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10 minutes ago, Cobra 6 Actual said:

Yes, Yokota57, two beauties. And as jmd62 noted, it’s always nice to see a CIB on a lighter! Here’s a set I just picked up:

 

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The maker is Penguin of Japan.

Ichi-Ban! Nice "His/Hers" set! Well done C6A!

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US Army / 8th Support Battalion "Support In Depth" (196th Light Infantry Brigade). Tay Ninh Combat Base, RVN 1966-1967. Japanese-made "Vulcan".

US Army 8th Support Battalion (196th Light Infantry Brigade) Tay Ninh Combat Base, RVN 1966-1967 V.JPG

US Army 8th Support Battalion (196th Light Infantry Brigade) Tay Ninh Combat Base, RVN '66-'67 Rev V.JPG

US Army 8th Support Battalion V.JPG

Cobra 6 Actual
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This time of the year I like to post this one:

 

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Happy Halloween really soon!

Posted
2 hours ago, Cobra 6 Actual said:

This time of the year I like to post this one:

 

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Happy Halloween really soon!

Amazing graphics! Ichi-Ban!

Cobra 6 Actual
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Thanks, Yokota57. And thanks to mtnman for putting me on to it!

Cobra 6 Actual
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A WWII/Immediate Post-war Occupation Duty table lighter:

 

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No maker name, just inscribed “Germany, 1945/46”.

Posted
40 minutes ago, Cobra 6 Actual said:

A WWII/Immediate Post-war Occupation Duty table lighter:

 

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No maker name, just inscribed “Germany, 1945/46”.

Ichi-Ban !!! 

Cobra 6 Actual
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Earlier someone on this thread wrote “Small pockets, small lighters.” Here’s a wee USMC lighter next to a regular size Zippo:

 

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US Army / 77th US Army Security Agency Special Operations Unit (COMINT/ELINT). Offenbach Kaserne, W. Germany 1961-1964. (*usarmygermany.com indicates that these lighters were presented by the CO in '63-'64). Japanese-made "Vulcan".

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US Army / 347th Transportation Company (LARC-V). Ft. Story, VA. (*Deployed to Cam Ranh Bay, RVN Jun 1965). Kalamazoo, MI-made, aluminum "Bowers Sure Fire". 

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It is a slow Sunday afternoon for me so I thought I would share lighter.  I've spent years in Iraq and Afghanistan as a contractor.  Only one unit I ever worked with gave out engraved lighters when leaving.

 

I was given this when I left the unit in Feb 2017.  I checked the date code on the Zippo.  It was made Jan 2016.  I find it interesting that just over a year later it found its way to me. It was engraved on the base in Afghanistan.  I have never used it and it remains in my display case. cheers!

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Cobra 6 Actual
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Very cool, Dan. Surprisingly, there are not that many Iraq or Afghanistan lighters out there “in the wild”. Given both the length of time that we had people fighting in those countries and the thousands of personnel that completed tours of duty, I would have expected the number of lighters to be much higher. I guess, though, that a countervailing reason is that smoking has diminished greatly in the military. 
 

Hey, thanks for posting!

Posted
6 hours ago, danimal03 said:

It is a slow Sunday afternoon for me so I thought I would share lighter.  I've spent years in Iraq and Afghanistan as a contractor.  Only one unit I ever worked with gave out engraved lighters when leaving.

 

I was given this when I left the unit in Feb 2017.  I checked the date code on the Zippo.  It was made Jan 2016.  I find it interesting that just over a year later it found its way to me. It was engraved on the base in Afghanistan.  I have never used it and it remains in my display case. cheers!

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Ichi-Ban !!!

  • 2 weeks later...
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Two new lighters I found recently.

 

First one is a Wellington Junior USO for Killeen Texas.

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Second on is a Konwal Super lighter for the 11th Mobile Construction Battalion engraved for there time in Dong Ha.

 

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3rd Infantry “The Old Guard” (3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment), “Noli me tangere” | 2nd Battle Group (2nd Battalion). Korean war as should follow from the map. Japanese-made Rafu. Any ideas about a more precise dating?

 

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Salvage Sailor
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3RD U.S. INFANTRY REGIMENT (THE OLD GUARD)

Before 2001, the 2d Battalion had been active July 1957-July 1963 (as 2nd Battle Group) and June 1966-October 1970. Those time frames saw the battalion deployed to South Korea and Vietnam, respectively.

Posted
35 minutes ago, AlexeiK said:

3rd Infantry “The Old Guard” (3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment), “Noli me tangere” | 2nd Battle Group (2nd Battalion). Korean war as should follow from the map. Japanese-made Rafu. Any ideas about a more precise dating?

 

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Ichi-Ban !!! Thanks for posting it.

Posted
On 11/25/2023 at 2:57 PM, yokota57 said:

US Army / 347th Transportation Company (LARC-V). Ft. Story, VA. (*Deployed to Cam Ranh Bay, RVN Jun 1965). Kalamazoo, MI-made, aluminum "Bowers Sure Fire". 

US Army 347th Transportation Company (LARC V) Ft. Story, VA B.JPG

US ARMY 347th TC (LARC-V) B.JPG

US ARMY LARC-V Cam Ranh Bay RVN B.jpg

Ran across this image of one of their Vietnam patches.

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