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1967 Zippo. General Westmoreland
took command in Vietnam in June 1964.
He was
instrumental in raising the level of
US
forces deployed in Vietnam and in
developing the strategies
implemented in
the region. Westmoreland
continuously requested for an
increase in manpower in Vietnam and
President Johnson, who had
his own troubles at home, refused to
send
more troops and finally recalled
Westmoreland after he successfully
stopped the North Vietnamese Tet
Offensive in 1968. He was replaced
by
General Creighton W. Abrams. |
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This is a 1955 Zippo for "Big Dick"
of the 82nd Airborne with a map of
Vietnam on the reverse. The 82nd
Airborne was deployed in January
1968 in response to the Tet
offensive to the Hue-Phu Bai area
and was later moved to Saigon, then
fought battles in the Mekong Delta,
the Iron Triangle and along the
Cambodian border until its return to
the US in December 1969. |
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1960 Zippo that belonged to Chief Warrant
Office (CW-2) Cockerall. Hunter
Killer Teams in
Vietnam consisted of AH-1G Cobra and
one OH-6A Helicopter working together.
It
also reads "Pale Rider" and has
an attached cross that reads "Blue Max - 25
Kills". |
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1960 Zippo reading "US Army
1965-66 Tay Ninh Vietnam" with an attached US Army
Major's leaf badge. The reverse reads "45th
Surgical Hospital 13th Med. Gp. |
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1958 Zippo. The lid reads "Junction
City 173rd. and the case has
a US Army parachutist badge and reads "Sky
Soldier - Combat Jumper". Operation
Junction City was conducted in February 1967
when some 845 "Sky Soldiers" from the 173d
Airborne Brigade jumped into history by
making the first United States combat
parachute assault in the war against the
enemy in South Vietnam - and the first such
assault since the Korean War . |
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This is a 1961 Zippo for the
US Army
23rd Infantry
Division, Chu Lai Viet
Nam. The lighter has an attached medical badge on
the front
and is engraved "23rd Medical Battalion
1967-68" with a map
of Vietnam. |
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1964 Zippo engraved "Vietnam 63-65 Xuan Loc"
with an
attached emblem of the 199th Light Infantry
Brigade. The reverse reads
"Though I Walk Through The Valley Shadow of
Death I will fear no Evil For I'm the
Evilest Son of a Bitch".
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This 1967 Zippo is for Company
D 16th Armor which provided
anti-tank protection for the
173rd Airborne Brigade. |
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1967 Zippo has the insignia
of the 1st Aviation Brigade,
the largest Army combat
command in Vietnam using
helicopters to engage the
enemy and support Army
forces. The 1st AVN. BGD
was active in the province
of Tay Ninh. The engraving
on the reverse reads: "
Please! Don't Tell Me About
Vietnam Because I Have Been
There". |
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1967 Green Berets Zippo
reads "War Is Hell But Actual
Combatis A
Son of a Bitch" The
case has been
engraved with the emblem of the
special forces "de oppressor"
or To Free the
Oppressed. The reverse reads
"Dak Pek 1967"and "Capt. D.
Horme A-13 Cmdg.
Co - Sgt. Lee Matuga". |
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The 40th Infantry Scout Dog
Platoon served in Vietnam using dogs to help
sniff out
the enemy and booby traps.
The well trained K-9 dogs
were also called "Man's best
friend; VC's worst enemy". The factory-engraved Zippo is from 1967. |
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1967 Zippo that reads "Operation
Cedar
Falls
- Pvt Robert Allen Brooklyn, N.Y."
The everse engravings read "U.S. ARMY
1967 Thanh Dien Vietnam 1st Batt 2nd Inf.
Div Charlies Shadow". |
The lid of this 1968 Zippo is
engraved with the parachutist and "Airborne" logos. The reverse is engraved
"173rd Airborne
Brigade Vietnam 1968 1969". |
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This 1968 Zippo has crude engravings of the emblem
of the 1st Cavalry and
images of four aces and
"Stacked Deck" on one side, and
a combat infantry badge and
image of a smoking soldier on the
other."Stacked Deck" was the
call name for
Company D, 2nd Battalion,
12th Cavalry. |
1968 Zippo with the lid reading "Co
C
2d BN 5th Cav 1st Air Cav Div" and
the
case has a logo that includes
the words "Loyalty & Courage". The
reverse is engraved with badges for
the infantry
and
the 1st Cavalry. |
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1968 Zippo that reads "Brave and Bold Chu
Lai, Vietnam". The reverse reads - "Company
8, 5th Battalion 46th Infantry", the men of
which were known as "The Professionals". |
Here is a 1968 Zippo with
the logo of the 4th Infantry
Division personalized for
Jim Castelletti,
RVN Mar 68-69. |
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"Let Me Win Your Heart and Mind or I'll Burn
Your Hutch
to the Ground" one one side and a peace sign
with
Vietnam 68-69 on the other
was probably not engraved
in-field. The Zippo is dated 1968. |
1968 Zippo
marked "Viet
Nam
68-69 Khe San" and with an
attached badge of the 101st Airborne
Screaming Eagle. The back reads "When I
know I've already died I'll
fear no war, no combat and
no fighting because the
God appears behind me". |
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1968
Zippo
2nd
for
the
Battalion
(Mechanized)
47th
Infantry
Viet
Nam.
