Frank Anthony Gennaro
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- | My meeting with Frank Gennaro was brief and telling. His shoulders<br> | + | :My meeting with Frank Gennaro was brief and telling. His shoulders stiffened up when I came into the room, so I wasted no time in letting him off the hook; I told him that he wasn't chosen for the injection this week. It was as if he was playing his own mental game of Russian roulette. He heard the all-important "click" and knew that the bullet was in another chamber... this time. |
- | stiffened up when I came into the room, so I wasted no time in letting<br> | + | |
- | him off the hook; I told him that he wasn't chosen for the injection<br> | + | |
- | this week. It was as if he was playing his own mental game of Russian<br> | + | |
- | roulette. He heard the all-important "click" and knew that the bullet <br> | + | |
- | was in another chamber... this time.<br> | + | |
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- | But, the other side of this coin has an ugly face. Captain Gennaro is<br> | + | :But, the other side of this coin has an ugly face. Captain Gennaro is tensing up, ready to hear the blast of a pistol pointed at his head. I hope it never is. |
- | tensing up, ready to hear the blast of a pistol pointed at his head. I<br> | + | |
- | hope it never is. | + | |
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- | I am most torn about Capt. Gennaro. It's difficult to separate out his <br> | + | :I am most torn about Capt. Gennaro. It's difficult to separate out his fitness as a scientific candidate from the fact that he has a family. I am also concerned about the affect choosing him will have on the other's morale. Several of the men have expressed their concern. |
- | fitness as a scientific candidate from the fact that he has a family. I am<br> | + | |
- | also concerned about the affect choosing him will have on the other's<br> | + | |
- | morale. Several of the men have expressed their concern.<br> | + | |
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- | As the days go on, Gennaro seems to become more and more on edge. Not<br> | + | :As the days go on, Gennaro seems to become more and more on edge. Not in quite the same way as the other men. He becomes keener, more alert, more alive. It is all, in some way, an exciting roll of the die for him. |
- | in quite the same way as the other men. He becomes keener, more alert,<br> | + | |
- | more alive. It is all, in some way, an exciting roll of the die for him.<br> | + | |
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:Nov. 24st, 1950 | :Nov. 24st, 1950 | ||
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- | The captain came in and sat down. He seemed calm, but I don't think<br> | + | :The captain came in and sat down. He seemed calm, but I don't think he really was. He probably has a very good poker face. I told him that he hadn't been selected. He nodded. |
- | he really was. He probably has a very good poker face. I told him that<br> | + | |
- | he hadn't been selected. He nodded.<br> | + | |
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- | I asked him if there was anything he needed to talk about, but he said<br> | + | |
- | no and thanked me. I told him that there was a strong sentiment among <br> | + | |
- | the others that he should not be chosen. He said, 'You sit down at<br> | + | |
- | the table, you take your chances. Someone's got to draw a losing hand.<br> | + | |
- | I knew what I had signed up for.'<br> | + | |
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+ | :I asked him if there was anything he needed to talk about, but he said no and thanked me. I told him that there was a strong sentiment among the others that he should not be chosen. He said, 'You sit down at the table, you take your chances. Someone's got to draw a losing hand. I knew what I had signed up for.' | ||
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- | Humanity will find its way into any situation - even Project Abraham. I<br> | + | :Humanity will find its way into any situation - even Project Abraham. I learned that when I saw Frank Gennaro teaching the other soldiers the finer points of five-card draw. He acted like their father, patient and warm (even though he soaked them for a good thirty bucks, according to Frank). They're forming bonds to make some sense out of the insanity all round them. Even in a place like this, the men find hope. |
- | learned that when I saw Frank Gennaro teaching the other soldiers the<br> | + | |
- | finer points of five-card draw. He acted like their father, patient and warm<br> | + | |
- | (even though he soaked them for a good thirty bucks, according to Frank).<br> | + | |
- | They're forming bonds to make some sense out of the insanity all round<br> | + | |
- | them. Even in a place like this, the men find hope.<br> | + | |
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- | But each week, I see a piece of Gennaro's spirit die along with the test<br> | + | |
- | subjects. When Brown went, it was like he lost a son. And even though<br> | + | |
- | Frank and Oster weren't close, you could see the Captain's paternal<br> | + | |
- | instinct kick in toward the end.<br> | + | |
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- | He's a protector. I admire him. I need to be more like Frank Gennaro.<br> | + | |
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- | + | :But each week, I see a piece of Gennaro's spirit die along with the test subjects. When Brown went, it was like he lost a son. And even though Frank and Oster weren't close, you could see the Captain's paternal instinct kick in toward the end. | |
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+ | :He's a protector. I admire him. I need to be more like Frank Gennaro. | ||
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Frank Anthony Gennaro
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