Texas Tech University

Canvas Bunk Bottom

Museum Object Item Number: 1574c0006
Pages
1
Media Type
Museum Object
Physical Location
Stacks Math Building Stacks
Removed from
USNS General John Pope
Language(s)
English
General Note
Statements as they appear on canvas:
This ship sucks. First day is bad. Second day you get sick. Third day your [sic] going crazy
Atlantic City New Jersey
[art - 4 games tic tac toe]
Ohio
ETS 14 Sep 68 ?Vietnam! 5 Nov 67
There was a man from Kent who had one so big it bent. So to save the trouble, he put it in double, instead of coming he went
Cleveland Ohio says FTA [fuck the army] all the way
Tenn 2/4 Arty
I was here, so was I, & me too, & me 3, & would you believe, me 4?
[illegible signature]
Ohio 83 [illegible]

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1574c0006

Citation
Canvas Bunk Bottom, 1574c0006. No Date, USNS General John Pope Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1574c0006, Accessed 12 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1574c0006, USNS General John Pope Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 14 Jul 2005 [Updated: 18 Nov 2013]