug three tunnels (nicknamed "Tom," "Dick," and "Harry") 30 feet beneath the surface of the prison with the plan of tunneling past the main fence and surfacing in the nearby forest. This required a sophisticated construction process that included the use of wood blocks for support, a series of lamps, and even a pump to make sure the soldiers digging had enough air to breathe. After gathering a collection of civilian clothes and passports, on March 24, 1944 the soldiers began to make their escape. Unfortunately, the tunnel had come up short of the forest, and as the men surfaced they were in clear sight of the guards. 76 men still managed to escape, but the 77th was spotted and the tunnel was shut down. The Nazis took a special interest in the escaped prisoners, and all but three were eventually caught. Still, thanks to the popularity of the famous movie based on it, as well as its sheer scale and audacity, "the Great Escape" remains one of the most well-known prison escapes of all time.

要說到計劃之嚴密,過程之驚險,規模之巨大,沒有哪次越獄能比得過1944年發生在德國的史塔拉格·洛夫特第三監獄大越獄了。在那次越獄中,共有76名囚犯成功逃離。史塔拉格監獄是二戰期間的一個德國監獄。這次越獄由大約六百名囚犯策劃了整整一年,囚犯們在監獄之下三十英尺深的地方一共挖了三條隧道(分別取名爲"湯姆""迪克"和"哈利"),隧道一直穿過層層圍欄通向附近的森林深處。這可是一項浩大的工程,需要一位複雜的建造過程,還需要用來支撐的木塊,大量的油燈來照明,甚至還需要氣泵來保證從事挖掘的士兵有充足的氧氣以供呼吸(真搞不清楚他們都是從哪弄來的這些東西)。在1944年3月24日,囚犯們準備了足夠的平民衣物和僞造證件之後開始了越獄。不幸的是,由於森林不夠茂密,隧道顯露了出來,所以當他們在地上行進時,衛兵可以清楚地看到他們。儘管如此,仍有七十六名囚犯成功逃脫。但第七十七個人被發現了,隧道就被堵死了。納粹黨對這些逃跑的人投入極大兵力抓捕,最終除了三個人沒有抓到,剩下的全部被重新抓捕歸案。儘管如此,基於後來與這次逃亡同名電影的傳播,以及其巨大的規模和大無畏的精神,"大逃亡"仍然是有史以來最爲著名的越獄,沒有之一。

翻譯:郭瑞 來源:前十網