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(5,402 posts)n/t
wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)of death, I shall fear no evil because I am the evilest mother fucker in the valley.
The lighters were used for smoking and lighting huts on fire.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)people support it.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)they make good sniper detectors.
Think about it.
volstork
(5,402 posts)of bad luck regarding three on a match: the first one the sniper notices, the second one he aims, and the third one...
The Wizard
(12,545 posts)It reads: When I die bury me face down so the whole world can kiss my ass.
mountain grammy
(26,624 posts)From the spouse. Vietnam 1970-71.
His zippo reads if you cant be with the one you love, love the one youre with.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)Wasn't in 'Nam at the time but in the Army stateside.
marble falls
(57,106 posts)mountain grammy
(26,624 posts)Celerity
(43,416 posts)https://www.amazon.com/Vietnam-Zippos-American-Engravings-1965-1973/dp/0226078280
Shedding a light on the psyche of war: Zippo lighters from U.S. troops fighting in Vietnam give a unique insight into life under fire
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2171404/Zippo-lighters-U-S-troops-fighting-Vietnam-unique-insight-war-life.html
JohnnyRingo
(18,636 posts)I have some similar ones in shiny condition.
That one looks like it's been through a war or something. (LOL)
Thanx for posting.
kentuck
(111,103 posts)..for the flints.
They were used to set off their Bouncing Bettys.
Augiedog
(2,548 posts)Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)"Best of Luck from the Officers and Men, G2, I FIELD FORCE Vietnam." The other one says "Love and Kisses from the Ones Who Really Know You, Apollo and Joey."
The two lighters are among my most prized possessions. I was in RVN from December 1966 to December 1967. Just long enough to miss the Summer of Love in the US and the Tet Offensive in Vietnam and to experience the turmoil of 1968 in this country.
spike jones
(1,680 posts)Kill Anything That moves
http://americanempireproject.com/kill-anything-that-moves/
DownriverDem
(6,229 posts)Both my brothers were in Viet Nam and one had a lighter similar to those. They were there in 68-69 and 70-71.
demosincebirth
(12,540 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)I remember the saying from that time.
JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)The lighter in this story, true story as it happens, was a Zippo. Happened about 1960 or so.
CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)I came across this some time ago.
Wheat fell headless in the field
Till Death did reap enough.
We seek to bury the revealed
No earth is deep enough.
You cannot wash the stains from minds
No one can weep enough.
Nor shut the past behind the blinds
No night has sleep enough.
--Study member
A 50-Year Prospective Study of the Psychological Sequelae of World War II Combat
And then there's the classic: War doesn't determine who's right, only who's left.
liberaltrucker
(9,129 posts)"Fighting for peace is like fucking for chastity".
niyad
(113,348 posts)burrowowl
(17,641 posts)brought back memories.
Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)used to have a T shirt that said:
1972 Southeast Asian War Games - 2nd Place.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,734 posts)Was told that keeping it in was unhealthy, so I talked about things and lost a few friends. Oh well guess they werent good friends.