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<v Speaker 1>From the journal of Private George Gall one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>twelfth Regiment, US Army. These documents were stolen from a

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<v Speaker 1>secure vault in Fort Leavenworth Prison, Kansas City, Kansas, in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen seventy four. It is November twelfth, twenty nineteen. At

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<v Speaker 1>the time of this posting, George Gall would be almost

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred years old. Now, the US Army has no

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<v Speaker 1>record of George Gall serving in the years in question.

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<v Speaker 1>We believe he is still being held in Fort Leavenworth Prison.

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<v Speaker 1>Stamped on the stolen file is Prisoner nine one two

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<v Speaker 1>two five five seven Top Secret. Filed twenty sixth June

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen fifty. Note to reader, I have transposed the Journal

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<v Speaker 1>entries manuscript to a digital word file. The original manuscript

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<v Speaker 1>is locked away. Journal Entry twenty four September nineteen forty nine.

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<v Speaker 1>We left Kansas in a plane two hours ago. It's

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<v Speaker 1>good to be out eleven Worth and breathing free air.

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<v Speaker 1>This plane is uncomfortable and cold. We're en route to Europe.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard one of the officers say Poland we are

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<v Speaker 1>a sorry looking lot of criminals. Everyone on this plane

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<v Speaker 1>has been sentenced to death, but the sentences have been

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<v Speaker 1>commuted if we agree to this mission. We don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what the mission is. I suppose we'll find out soon enough.

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<v Speaker 1>It's better than being hung or shot. Though I was

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<v Speaker 1>a demolition specialist before I killed that officer. I guess

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<v Speaker 1>they need someone to blow something up. Journal entry to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty nine September nineteen forty nine. We arrived yesterday at dark.

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<v Speaker 1>The town we flew into was big. I heard the

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<v Speaker 1>word strosen. There was a lot of traffic as we

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<v Speaker 1>left the city into the countryside in a deuce and

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<v Speaker 1>a half. We've been told not to ask questions and

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<v Speaker 1>not to associate with locals. The truck ride beat us

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<v Speaker 1>to death. Some roads are still not repaired from the war.

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<v Speaker 1>It took four hours to get here. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>where we are. The place was abandoned by the Poles

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<v Speaker 1>years ago, maybe a plague. The Germans built concrete structures

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<v Speaker 1>underground in nineteen forty two. This place isn't even on

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<v Speaker 1>our maps. But here we are. The old German facility

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<v Speaker 1>in the little town are abandoned. We are the first

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<v Speaker 1>to arrive. We have Captain Decker, he's in charge of security,

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<v Speaker 1>Smith who's in charge of something, and Major Flynn he's

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<v Speaker 1>in charge of everything, whatever that might be. For the

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<v Speaker 1>time being, I have only spoken to Captain Decker. He

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't tell me why we're here or what the mission is.

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<v Speaker 1>Fifteen men here. No one answers my questions. Journal entry,

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<v Speaker 1>three October nineteen forty nine. More men arrived the last

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<v Speaker 1>couple of days. We're close to eighty in total, criminal

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<v Speaker 1>soldiers and scientists. I don't know what's going on, but

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<v Speaker 1>apparently we're waiting for more men and supplies, and then

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<v Speaker 1>we go to work. Something feels off. Journal entry, nine

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<v Speaker 1>October nineteen forty nine. Today Major Flynn gave us a

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<v Speaker 1>heads up, not much detail. Seems like we're after something

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<v Speaker 1>the Germans left behind. We don't know what or where.

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<v Speaker 1>It's important to them, though so important. They burned the

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<v Speaker 1>whole city when we arrived. It's smoldering. Days later the

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<v Speaker 1>town had been abandoned, not much of a loss. I've

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<v Speaker 1>been speaking with some of the new guys, and most

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<v Speaker 1>of them are all sentenced to death. Everyone was sentenced

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<v Speaker 1>for different crimes, but we were all about to go

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<v Speaker 1>to the wall and be shot when we were offered

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<v Speaker 1>this mission. I was assigned to a squad earlier today

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<v Speaker 1>where a bunch of misfits and deviants. Every man here

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<v Speaker 1>is a criminal. Most are murderers. I've met a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of arsonists. The firebugs give me the creeps. Dutch was

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<v Speaker 1>named squad leader the High Nco among us. He knew

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<v Speaker 1>the job well enough, so no one said a word

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<v Speaker 1>killers being led by a killer. This should go real well.

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<v Speaker 1>Journal Entry, eleventh October nineteen forty nine. We finally went

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<v Speaker 1>on patrol to the abandoned German structure. It felt like

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<v Speaker 1>it was back in the war. The woods around the

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<v Speaker 1>place looked exactly like Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.

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<v Speaker 1>The only difference is the weather. It was freezing back there.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not too bad here. We're armed for combat on

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<v Speaker 1>this little secret mission. Lots of boom booms and bang bangs.

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<v Speaker 1>We loaded up on as many rounds and grenades as

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<v Speaker 1>we could carry. Old habits die hard, especially when you've

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<v Speaker 1>been in a fight. I don't know what we're looking

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<v Speaker 1>for here. As we were leaving camp, I turned around

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<v Speaker 1>and gave it a good look. The barracks at the back,

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<v Speaker 1>the mess hall next to them, the officers quarters, and

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<v Speaker 1>all the shit we brought with us. The place had

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<v Speaker 1>grown in the two weeks since we are trenches surround

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<v Speaker 1>the town and the concrete structures. Me and Jenkins dropped

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<v Speaker 1>inside to check, but we found nothing interesting. The tunnels

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<v Speaker 1>were blown out and blocked, so we left. We did

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<v Speaker 1>a sweep of the town. Everything was burned. I walked

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<v Speaker 1>inside one of the houses that used to be and

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<v Speaker 1>I kicked a skeleton. Only thing was left was bones

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<v Speaker 1>and a rusty lugar next to a skull. What happened here?

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<v Speaker 1>Journal entry, twenty three October nineteen forty nine. Our squad

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<v Speaker 1>is overseen patrolling around the town for days. We wake up,

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<v Speaker 1>we have some chow, and then patrol the same trails

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<v Speaker 1>we were on yesterday. In the days before, we come

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<v Speaker 1>back at dusk and we get some chow and repeat

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<v Speaker 1>the process. We're not the only ones doing it, though.

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<v Speaker 1>I spoke with some men from another squad watching the

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<v Speaker 1>west flank. One of them told me that we're searching

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<v Speaker 1>for something the Nazis were trying to use for the war,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a weapon. I didn't care. If I hadn't come along,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd be a dead man by now. I finally heard

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<v Speaker 1>Dutches's story today. He was the only survivor of a

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<v Speaker 1>plane crash on D Day. The Germans were looking for survivors,

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<v Speaker 1>so he hid under rubble and the bodies of his

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<v Speaker 1>buddies for three days. Our boys showed up and he

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<v Speaker 1>came out. I understand why it affected him mentally. Anyone

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<v Speaker 1>else would have killed themselves, but he survived it. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think I could have done it. Last night I

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<v Speaker 1>overheard some doctors talking about something called Project Morphous. They

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<v Speaker 1>said that we're close to finding something we aren't supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to ask questions. But his days pass. I'm beginning to

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<v Speaker 1>wonder what exactly are we're looking for. Journal entry, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three November nineteen forty nine. I haven't been on patrol

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<v Speaker 1>in weeks. My squad has become manual labor. We've been

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<v Speaker 1>digging day in and day out. We eat, sleep, and dig.

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<v Speaker 1>Two weeks ago Major Woodward gave the order to start digging.

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<v Speaker 1>We haven't stopped since. I wish they would call in

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<v Speaker 1>some heavy equipment. This would go a lot faster, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's the Army where it is. We're searching for the

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<v Speaker 1>right bunker. We found several structures, but when we get

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<v Speaker 1>close to clearing the dirt away, the structure collapses we

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<v Speaker 1>moved to a new site. They've ordered some of the

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<v Speaker 1>manual labor into town to begin excavating there. Maybe we'll

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<v Speaker 1>find what we're looking for. This is killing me. Journal

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<v Speaker 1>entry one, December nineteen forty nine. We found round it.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess it's the one the scientists have been looking for.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard a team in white lab coats went in.

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<v Speaker 1>They spent two days hauling stuff out. We weren't allowed

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<v Speaker 1>to observe earlier Today me and other demolition guys went

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<v Speaker 1>down the hole and placed explosives in the bunker. It

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<v Speaker 1>was close to a yard of concrete in the walls

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<v Speaker 1>and ceiling. Nothing well placed charges couldn't handle. The whole

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<v Speaker 1>valley roared with the explosion, and I must say that

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<v Speaker 1>after digging like crazy, blowing something up was great. Journal entry,

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<v Speaker 1>eighteen December nineteen forty nine. The whole town is slowly

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<v Speaker 1>becoming an experiment. We haven't seen any of the scientists

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<v Speaker 1>in weeks. They're all down in another bunker inside the town.

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<v Speaker 1>We've seen trucks loaded with machinery and mysterious boxes come

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<v Speaker 1>in and out. The genius has figured out that heavy

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<v Speaker 1>equipment will make this all go faster. We're a mile

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<v Speaker 1>away from the town. But when you lay on your

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<v Speaker 1>head on your bed, you can hear the machines. Digging

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<v Speaker 1>Journal entry twenty four December nineteen forty nine. It's Christmas

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<v Speaker 1>and snow's been falling. It's gotten deep outside. Now it's

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<v Speaker 1>like the bulls. We're not allowed to send or received letters.

