In the quiet, early hours of July 8, 1945, a tragedy unfolded in the small town of Salina, Utah, forever marking it as the site of the largest massacre of German prisoners of war on American soil during World War II. Among the victims was Gottfried Gaag, a 29-year-old German prisoner of war. The war in Europe had been over for two months, and the German soldiers held at the Salina camp were awaiting their eventual repatriation.
On that fateful night, an American guard, Private Clarence V.
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