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Messages Below Deck

After having been sealed for almost 40 years, the troopship General Nelson M. Walker was opened. Art and Lee Beltrone photographed and archived the messages Vietnam soldiers drew onto their canvas bunks below deck, and wrote a book about what they found.

Listen to: Messages Below Deck

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Prime Time Radio's Vietnam Graffiti: Messages from a Forgotten Troopship

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Vietnam Graffiti: Messages from a Forgotten Troopship Web Site

"Vietnam Graffiti: Messages from a Forgotten Troopship" at Barnes & Noble

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