Chrome plated Zippo with the U.S. Navy insignia on the front and the initials «EHB» on the back.

The German freighter Arauca was interned at Port Everglades end of 1939 and was acquired on 1942 by the U.S. Navy, renamed to U.S.S. Saturn (AK-49) and designated as a cargo ship and in 1944 converted to a storeship (AF-40). U.S.S. Saturn sailed to the Mediterranean carrying supplies for the invasion of southern France. After one trip to Iceland and several voyages to the Caribbean, she made another trip to Oran in March 1945. She then resumed her supply voyages up and down the Atlantic Coast until arriving at Norfolk, Va., on 1 July 1946, where she was decommissioned.

Chrome plated Zippo with a many engravings of a crew member of the U.S.S. Saturn named E. R. Ondracek with the rating of Electrician's Mate at the second-class level: six names of friends on the lid and «E. R. Ondracek, U.S.S. Saturn, Bermuda, Cuba, San Juan Riveira, Puerto Rico, Trinidad Oran, North Africa and Bizerte, Tunis on the front. «U.S. Navy E.M 2/c, Dec. 43 to June 46 aboard U.S.S. Saturn, Norfolk, VA., Bayonne, N.J., Boston, Mass. Phila.» on the lid and «Marseille, Toulon, Southern France, Naple, Italy, Palermo, Sicily, Argentia, Newfoundland, Reykjavik, Iceland and Straits of Gibraltar, Algiers» on the back. His name on the top and his address on the bottom. Twelve female first names on one side and two personal engravings including «One And Only Eleonor» with a heart on the other side. Another special and rare detail is the insert of this Zippo, which is also engraved with names on both sides and has a handmade base with a screw to reduce the fuel evaporation.

A very interesting version of a wartime Zippo, as this tells a story from a time when the United States was already supporting Allied forces in Europe without being involved itself in 1940. The first U.S.S. MC Calla (DD-253) was commissioned in 1919 and was in service for the United States Navy as a destroyer until 1940. Then the ship was transferred to the British Royal Navy, which used the boat as the second HMS Stanley (I73) in the long-range escort role. Until her loss on 19 December 1941 due to torpedoing by the U 574, HMS Stanley succeeded in sinking two German U-boats.

Worn Zippo with diagonal lines and original manufacturing engraving of the ships name «U.S.S. MC Calla», the ship number «253», the add-on «TO R.N» and the year «1940» on one side and the monogram «FB» on the other side.

The U.S.S. Oklahoma was on Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. That was the morning the Japanese Empire attacked the United States by surprise. The Japanese used dive-bombers, fighter-bombers, and torpedo planes to sink nine ships, including five battleships, and severely damage twenty-one ships. There were 2,402 US deaths from the attack. Of those deaths, 1,177 were from the U.S.S. Arizona, and 429 were from the U.S.S. Oklahoma. The crew of the U.S.S. Oklahoma did everything they could to fight back. In the first ten minutes of the battle eight torpedoes hit the Oklahoma and it began to sink. A ninth torpedo hit the battleship as it sank in the mud. On 28 December 1943, Oklahoma was towed into drydock No. 2, at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard but because of her age and heavy damages the USS Oklahoma was decommissioned on 1 September 1944.

Mint black crackle Zippo with original factory engraving of the ships name «U.S.S. Oklahoma» and the date «12–28–43».

In July 1941 the United States occupies Iceland, taking over its defense from Great Britain and attempting to thwart a potential invasion by Nazi Germany. In May 1942 the U.S. Navy established a Naval Operating Base (N.O.B).

Black crackle Zippo with U.S. Navy insignia on the front and original factory engraving «N.O.B. Iceland Christmas 1942» on the back.

The Battle of Attu, which took place on 11-30 May 1943, was a battle fought between forces of the United States, aided by Canadian Reconnaissance and Fighter-Bomber support, and Japan on Attu Island off the coast of the Territory of Alaska as part of the Aleutian Islands Campaign during the American Theater and the Pacific Theater.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with a U.S. Navy insignia, ATTU letters, a date plate '43 on the front and a bullet, a cut-out head of a coin and a U.S.N. plate on the other side.

Chrome plated Zippo with different engravings: the U.S. Navy cap insignia and the owners name «Chester F. Bragiel» on the front and a horse cart scene with «Palermo – Sicily» on the other side.

