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Vietnam Zippos
The main US Allies during the Vietnam War were South Vietnam, South Korea, Australia, Thailand, the Philippines, and New Zealand. The Allied soldiers enjoyed Zippos too.
1958 Zippo with an attached Catholic cross badge and "Republic of Vietnam - 1965" engraved on the lid. The reverse case is engraved with a parachute and leopard logo, while the lid is engraved with "Capt. Thanh Tra Co".
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1963 Zippo reads "Ho. Tong Ham Chi-Linh - PCE-11" and has the image of a ship. 1968 Zippo presentation lighter from President Nguyen Van Thieu - Republic of Vietnam.
Colorful two-sided factory-engraved 1970 Zippo for an RVN Riverine Unit following the Vietnamization of the Brown-Water Navy The Turtle logo and "106 FD Battery - Tardus et Definitus Vietnam 67-68" is for the Royal Australian Army 106th Field Battery. The Zippo is dated 1967. The "RMK-BRJ" was a joint venture consisting of Raymond International, Morrison Knudson, Brown & Root, and JA Jones Construction which had an exclusive right to build in Vietnam. It built all of the sea ports, military bases, roads, and airfields in Vietnam, from the Demilitarized Zone to the Mekong Delta. The Zippo is from 1969.
US and RVN Allies in Vietnam included Australian armed forces. This is a 1966 Zippo for R.A.A.F., or Royal Australian Air Force in Vietnam
1963 Zippo with cross and map. Captain Nguyen Van Dung of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Map names the then capitals of North and South Vietnam, and Hue, the ancient capital. 1967 Zippo. Captain Thanh C. Nguyen of the South Viet Nam War College Staff. Tong Thong, or "President" Nguyen Van Thieu fled Vietnam when Saigon was collapsing in 1975 and ended up settling in the U.S. where he died in 1991.
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