{"product_id":"vietnam-graffiti-messages-from-a-forgotten-troopship-9781574271546","title":"Vietnam Graffiti: Messages From A Forgotten Troopship","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe story of the Gen. Nelson M. Walker troopship began in 1997  when military artifact historian Art Beltrone first visited the \"Ghost Fleet\" on the James River in Virginia to assist with research for the World War II movie  The Thin Red Line. Once aboard the aging vessel  Beltrone found crowded troop compartments littered with hundreds of graffiti-marked bunk canvases  bulletin boards  and other historic artifacts left not by WWII troops headed for war in the Pacific  but by soldiers going to war in Southeast Asia a generation later. Beltrones discovery led to extensive research about the Walker  which was first commissioned in 1945 and saw service in WWII  the Korean War  and Vietnam. Many of the artifacts  thanks to the work of the Beltrones  have been rescued from the ship and are now relocated in museums throughout the U.S.  including the new National Museum of the United States Army  the Oakland Museum of California  and the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution. Vietnam Graffiti: Messages from a Forgotten Troopship  combines photographs of the ship today  along with historical photos  and a gallery of many of the canvases found aboard. Profiles on individuals who left graffiti and were contacted for their stories are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648135847989,"sku":"ByrdShop_1574271547","price":33.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781574271546.jpg?v=1781710659","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vietnam-graffiti-messages-from-a-forgotten-troopship-9781574271546","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}