After several months of training and preparation for Operation Overlord, the U.S. 29th Infantry Division took part on the 6 June 1944 in the first wave of the D-Day assault. The U.S. 115th & 116th Infantry Regiments landed on Omaha Beach early in the morning and joined the battle of Normandy. In the spring of 1945 the division started its offensive in Germany.

Black crackle Zippo with different engravings: «29th Infantry Division», «D-Day» and the three ETO stays «England», «France» and «Germany» on one side and the year «1944» and the name «Snider» on the other side.

Well worn chrome plated Zippo together with his dog tag from Donald St. John with different engravings: His name, «Donald St. John», «Normandie» with the date of D-Day «6 June 1944», years of service «1943 - 1945» and his places of action «Scotland», «Wales», «England», «France» and «Belgium» on one side and «Don» on the other side.

The U.S. 101st Airborne Division ♠ is a light infantry division renowned for its role in the D-Day landings and airborne landings on 6 June 1944 in Normandy (operation overlord) and in the liberation of the Netherlands and its action during the Battle of the Bulge around the city of Bastogne (Operation Market Garden). During the division's drive into southern Germany, the unit uncovered Kaufering, one of 11 camps in the Kaufering complex in the Landsberg region. The Kaufering complex was under the administration of the Dachau concentration camp.

Worn black crackle Zippo with U.S. Airborne collar, unit number «IOI» and a British Three Pence 1944 coin.

The U.S. 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR) was an Airborne Light Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army during WWII with the nickname «Currahees». 1943 the regiment became part of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division ♠ and participated at important operations: operation Overlord (D-Day), operation Market Garden and battle of the Bulge.

Black crackle Zippo with the «Pair of Dice» U.S. 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment insignia on the front.

Chrome plated Zippo heavy crowded with different insignias including a German one as a trophy of the U.S. G.I. who owned this lighter and fought against the Nazis.

Black crackle Zippo with the U.S. Army Air Force insignia on the front.

Established on October 8, 1940, the US Second Air Force was one of the primary commands of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Its primary mission was to train aircrews and support personnel for combat duty in various theaters of the war. The Second Air Force conducted extensive training programs for pilots, bombardiers, navigators, gunners, and other aircrew members. With the war's end, Second Air Force was inactivated on 30 March 1946.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with the U.S. Army Second Air Force insignia on the front.

Chrome plated Zippo from U.S. Army Air Force officer with various engravings: the owner's name «Edward R. Ford», his personal service number «O-22146» and the insignia of the U.S. Army Air Force on the front and his place of deployment «Italy-1944» on the back. Together with a portrait photo, his dog tag, his cigarette case and other personal items.

Worn Zippo with the U.S. Army Air Force insignia on the front and a British Three Pence coin on the back.

Very special, well worn black crackle Zippo with a framed picture of GI's darling and a U.S. Army officers collar insignia on the front and a U.S. Army Air Force insignia on the back with a centered Island 1 Eyrir coin underneath with a M1 Garand .30-06 Springfield bullet on the left and on the right of the coin.

Air transport command was a U.S. Army Air Force unit that was created during WWII as the strategic airlift component of the U.S. Army Air Forces. The north African wing (redesignated north African division on 1 July 1944) was established June 1943 from a split of the Africa-middle east wing. Moved aircraft, supplies and cargo from west African transport hub. Operated the Mediterranean Air Transport service from Casablanca to Cairo and later from Algiers to Naples in 1944.

Chrome plated Zippo with a U.S. Army Air Force pilot badge and an Air Transport command emblem on one side and a U.S. Army officers collar insignia along with an Egyptian 10 Milliemes 1943 coin with King Farouk.

