during WWII, happened in Salina Utah on July 8, 1945.
Army Private Clarence V. Bertucci, climbed a watch tower that overlooked the POW camp in Salina. Once there, he loaded a 250 round belt of .30 caliber ammunition into a 1919 Browning machine gun and proceeded to fire into the tents housing the sleeping prisoners. The attack ended in under a minute, killing eight and mortally wounding a ninth. Also wounding twenty other German POW's
The victims were buried with full military honors at the Fort Douglas Cemetery.