Year 1967 Polished Chrome Zippo Slim Lighter With US 1st CAVALRY Division Logo
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:18877663 |
Up for your collection is a vintage genuine Year 1967 high polish Zippo slim lighter featuring US 1st AIR CAVALRY Division VIETNAM metal emblem. This original Zippo lighter has a solid spring cam, the top and bottom line up nicely. Zippo insert sparks with a clear flint tube, in good working condition. Pictures show details of this rare item ! A valuable addition to your military memorabilia collection.
In 1965, the 1st Cavalry Div...ision (Airmobile) began deploying to Camp Radcliffe, An Khe, Vietnam. The unit's first major operation was the Pleiku Campaign. During this action, the division conducted 35 days of continuous airmobile operations. Most of 1967 it was spent in Operation Pershing. This was a large scale search of areas in II Corps which saw 5, 400 enemy killed and 2, 000 captured. The division re-deployed to Camp Evans, north of Hue in the I Corps Tactical Zone, during the 1968 Tet Offensive, involved in recapturing Quang Tri and Hue. After intense fighting in Hue, the division then moved to relieve Marine Corps units besieged at the Khe Sanh combat base (Operation Pegasus) in March 1968. The 1st Cavalry Division next conducted major clearing operations in the A Shau Valley from mid-April through mid-May 1968. From May until September 1968 the division participated in local pacification and "MedCap" (Medical outreach programs to offer medical support to the Vietnamese local population) missions I Corps. In the autumn of 1968, the 1st Cavalry Division relocated south to the III Corps Tactical Zone northwest of Saigon, adjacent to a Cambodian region commonly referred to as the "Parrots Beak" due to its shape. In May 1970, the division was among U.S. units participating in the Cambodian Incursion, withdrawing from Cambodia on 29 June. The division thereafter took a defensive posture while the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam continued. The bulk of the division was withdrawn on 29 April 1971, but its 3rd Brigade was one of the final two major U.S. ground combat units in Vietnam, departing 29 June 1972. Its 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, as the main unit of Task Force Garryowen, remained another two months.
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