Texas Tech University

Canvas Bunk Bottom

Museum Object Item Number: 1574c0096
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:
[illegible date] 66, Texas boy. Henderson E-3. I sleep here 28 days.
ETS 8 May 68
Vietnam 67-68
Brooklyn, NY. Ray + Mary
HQ + Svc Btry. 5/16 Arty. Vietnam bound. 8 Sept 66
John + Eileen [heart and arrow]
ETS 8 May 68 New York Long Isand
Clara [heart and arrow]
Proclaimation: Co B, 3rd Bn, 47th Inf. 9th Inf. Division Vietnam bound 14 Jan 67. Pfc Schmidt, Northport Long Island, a lonely New York boy. I love Eileen. Eileen [heart]. Home was never like this. ETS 8 May 68. FTA. John Schmidt
Cpl Eugene Malbrough ETS 1 March 1968. EM + Ann T
Vietnam bound. P.F.C. Ed Dowling, better known as 'Rubberneck' Co B, 3rd Bn, 47th Inf. Smithtown L.I. N.Y. ETS May 8, 68. Back to my girls and a new Cobra 427 to blow off all Corvettes and Mustangs

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1574c0096

Citation
Canvas Bunk Bottom, 1574c0096. 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=1574c0096, Accessed 03 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1574c0096, USNS General John Pope Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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