Spezielle Vietnam Zippos

Sehr schönes Slim Vietnam Zippo

Aus ungeklärten Gründen hat sich der ehemalige Besitzer von seinem Vietnam Zippo getrennt. Interessant ist dabei der Hintergrund des Feuerzeuges:

Given to me by a sweet young thing in about 1965. Engraved in Vietnam in 1967. Served me well except for it being a slim line and not much fuel capacity. Old zippo is still in good shape, needs flint and fuel to make fire. Lighter is engraved Vietnam 1966-67 630 M.P. Company, and C.R.S. Bottom is just marked zippo, no model year mark or the like. Oh, and no she did not wait for me.

Sehr seltenes Special Forces Vietnam Zippo

Wieder einmal ist ein sehr seltenes und auch interessantes Vietnam Zippo des Special Forces aufgetaucht. Es gehörte einem Oberleutnant des grössten A Teams der U.S. Army in Vietnam, dem Team A-502. Leider konnte aufgrund eines Versprechens der Verkäuferin die Identität des Vorbesitzers nicht geklärt werden.

NHA TRANG 1969 - 1970 USASF (U.S. Army Special Forces) DET A-502

Weitere Informationen sind unter folgendem Link erhältlich:

http://www.a-502.com/

Sehr schönes Vietnam Zippo der Special Forces

Bill Tri Dong Tre Det A 222 1967 - 68 Viet Nam	5th Special Forces Group

Sehr seltenes Special Forces Vietnam Zippo

Im Internet tauchen immer wieder sehr seltene Vietnam Zippos auf. Dieses Zippo gehörte ursprünglich einem Sergeant der Special Forces in Vietnam:

A-325 DUC HUE CONDEMNED BUT IT'S HOME	SGT R. COPLEN

Auszug aus der Tabelle des Detachements Duc Hue (A-353/ A-325) der 5th Special Forces Group (Link siehe unten)

Eintrag in der Veteranendatendank des Vietnam Krieges (http://www.militaryusa.com)

Weitere Informationen sind unter folgendem Link erhältlich:

http://www.greenberet.net/books/A351.htm

Grosse Rarität

Authentisches Vietnam Zippo eines Sergeants/ Specialist 5 der 5th Special Forces Group Vietnam. Die Adresse des Vorbesitzers konnte im elektronischen Telefonbuch der USA gefunden werden. Timothy J Kendall lebt heute im Staate New York.

Auszüge aus dem Mail vom 6.12.2003:

Rolf

I am writing in interest to my zippo lighter that you found on ebay.... I am curiouse myself to know where it has been the past 35 years and who was offering it on the site....

Thank you,

Doc. Kendall

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Auszug aus der Tabelle der ehemaligen Mitglieder des Detachementes B-24 (Kontum, Link siehe unten)

Eintrag in der Veteranendatendank des Vietnam Krieges (http://www.militaryusa.com)

Weitere Informationen sind unter folgendem Link erhältlich:

http://www.greenberet.net/books/B24.htm

Trench Art Vietnam Zippo

Ein Freund des ehemaligen Besitzers dieses Vietnam Zippos verkaufte es anlässlich einer Internetversteigerung:

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Auszüge aus den Mails vom 9.2.2004  und 10.2.2004:

hello..

thankyou for your quick response..i am planning to mail your zippo lighter before the end of this week...to the name and address below... i wanted to let you know that the V.W.S. on your lighter stands for Vernon Wayne Seybold..

thanking you,

ceil

hello rolf

yes, i know the former owner of the lighter...Verne still lives in this area (concord, n.h.)...he belongs to the National Guard here...

I really don't know about his military career in Vietnam...except that he did his full duty there and came home in one piece.  He was best friends with a guy named wayne provencher...they did basic training together at fort jackson, south carolina, here in the states...then soon after, they got shipped to vietnam......i went "out" with wayne during my junior and senior year of high school...wayne and verne were one year ahead of me...so i was a senior...when they were in vietnam....wayne was killed there on may 10th, 1968....about six months into his stunt there......verne gave me the lighter when his duty was done,. around 1969 maybe. i really appreciated it when he gave it to me, and for many years after that......but, its been in a desk draw...and its time for it to have a new owner...(.i still have photos and my memories...)

thanks for your interest...

best to you,

ceil

Eintrag in der Veteranendatendank des Vietnam Krieges (http://www.militaryusa.com)

Vietnam Zippo von Corky, River Division 521

Dank einer kleinen Datenbank ehemaliger Mitglieder der Brown Water Navy in Vietnam konnten erste Infomationen über den ehemaligen Besitzer ausfindig gemacht werden.

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Mail vom 12.9.2004:

Dear Sir

Yes, I know Corky (Corcoran was his last name, Corky his nickname and I cannot remember his first name, it was always Corky) very well, he was my best friend and comrade in Vietnam and before.  In fact I have been looking for him for a long time.  Corky was an E-6 (specifically, an Aviation Boatswain's Mate Fuels or Engineman First Class, that is, ABE1 or ABF1).  I can never remember which flavor of AB he was.  I was a Boatswains Mate First Class at the time.  And another mutual friend of ours was another E-6, Electrician's Mate First Class Larry Seaman.  We three met in Vallejo in late 1968 or early 1969 and began River Warfare Training at Mare Island together.  We became friends and were inseparable until our first night in Saigon (May 7 or 8th 1969) when we were satchel charged in our hotel and Larry was wounded and taken to the field hospital.  Larry recovered and was assigned to another river division and I lost track of him.  Presumably, he didn't know where we went and visa-versa.  I heard later that he was wounded again, badly, but I don't know.

Corky and I were both assigned to River Division 521.  We made many many patrols together as boat captains of River Patrol Boats.  In a year, we probably averaged over 250 patrols, many of them together.  I advanced while in Vietnam and was promoted to Patrol Officer, assigned to patrols as the person in charge of the patrol, usually but not always of a two boat patrol.  Corky and another friend of ours RD1 Phillips made many patrols together.  They were my preferred boat crews other than my own old boat crew. 

We stayed in Vietnam until June 1970 which was when River Division 521 was turned over to the Vietnamese. 

Corky, Larry, and I were very close, and we have lost touch with one another.  We raised hell from Canada to Tijuana for the six months or so we were together.  After all, what were they going to do to us, send us to Vietnam?

As far as I know, Corky retired as an E-6.  And I am not sure what happend to Larry.  I am still looking for Corky and I do not know or remember who George Goslin is. 

I am amazed the lighter is now in Switzerland.  I would like to know more about where and how and from whom you purchased the lighter. 

It is very early in the morning here but I will send you more information if you'd like later.  Also, check out this web site:  http://www.pbrmb1.org/

Danny F. Smith