Vietnam War Yr 1969 Zippo Lighter ASHAU VALLEY 1969 HAMBURGER HILL, US 101st ABN
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:19107047 | Modified Item: No |
| Country of Manufacture: United States |
Up for your collection is a vintage genuine Year 1969 brushed chrome Zippo lighter, featuring inscribed A SHAU VALLEY 1969 HAMBURGER HILL and a US Army 101st AIRBORNE Division logo in the front. Inscription in the back reads: PLEASE ! DON'T TELL ME ABOOUT VIETNAM BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN THERE. This original Zippo lighter has a solid cam with good snap, the top and bottom line up nicely. Matched Zippo insert sparks with a clear flint tube, flint wheel turns... properly...in excellent working condition. Pictures show details of this rare item which has normal scratches, a tiny dent on top of case. Hinge is a bit wobbled.
During Vietnam War, the battle on Hamburger Hill occurred in May 1969, during Operation Apache Snow, the second part of a three-phased campaign intended to destroy North Vietnamese Army (NVA) base areas in the remote A Shau Valley. This campaign was a series of operations intended to neutralize the A Shau, which had been an infiltration route into South Vietnam prior to 1966, when the North Vietnamese seized the Special Forces camp in the valley during the Battle of A Shau and established a permanent presence. Subsequent U.S. efforts to clear the valley had been consistently unsuccessful. Lt. General Richard G. Stilwell, commander of XXIV Corps, amassed the equivalent of two divisions supported by substantial artillery and air support to accomplish the task. The North Vietnamese had moved their 6th, 9th, and 29th Regiments into the area to recover from losses sustained during a previous U.S. Marine operation (Operation Dewey Canyon) in February. Assigned to Apache Snow were three airmobile infantry battalions of the 101st Airborne Division, commanded by Major General Melvin Zais. These units of the division's 3rd Brigade (commanded by Colonel Joseph Conmy) were the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry (Lt. Col. Weldon Honeycutt); 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry (Lt. Col. Robert German); and the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment (Lt. Col. John Bowers). Two battalions of the ARVN 1st Division (the 2/1st and 4/1st) had been temporarily assigned to the 3rd Brigade in support. Other major units participating in Apache Snow included the 9th Marine Regiment; the 3rd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment and the 3rd ARVN Regiment.
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