Treason in the Rockies: Nazi Sympathizer Dale Maple's POW Escape Plot

A look at one U.S. Army private's attempt to free Nazi soldiers from a Colorado prisoner of war camp during World War II.

Harvard honor alumnus Dale Maple had a promising future, but his obsession with Nazi Germany led to his downfall. Classmates often accused him of pro-Nazi sentiments, and one campus organization even expelled him. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, only to be relegated to a unit of soldiers suspected of harboring German sympathies. He helped two German PO...