VIETNAM GRAFFITI: MESSAGES FROM A FORGOTTEN TROOPSHIP Art Beltrone
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Sort Desciption: historic relics in Virginia’s James River Reserve Fleet by military artifact historian Art Beltrone of. Keswick. The relics, including graffiti-inscribed ...
Content Inside: THE HISTORY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES LECTURE SERIES VIETNAM GRAFFITI: MESSAGES FROM A FORGOTTEN TROOPSHIP Art Beltrone Military Artifact Historian Author, with Lee Beltrone, of Vietnam Graffiti: Messages from a Forgotten Troopship (Charlottesville, VA: Howell Press, Inc., 2004) Keswick, VA Wednesday, November 8, 2006 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. Wilhelm Moll Rare Book and Medical History Room Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Ground Floor An abandoned troopship that took soldiers to three wars, including Vietnam, was found loaded with historic relics in Virginia’s James River Reserve Fleet by military artifact historian Art Beltrone of Keswick. The relics, including graffiti-inscribed bunk canvases, provide a personal look at the mindset and emotions of young men going to war. Logs kept by the ship’s master, or captain, describe the myriad of accidents that plagued sailors and soldiers alike during the voyage aboard the ship, which was more than two football fields in length. Some of these wounds were treated in the ship’s operating room. Before, during and after the presentation, a selection of graffiti-inscribed canvases found aboard the ship will be available for viewing and further discussion. Copies of the book Vietnam Graffiti: Messages from a Forgotten Troopship will also be available. Open to the entire University and the public This lecture is funded by the Wilhelm Moll Memorial Fund The University of Virginia School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Virginia School of Medicine designates this continuing medical educational activity for up to one credit hour in Category 1 credit towards the AMA Physicians Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. The UVa School of Medicine awards 0.1 CEU contact hour to each non-physician participant successfully completing this educational activit ...
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