Texas Tech University

Canvas Bunk Bottom

Museum Object Item Number: 1574c0074
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:
Obverse
Jeff + Pat [heart] Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Pat [heart and arrow]
Pat, my number 1
ETS 22 nov 68
588 Maint Co
I'm just starting and I can't wait till I get the hell out of the Army
'Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all'
Reverse
Help I'm being swallowed by a pussy
The ship developed a leak, we were slowly sinking. If Charlie don't get us this ship will
ETS 19 Jan 68 Vietnam
Philippines 17th, Vietnam the 20th
You'll hate every damn day, unless you're a fuckin lifer
FTA [fuck the army]
Help! this fuckin ship leaks
Protest against lifers
Sorry fucker
Carol + Jim
Carol Toledo
ETS Oct 69 if not sooner alive
Springfield, Ill.
My 4 yr anniversary, not Army
Lost
11 hrs May 14
May 68 [calendar]

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1574c0074

Citation
Canvas Bunk Bottom, 1574c0074. 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=1574c0074, Accessed 03 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1574c0074, USNS General John Pope Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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