May 20

The lookout nodded, and then surreptitiously dropped a red handkerchief on the ground. Further down the main compound, another lookout, playing catch outside Barracks Five, began bouncing the baseball against the barracks wall. Immediately, two men standing just outside the office started a loud argument, which quickly exploded into a fist fight. Several others quickly surrounded them and yelled encouragement. Their jeers and roars were soon drowned out by the pounding feet of the fast approaching guards. Shrill whistles rang out in the early evening, accompanied by the chilling yowls of snarling dogs.