The
reverse
has
the
Panthers
logo
and
slogan
"Up
Tight
Ready
to
Fight". |
1968
Zippo
with
multiple
engravings.
The
front
reads
"When
I
Die
Bury
Me
Face
Down
So
the
Whole
World
Can
Kiss
My
Ass"
and
has
a
logo
for
the
United
States
Army
Air
Defense
Center
in
Fort
Bliss,
Texas.
The
back
lid
reads
"Nha-Trang
Viet
Nam"
and
the
back
case
"5th
Special
Forces
Group
-
1st
Special
Forces
Viet
Nam
69-70"
and
has
an
engraving
of a
special
forces
beret. |
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670th Trans
Co, or "Line
Haul RVN"
ran line
haul convoys
out of Cam
Rahn Bay.
The Zippo is
dated 1968
and belonged
to SP 4.
Bornes, or "Mussle
Man". |
1969 Zippo with "US Army 1969 Vietnam" and a
badge with crossed pistols on the front. Te
reverse reads "SP4 P. Avery New York City"
and "Fish and pussy both slippery when
wet..." |
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1969 Zippo
engraved
with wings
and "To Phil
From Bob
1969-1970
Viet Nam".
The reverse
reads "244th
Delta Hawks"
with
the insignia
of the 1st
Aviation
Brigade. |
1969 Zippo
is engraved
"173rd ABN
BDE 69-70"
for the
173rd
Airborne
Brigade and
has an
attached
"US" badge.
The reverse
is engraved
with a
parachutist
logo and a
peace sign. |
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11th Armored
Cavalry
Regiment,
the
Blackhorse
Regiment,
used highly
mobile
tanks,
ACAV’s,
artillery
and
helicopters
to engage
the enemy on
the roads
and in the
jungle. The
Regiment was
commanded by
Colonel
George S.
Patton, son
of the WWII
General
Patton. who
coined the
phrase "Find
the
Bastards,
then Pile
On". The
Zippo is
dated 1970 |
This is a
Universe
Lighter with
the
engravings "MACV
68 Hue".
The Military
Assistance
Command
Vietnam had
quarters in
Hue. The
attached
badge is
that of the
2nd Armored
Division of
the Army
nicknamed
Hell on
Wheels. |
1971 Zippo
with lid
reading "SP4
Taubler 1/9 Cav. - Head Hunters ".
The case
reads
"Coming in
Hot" and
has an
attached
badge "50
kills".
The 1st
Squadron,
9th Cavalry
served in
combat
operations
in Vietnam
from
1965 to 1971
and
participated
in such
pivotal
battles as
the Ia Drang
Valley, Khe
Sahn, Binh
Dinh, and
QuangTri.
During that
period,
the 1/9 Cav.
earned and
the reputation as one of the finest
combat units
in Vietnam
responsible
for half of
all enemy
soldiers
killed
by the 1st
Cav. during
the war. It
was
for this
reason that
the
battalion
earned its
current
nickname
"The Headhunters."
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1971
factory-engraved
Zippo for E
Company 1/327th
Infantry
101st
Airborne
Division
with with a
Combat
Infantryman
Badge. The
reverse
reads
"Exterminators
- Airborne"
with the
emblem of
the 101st
Screaming
Eagle. |
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1971 Zippo engraved with the Airborne logo
and an image of a GI walking with a boy.
The reverse reads "Viet Nam 71-72 Dakto -
Please! Don't Tell Me About Vietnam Because
I Have Been There". |
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1972
Zippo
with
the
engravings
"Vietnam
72-73
Pleiku
-
Airborne
Special
Forces"
and
attached
Army
Special
Forces
emblem.
The
reverse
reads
"When
I
Die
Bury
Me
Face
Down
So
The
Whole
World
Can
Kiss
My
Ass". |
173rd
Airborne
Brigade,
"Live
by
Chance
Live
by
Choice
Kill
by
Profession,
The
Professionals
".
173rd
ABN
BDE
67-70
on
a
1974
Zippo.
Probably
engraved
for
a
veteran
after
the
war. |
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