General Note: Statements as they appear on canvas:
Nam bound 9 Jan 67, but we'll be home next year. Each to his own, and me to my Pat. Here's luck to you. Aldrich 23 May 68
Pat + Steve [heart]
California dreamin
Pat ETS 23 May 68
28 July 1966. This ship was en route to Vietnam with the 4th Division. I will return back [illegible] around the 1 Aug 1967 [illegible]
Mrs. Sandri Henderson
Puerto Rico Rojas
Jimmy + Mary ETS 10 Jan 69
Kathy
Jim, Nam bound! ETS Dec 69
Napa Calif 1966
Monticello, IA, ETS 9/12/68, Bronemann 1/50 Inf. RVN bound Sept 67
FTA [fuck the army] all Lifers suck
Smithfield Rhode Island 66
Det. Mich. ETS 3 Nov. 66. 399 to go
The Army sucks
FTA
Connie Ness + Barry Johnson
ETS 3 Nov 67. Left Ft. Lewis 8 Sept. Hit Okinawa 25 Sept. Suppose to be in VN 29 Sept. 4th Inf. Div. 3rd Bde. Landed in VN 30 Sept. All day wasted as usual
She was born 1948 [illegible] Palestine Texas
Iowa
Minnesota
Born 6 June 46, Died June 15
The Bandits
28 Jul 67, Roachdale Indiana
Place San Antonio Texas
Wife still living
Texas, the home of the brave where men are men, women are women, boys are boys, and girls are girls
[illegible] in Vietnam year of 66 + 67
Yanks go home
Sole brother
FTA

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Citation: Canvas Bunk Bottom, 1574c0094. 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=1574c0094, Accessed 27 Jan 2026.

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