The bombing of Pisa took place on 31 August 1943, during WWII. Aimed at disabling the city's marshalling yard, it also resulted in heavy damage to the city itself and civilian casualties. Fortunately, the most famous landmarks were left untouched.

Chrome plated Zippo with the owner's name «W^m J. Burmeister» engraved on the front and the «leaning tower» of Pisa along with «Pisa - 1945» on the back.

Pisa was liberated on 2 September by the Fifth United States Army. The tower still leaning as of old, was undamaged in the fight to take the historic city.

Chrome plated Zippo with small U.S. Army Great Seal insignia on the front and the «leaning tower» of Pisa on the other side with the name «B. D. Willis» and «Pisa 1945» engraved.

After nine months of bitter combat, on 11 May 1944 the Allies launched operation «Diadem» which was to break through the «Gustav Line» and open the way to Rome. Allied forces and specifically the U.S. Fifth Army liberated Rome in June 1944 and tanks paraded in triumph past Rome's ancient colosseum. Heston M^c Mann served in the 803rd Military Police Battalion which was activated 26 December 1942 at Camp Swift, Texas, disembarked at Naples on 3 October 1943 and was ordered to establish Military Police control over the city and port. Later, they served in Anzio, Rome, Civitavecchia, Leghorn, and then back to Naples where the battalion was inactivated 30 June 1946.

Heston M^c Mann used both a chrome plated Zippo as well as a Ronson lighter. Both with various engravings: his name, his service number «32713080», the combat unit «Co. A 803 M.P. Bn.» in which he served, the stations «Oran – Africa», «Naples – Mt. Vesuv» and «Rome» with the Colosseum on the front and the U.S. Army Great Seal insignia, the years «1943» and «1944» and the three camps «Upton, N..Y.», «Swift, Texas» and «Shanks, N.Y.» on the back.

During the liberation of Italy the main Allied effort centered on the port of Naples. In the city itself, antifascist forces began an uprising, later known as the Four days of Naples, holding out despite continuous German reprisals until the arrival of Allied forces. It took several offensives between January and May 1944 before the 30km front between Monte Cassino and the western seaboard was broken. The American Fifth Army has occupied Rome on 4 June 1944. In the period from June to August 1944, the Allies advanced beyond Rome, taking Florence and closing up on the «Gothic Line».

Chrome plated Zippo with various engravings: three training camps and the port of Naples (incl. active Vesuv) as the scene of the landing in Naples 1944 on the front and important stations on the other side from southern to northern Italy with «Cassino», «Anzio» and «Rome» and further stays with «Algiers», «Oran», «Toulon» and «Marseille».

Well worn chrome plated Zippo with owners name «R. Schweigert» engraved together with «Africa 44» and «Italy 44-45».

On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack against the Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into WWII the next day.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with two palm trees on the beach and «Hawaii 1945» engraved on the front and a nearly nude Hawaiian dancer next to a native house  and the state nickname «Aloha» engraved on the other side.

The alphabet of democracy referred to as the «A.B.C.D. Powers», America, Britain, China and the Dutch unite in the defense of Democracy in the Orient and the South Seas. They formed a circle around Japan and as a part of it, the Territory of Hawaii served as a crucial base for the United States throughout the war, providing a strategic location for naval operations, airfields, and logistical support. The islands of Oahu, where Pearl Harbor is situated, played a central role in the Allied efforts to counter Japanese advances in the Pacific.

Black crackle Zippo with various engravings: «Gam.», «A.B.C.D.», «Oahu» and «T.H.» on the front and «44 ~ 45» on the back side.

During World War II, the U.S. Army's activities in the Panama Canal Zone were focused on defending the strategically vital canal, crucial for Allied naval operations. In 1942 the zone saw increased troop deployments and the fortification of defenses. That same year, the U.S. also began interning Japanese, German, and Italian nationals in the Canal Zone, suspecting them of potential espionage or sabotage, to protect the canal from any Axis threats.

Well worn black crackle Zippo engraved with the owner's initials «W B» on the front and «Panama Zone» on the back.

With the entrance to the war, the United States sought a forward training area and resupply base to serve as a potential line of defense against the Japanese sweep through the Pacific. Fiji geographically and logistically was the best location and because of its central location, Fiji was selected as a training base for the Allies.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with a Fiji Florin 1934 coin on the front and a Fiji Sixpence 1942 coin on the other side.