Here are two interesting articles about the Vietnam Graffiti Project etc. with this cool paragraph: "The ship was the General Nelson M. Walker, which had been launched in 1945 as the Admiral H. T. Mayo. Its main claim to fame in World War II was that one of its crew members was a member of the Coast Guard, Victor Mature, the Hollywood heartthrob remembered for loincloths-and-leotards poses." https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/05/nyregion/walker-ship-canvas-panel.html http://www.vietnamgraffiti.com/the-ship-history

 

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