General Note: Statements as they appear on canvas:
FTA [fuck the army]
Don't eat the eggs or the hash
[19] 19 days of hell!
Jean
Danny - [illegible] the troops on the Pope
Trash Detail in the Galley or DRO are the best jobs on K.P. The rest are hard work and less breaks
God save the Pope
Eat me
Food in the mess hall sucks
'Herm' Mt. Carmel, PA
23 Nov 66 [23]
A lot of us contracted food poison from the mess hall, look out!! El Stoppo
Cordelia Dee Dee
Rosie love [illegible]
Brooklyn
From Vietnam I'll never return, cause in hell I'm gonna burn. This will come to pass when I catch a bullet in my ass. They'll bury my butt 6 feet deep and wrap it in a bloody sheet. The worms will crawl in, the worms will crawl out. They'll eat my guts like sour krout.
Joey + Charlie
People who write on ceilings and walls roll their shit in little balls. People who read these lines of wit eat those little balls of shit
Peekskill New York Nov 67 ETS
Win in Vietnam
I had a dream about my girl last night.... Boy did she look good without any clothes on!
Joan fucked for me in this bunk
[art - naked woman]

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Citation: Canvas Bunk Bottom, 1574c0160. 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=1574c0160, Accessed 28 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 1574c0160, USNS General John Pope Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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