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The drawings bring back surprisingly detailed memories, recreating life aboard the now-destroyed troopship, the General Nelson M. Walker and providing a window into the draft selection process and the types of men who served in Vietnam.
Featuring period music also recovered from the ship, "Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam" brings listeners aboard the General Nelson M. Walker as she exists now only in soldiers' memories. Rich with the voices of dozens of soldiers who made the three week voyage across the Pacific, "Marking Time" is a moving tribute for Veterans' Day.
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The drawings bring back surprisingly detailed memories, recreating life aboard the now-destroyed troopship, the General Nelson M. Walker and providing a window into the draft selection process and the types of men who served in Vietnam.
Featuring period music also recovered from the ship, "Marking Time: Voyage to Vietnam" brings listeners aboard the General Nelson M. Walker as she exists now only in soldiers' memories. Rich with the voices of dozens of soldiers who made the three week voyage across the Pacific, "Marking Time" is a moving tribute for Veterans' Day.
Timing and Cues
0:00 - 0:59 - billboard
1:00 - 5:59 - news hole
6:00 - 18:59 - segment A
[Introduction]
Why the project matters
History of the General Nelson M. Walker
meeting a veteran who left graffiti -Zeb Armstrong
Graffiti now travels by exhibit
[Vignette 1: Veterans' memories of the voyage on the Walker]
Seeing the ship for the first time
first time away from home
first time seeing the Pacific
berthing units - sleeping quarters
Work Duty / Food
seasick
19:00 - 19:59 - music bed
20:00 - 38:59 - segment B
[Interview: Who left these messages on the Walker?]
Interview with scholar Christian Appy
[Vignette 2: Continuing the tour of life on the Walker]
stop at okinawa
arriving at danang
hanoi hannah
39:00 - 39:59 - music bed
40:00 - 59:00 - Segment C
[Vignette 3 - how the materials were found/saved]
[Vignette 4: Pig pen and veterans who didn't come home]
Jerry talks about finding Pig Pen's canvas
Augie Bataglia's music
[Vignette 5 - Universality of soldier graffiti]
Veteran of the Iraq war describes graffiti
59:01 - 60:00 - Credits and Close
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