Well worn black crackle Zippo with the U.S. Marine Corps insignia on the front.

The Marine Raiders are special operations forces originally established by the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII as the first special operations forces an elite force within an elite force to conduct amphibious light infantry warfare.

The Raider Battalions were put into action on August 1942 and landed assigned to the 1st Marine Division on Tulagi in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate as the opening phase of the Guadalcanal Campaign. During the New Georgia Campaign, the 1st Marine Raider Regiment was task organized for a new mission with the 1st and 4th Raiders. At the same time, the 2nd and 3rd Raider Battalions were temporarily attached to the 2nd Marine Raider Regiment for the invasion of Bougainville, the final combat action of the Raiders before their dissolution.

Well worn black crackle Zippo with scratched Marine Raiders insignia on the front and the year «1943» and the name «Bougainville» on the back side.

The 1st Marine Regiment, a component of the 1st Marine Division, participated in numerous campaigns across the Pacific theater during the war, including New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Tulagi, the New Hebrides, Fiji, Australia and India. The 1st Marine Regiment played also a significant role in the Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII. The Battle of Iwo Jima took place from February 19 to March 26, 1945, and it was one of the most challenging battles of the Pacific theater against the Imperial Japanese Army on the island of Iwo Jima.

Well worn chrome plated Zippo with the owners name «F. C. Dye» and his service number «O-314380» engraved on the front side and locations where he served during the war «New Caledonia», «Guadalcanal», «Tulagi», «New Hebrides», «Fiji», «Australia» and «India» on the back side.

The V Amphibious Corps (VAC) was a formation of the United States Marine Corps that was active from August 25, 1943 to February 15, 1946. In 1945, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions landed at Iwo Jima as part of V Amphibious Corps, a large type of composited unit. More than 70,000 U.S. Marines conducted an amphibious assault to take the Island of Iwo Jima from fortified Japanese forces. Over 36 days nearly 7,000 Marines would be killed during the battle, which is regarded as one of the bloodiest of WWII.

Black crackle Zippo engraved with «V.A.C», the coat of arms and the owners name «R. H. Avery» on the front and a «B» on the other side.

The 4th Marine Division played a crucial role in several key battles during WWII in the Pacific Theater. While many Marines who would later serve in the 4th Marine Division were first stationed at Pearl Harbor, the division itself became prominent later in the war. The division led the assaults on the Marshall Islands and was heavily involved in the invasion of Saipan in 1944. In 1945, the 4th Marine Division was one of the main assault forces in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Additionally, personnel from the division or associated units participated in the battle for Guam or passed through during the campaign.

Well worn Zippo with diagonal lines with the owners initials «E. P. B.» and locations where he served during the war «Iwo Jima», «Guam» and «Saipan» engraved on the front side and «Pearl Harbor» and «Marshall Islands» on the back side.

Major General James Lewis Day (October 5, 1925 – October 28, 1998) was a U.S. Marine Corps major general who served in WWII, in the Korean war, and in the Vietnam war. James Lewis Day participated in combat action during WWII in the Marshall Islands, on Guam and on Okinawa, where for his heroic actions during the fight for Sugar Loaf Hill he was later awarded the medal of honor.

Black crackle Zippo engraved with his name «J. L. Day» and «Okinawa» on the front and with 29 special marks on the edges.

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.