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<v Speaker 1>So the major decided to throw a party for everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Journal entry too January nineteen fifty Last night, an earthquake

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<v Speaker 1>caught us sleeping. We jumped out of our bunks and

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<v Speaker 1>looked outside. Lights were coming from the town. A beam

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<v Speaker 1>made of colors like a rainbow, was swirling in the sky.

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<v Speaker 1>The light grew bright and blinded us. Then it was gone.

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't see much for the rest of the night,

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<v Speaker 1>but my eyes are improving. We asked some of the

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<v Speaker 1>officers about those lights, and the answer we got was

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<v Speaker 1>what lights. Most of us were deemed paranoid or with

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<v Speaker 1>some mental disorder. We were all given meds each day.

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<v Speaker 1>None of us took them. I would find little pills

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<v Speaker 1>scattered all over made me laugh, but the officers never

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<v Speaker 1>said anything about it. What were those lights, Journal entry,

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<v Speaker 1>five January nineteen fifty. Four days ago, a patrol squad vanished.

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<v Speaker 1>We couldn't find them or make radio contact. They were

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<v Speaker 1>found late today. Some supply guys stumbled on them. They

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<v Speaker 1>were covered with snow and not obvious to anyone. Soon

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<v Speaker 1>the corpses were hauled into camp. I looked at them

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<v Speaker 1>and they were ripped to pieces. Officers said that was

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<v Speaker 1>a pack of wolves. I knew wolves didn't do that

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<v Speaker 1>to people. No predator rips bodies apart like that without

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<v Speaker 1>eating them. A sense of dread washed over the camp,

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<v Speaker 1>and morale dropped like a hammer. What had killed all

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<v Speaker 1>these men? Journal Entry, seventh January nineteen fifty There have

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<v Speaker 1>been more killings around the camp. Everyone is afraid to

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<v Speaker 1>go on patrol now. We don't know what the hell's

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<v Speaker 1>going on. Every night someone disappears, and every day we

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<v Speaker 1>find a new corpse somewhere. All of them look the same.

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<v Speaker 1>They're eyeless, gutless and tongueless, ripped to pieces. Some are decapitated.

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<v Speaker 1>The major has ordered every man to perimeter duty, night watches,

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<v Speaker 1>a rotation system. I was on watch every five days.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's every other night. We've dug foxholes and we've

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<v Speaker 1>pulled out the big guns. Fifty cows were placed at

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<v Speaker 1>fifty yard intervals. We all carried double ammo on watch.

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<v Speaker 1>Nothing has approached. I hope it stays quiet. Journal entry,

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<v Speaker 1>eleven January nineteen fifty. Tonight, we saw it. We saw

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<v Speaker 1>the thing that's been killing our guys. It was nothing

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<v Speaker 1>made by God. It attacked a patrol that was about

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<v Speaker 1>to enter the wire. As soon as we saw it,

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<v Speaker 1>we opened fire. Hundreds of rounds were fired at this thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone had to have hit it. Every time I closed

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<v Speaker 1>my eyes, I still see the fire of the machine

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<v Speaker 1>gun lighting up that thing. It had long arms and

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<v Speaker 1>short legs, and it was hairless and had dark skin,

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<v Speaker 1>and the sound it made it was very strange. We

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<v Speaker 1>managed to pull two men away from the attack and

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<v Speaker 1>inside the wire. They're in pretty bad shape. One of

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<v Speaker 1>arm right now. He's delusional with fever, probably an infection

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<v Speaker 1>from that animal. He keeps saying over and over, he's coming,

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<v Speaker 1>He's coming. I couldn't sleep all night. At first light,

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<v Speaker 1>my squad left a search for the monster. We didn't

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<v Speaker 1>find it, but we found the trail of blood it left.

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<v Speaker 1>The blood was black like crude oil. What are we

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<v Speaker 1>doing here? Journal entry twelve January nineteen fifty. Another earthquake

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<v Speaker 1>woke us, and, like the last time, a beam of

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<v Speaker 1>light turned the night today for a second. I closed

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<v Speaker 1>my eyes before it blinded me again. It's good move, Davis.

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<v Speaker 1>The guy we rescued yesterday, he killed himself. He smashed

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<v Speaker 1>I've been afraid before, but never like this. Journal entry

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven January nineteen fifty. Things have gone from bad

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<v Speaker 1>comes for us. But the killing continues. We found two

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<v Speaker 1>There's a lot of veterans of the war here. Some

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<v Speaker 1>and seen the horrors. But now we're afraid of something else.

