Texas Tech University

Canvas Bunk Bottom

Museum Object Item Number: 1574c0159
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:
'Johnston City' Illinois L.Cpl. Thomas L. Heiser July 6, 1967 to July 22, '67 Camp butler Okinawa, Have Fun Suckers!
There's no hope without dope
FTA [fuck the army]
LSD forever
FTA [fuck the army]
FTA [fuck the army]
Joe Neil
Pot and acid heads forever
M.D. Morris Cpl. 2212931, Olathe, Kansas, 3rd Bn 26th Marines, India Co. Left Nam - Oct 1, 67
Help
Yuck Foo
FTA [fuck the army]
Skip Roberts ETS 9/6/68
New york City
This Boat Sucks
Fuck this boat
It not wort [sic] a shit
I want to go home
The army sucks FTA [fuck the army]
Joe Neil, Rhode Island, Left Oakland May 1 1968, headed to Nam
Brooklyn NY
Old Acid Head [illustration]
Illinois
forever
Chadwick
L/Cpl EJ Ballard
Southern Illinois, 'Bloody Williamson County'
L/Cpl T.L. Heiser, 'Johnston City', home of the world's billiard championship
[foreign language]

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1574c0159

Citation
Canvas Bunk Bottom, 1574c0159. 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=1574c0159, Accessed 28 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1574c0159, USNS General John Pope Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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