Sources

Wily Germans Elude Chase. Phoenix Gazette, Dec. 28, 1944

Arizona Walls: If Only They Could Speak, Judy Martin. Double B Publication, 1977

The Faustball Tunnel: German POWs in America and Their Great Escape, John Hammond Moore. Random House, 1978

The Crazy Boatmen of Arizona, Marshall Trimble. Crossroads, Vol. VII, No. 5. May 2000

“Flight from Phoenix,” Robert L. Pela, New Times, March 8-14, 2001

Tour of Papago Park POW Camp Site. (Brochure) March 31, 2001

“Christmas Memories of POW Escape,” Thomas Ropp. Arizona Republic, December 25, 2003

Papago Scout, newsletter of the Papago Trackers. No. 25. March, 2004

“Vet Traces POW Camp’s Lore,” John Leptich. Scottsdale Tribune, June 23, 2004

“One German POW’s Story,” Leigh Smith. Borderlands, El Paso Community College. September 24, 2004

“POWs in Papago Park,” Tammy Leroy. Phoenix Magazine, December 2004

Also of great use were the memoirs of R. James LeGros, of Prescott, Arizona, a former guard at Camp Papago.