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<v Speaker 1>You can feel it. Men who fought with me say

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<v Speaker 1>Journal Entry, thirty January nineteen fifty. We kill one of

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<v Speaker 1>The guys fired a hundred bullets at it, but it

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<v Speaker 1>The monster swiped at the soldier and missed, but he

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<v Speaker 1>Someone showed up with a flamethrower. Hell, I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>I will never forget. We got to figure out a

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<v Speaker 1>Journal entry, six February nineteen fifty. Today they brought one

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<v Speaker 1>of the scientists back. He had been working in town

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<v Speaker 1>in one of the bunkers. I saw him as they

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<v Speaker 1>later we heard him scream the same words others had

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<v Speaker 1>the first time in my life. This place is a nightmare.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how I'm going to get out of here.

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<v Speaker 1>Journal entry, eight February nineteen fifty. Major Flynn captured half

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<v Speaker 1>he sentenced them to death. Everyone was forced to witness

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<v Speaker 1>their execution by firing squad. That could have been me

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<v Speaker 1>We followed their tracks another two miles, and their mangled

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<v Speaker 1>corpses were laying close together in a clearing, a giant

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<v Speaker 1>red stain in the pristine white forest snow. When is

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<v Speaker 1>this going to end? Journal entry, twenty February nineteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>Yesterday forty more men showed up, their regular infantry, not

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<v Speaker 1>They found out when the Major sent them in squads

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<v Speaker 1>strategy was if one squad gets taken out by the creature,

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<v Speaker 1>the other three would make it. Some made it back alive,

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<v Speaker 1>but most didn't. The soldiers who walked back were showing

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<v Speaker 1>signs of going mad. Like the others. They will soon

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<v Speaker 1>be dead too, by their own hands. And as days

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<v Speaker 1>go by, I wonder if God is watching us. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think he is. Journal Entry, twenty two February nineteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm losing my mind in this god forsaken place. Last

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<v Speaker 1>you all. I woke up and I had a black

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<v Speaker 1>type blood we found weeks before. It wouldn't wash off.

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<v Speaker 1>I went for some challenge. Saw that every soldier has

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<v Speaker 1>the same mark on his neck. I'm hearing the voice

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<v Speaker 1>in my head now. It's coming from the town, coming

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<v Speaker 1>from that old bunker. Journal Entry, Tree one April nineteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>Men are now being killed, one by one. I'm losing

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<v Speaker 1>my mind. The demons are roaming the perimeter, killing everyone

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<v Speaker 1>they can get their hands on. There's more than one.

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<v Speaker 1>We're beginning to lose it. I hear him getting closer

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<v Speaker 1>and closer, and I hear the same words, over and

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<v Speaker 1>over and over. I'm coming. Journal Entry, nine April nineteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>We found Barnaby dead on the bathroom floor. Today he

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<v Speaker 1>smashed his head against the wall. I still hear the voice.

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<v Speaker 1>Journal entry, twelve April nineteen fifty. There are fewer of

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<v Speaker 1>Last night Powers was in the nursery after something tore

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<v Speaker 1>Now there are only a few of us left. We're

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<v Speaker 1>running low on AMMO and food. God help us. He's coming.

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<v Speaker 1>Journal entry, fifteen April nineteen fifty. There are five of

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<v Speaker 1>us left. All the others have killed themselves or have

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<v Speaker 1>been killed by the monsters now roaming inside the perimeter.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in hell and God has forsaken me, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>to fight. It's hopeless. He's coming. Journal entry, eighteen April

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen fifty. He came today. Everything is going dark. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>about to die. Journal entry twenty four June nineteen fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I survived. I don't know how I got

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<v Speaker 1>here or how long I've been here. This hospital is

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<v Speaker 1>bright and white soft sheets on soft beds. No one

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<v Speaker 1>in the room. I've smelled it before. I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 1>where I can smell the nurses perfume in the hallway.

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<v Speaker 1>That's weird. I hear English spoken outside the room. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>I'm back in the States. A nurse just peeked in

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<v Speaker 1>on me and smiled, he's awake, doctor, I heard her say. Later,

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<v Speaker 1>three officers entered my room with their assistance. There was

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<v Speaker 1>an animal at the zoo. Do you know what you are?

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<v Speaker 1>As the senior officer, I'm alive, I said, But do

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<v Speaker 1>he talking about? I shut my mouth. That's always best

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<v Speaker 1>when the questions come from officers. A mirror was on

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<v Speaker 1>bony gnarled, Oh God, that's not my hand, it's a

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<v Speaker 1>with the restraints. An officer nodded at the nurse she

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<v Speaker 1>held the mirror in front of me. That's not me,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, that's not me. I was filled with rage,

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<v Speaker 1>and I growled at the humans, and I fought against

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<v Speaker 1>and all faded to black again. Final journal entry, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>five June nineteen fifty I'm back at Leavenworth, in a

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<v Speaker 1>cell in solitary. I hear no noises, I'm alone, and

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