The U.S. Army Air Force Combat units of WWII was constituted as 8th Bomber Command on 19 Jan 1942, the command conducted the heavy bombardment operations. Redesignated 8th Air Force on 22 Feb 1944. Afterward, engaged primarily in bombardment of strategic targets in Europe. These missions, however, carried a high price. Half of the U.S. Army Air Forces' casualties in WWII were suffered by 8th Air Force – more than 47,000 casualties with more than 26,000 dead. Seventeen Medals of Honor went to 8th Air Force personnel and there were 261 fighter aces in the 8th Air Force during World War II.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with different decorations: a St. Michael the saint of the U.S. Army Air Force units, a U.S. Army Air Force insignia, an emblem of the «The Mighty Eighth», a skull on the side, three different American coins and the following statements engraved: «Momento Mori», «Carpe Diem» and «Tempo Fugato».

During WWII the Italian city of Naples suffered approximately 200 air raids by the allies from 1940 to 1944. Almost all of the attacks — a total of 181 — were launched in the first nine months of 1943 before the four days of Naples and the allied occupation of the city at the beginning of October. In Naples, the primary targets were the port facilities at the extreme eastern end of the Port of Naples as well as the rail, industrial and petroleum facilities in the eastern part of the city and the steel mill to the west, in Bagnoli.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with various engravings: the U.S. Army Air Force bomber insignia and the place of action «Naples» and «Italy» on the front and «VE» known as Victory in Europe Day, the owners name «Paul. J. Stein», his personal service number «35398924» and the date «8.15.45» together with «VJ» the day that proclaimed Victory over Japan Day on the other side.

The 99th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated and consisted of the 346th, 347th, 348th, and 416th Bomb squadrons. The 416th Bombardment Squadron played a crucial role in WWII. Activated in 1942, it deployed to North Africa and later operated from bases in Italy. Flying B-17 bombers, it conducted strategic bombing missions against Axis targets, including Operation Tidal Wave. The squadron's bravery and skill contributed significantly to Allied victories in the Mediterranean Theater.

Early chrome plated brass Zippo with square corners and diagonal lines. The emblem of the unit is engraved on the front, the owner's initials «REE» on the back and below a scene of the glamorous Faraglioni stones on the island of Capri, the name «Capri» and the year of the visit «1944».

The need for bomb disposal became evident during WWII, and various branches of the U.S. Military, including the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps, established 1942 first U.S. Army Bomb Disposal units. These units were responsible for identifying, rendering safe, and disposing of unexploded ordnance.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with U.S. Army Air Force Bomb Disposal Squad batch in the Shape of a bomb on the front along with a «B» and «D», the owner's name «Benson» and the year «1942» engraved on the front and the owner's full name «Irving Benson» and map symbol on the other side. Irving L. Benson from St. Louis, Minnesota with the Army serial number 17110968 served from 1942 in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a pilot and a member of a Bomb Disposal Squad.

Chrome plated Zippo with U.S. Army Air Force insignia, a sterling lucky gremlin charm were popular with the B-17 crew and an emblem of AAF eastern technical training command on the front. From a soldier with the service number 36755043 from Chicago who started 19 June 1943 at fort Sheridan Illinois and was honorably discharged 5 September 1945. On the back, the side and on the top all training camps and stays are engraved. In chronological order: 1631st SURRC Ft. Custer, Mich 3 Jul 43, 1177th Tng Gp BTC # 10 Greensboro, NC 11 Jul 43, 74th AAF TTD Greeley, Colo 5 Oct 43, 24th TSS, AAF WTTC Ft Logan, Colo 5 Oct 43, 23d TSS, AAF WTTC Ft Logan, Colo 25 Oct 43, ORD # 3, Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC 9 Dec 43, Camp Patrick Henry, Va., Hampton Roads, Va., SS Livermore 2-28 Apr 44 Brindisi, Italy, 90th Dep. Rep. Sq., 15th AF AAF SC/MTO Naples, Italy, SS Mt. Vernon 8-18 Jul. 45, Hampton Roads, Va., Camp Patrick Henry, Va., Camp Grant, III, Ft. Sheridan, III.