General Note: Statements as they appear on canvas:
Jersey City, NJ, BMF DTK ETS 16 Dec 67 FTA
FTA [fuck the army]
Fuck here when horny
Ron Veamans ETS May 10, 68, Ohio
Fuck when need
The Army sucks
Marsha VanNortwick
May 1968 [calendar]
KP duty [9]
Vietnam or bust
E-5
CH-47B Chinook
What I see on my trip
May 2 - 1 ship, 1 plane going west
3 - piss poor weather, rough as hell
4 - nothing happened, all is well
5 - saw 1 ship, sea is smooth
6 - all is well, sea is calm
7 - nothing new, sea is the same
8 - saw a ship, also some sharks
9 - International Date Line, no day
10 - 1 ship, a whale, flying fish, school of porpoise
11 - flying fish, school of porpoise
12 - saw about 50 porpoise, today in Mothers Day
13 - saw land, 2 islands, more porpoise, 1 ship
14 - saw flying fish, more porpoise
15 - saw 1 ship, more porpoise, real nice day
16 - saw 13 ships, Philippine Islands, helicopters, 1 jet, 4 small islands
17 - went to Subic Bay, P.I. Got a pass. Got all fucked up in Subic Bay. Left today.
18 - left P.I. today, sea was like glass. Saw a whale
19 - saw 2 ships. Vietnam tomorrow

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Citation: Canvas Bunk Bottom, 1574c0354. 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=1574c0354, Accessed 27 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 1574c0354, USNS General John Pope Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive