Texas Tech University

Canvas Bunk Bottom

Museum Object Item Number: 1574c0317
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:
Cpl. Thompson going home from RVN 1 Aug 67
L/Cpl Sonnier going to Vietnam July 6, 1967. Hope I get back
Ronnie
[illegible] 4th Arty, 199th
Short
Kill
Sex
War
ETS 2 May 69, 358 days
White
Chocolate
For dreams only
Do not open until Xmas
272nd Avn Co. deployed from Ft. Sill Okla. 1 May 68. Chinook. ASHP
[May 1968 calendar]
May 1 left Frisco, Golden Gate
May 2 saw 2 airplanes and 1 ship
May 3 had rough weather today
May 4 nothing
May 5 saw 1 ship and a funny fish
May 6 nothing
May 7 nothing
May 8 saw sharks and a ship. Crossed Int'l Dateline
May 9 there was no today
May 10 saw porpoise and 2 whales. Saw one ship. Water became really smooth. Looks like a mirror
May 11 Saw porpoise
Vung Tau
101st Airborne Air Support

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1574c0317

Citation
Canvas Bunk Bottom, 1574c0317. 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=1574c0317, Accessed 02 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1574c0317, USNS General John Pope Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 21 Jul 2005 [Updated: 18 Nov 2013]