Texas Tech University

Canvas Bunk Bottom

Museum Object Item Number: 1574c0065
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:
McSwain from Wash., DC ETS Oct 20, 1968, FTA [fuck the army]
Bien Hoa (173rd) U.S. paratroops are the best in the world!! We cannot be defeated in any battle!
Hey Fant stay away from the rice, your eyes are getting slanted
Fant is going to ship over to go back to Oky
Now I lay me down to sleep, Marine Corps Guide Book at my feet, Marine Corps emblems in each hand, to guide me to the promised land. If I should die before I wake, my subscription to Letherneck my buddy shall take. W.M. Green Jr. Get it. God bless all you little fuckers
UCMJ 134
John
'Oh-ten' = Ohio
Sandusky

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1574c0065

Citation
Canvas Bunk Bottom, 1574c0065. 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=1574c0065, Accessed 03 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1574c0065, USNS General John Pope Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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