The Beast that Haunts Me

My name is Albert Collinsworth. I was sworn to secrecy by the U.S. government over the events I am about to tell you about. But that doesn’t matter anymore. I have no family, and I’m expected to die within the next 2 months. The doctors caught the cancer too late. I decided this story needed to be told. So that those who died didn’t die in vain.

The date was August 4th, 1970. My squad and I at the time were stationed at a base located near the border of Cambodia and Vietnam. The group was as follows:

James Bell, PFC

Henry Hopper, PFC

Cooper Mercado, PFC

Thomas Sherman, PFC

Robert Levy, SPC

Richard Jimenez, SPC

William Wall, SPC

David Pittman, SPC

Charles Peterson, SGT

Lawrence Jacobson, SGT