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.