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1954 Zippo with non-factory engraving for Eniwetok and Bikini Atolls owned by E.B. Godfrey. These atolls in the Marshall Islands were used to test atomic and hydrogen bomb from 1947-1962.
Bases & Territories
The Navy custom of engraving Zippos extend to the remote bases, stations and territories.
1953 Zippo for Naval Base Norfolk Virginia - "World's Largest".
1955 Zippo for the US Naval Station Adak, Alaska, playing an important role during the Cold War as a submarine surveillance center. 1961 Zippo with map of Cuba for US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay. The Bay has been US territory since the end of the Spanish American war.
1972 Zippo for U.S. Naval Station, Adak, Alaska, Birthplace of the Winds. 1981 Zippo for US Navy Support Facility in Diego Garcia, a British Territory. Its strategic location and facilities supports a vital U.S. and British naval presence in the Indian Ocean and North Arabian Sea.  1973 Zippo for the US Naval Facility in Eleuthera, Bahamas. 1975 Zippo for Diego Garcia Naval Command Station British Indian Ocean Territory .
1977 full-sized and 1981 slim
Zippo for Guam. Guam was ceded to the US by Spain in 1898. Captured by the
Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by the US three years later. The military
installation on the island is one of the most strategically important US bases
in the Pacific.
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