VIETNAM ERA SEA DRAGON CLUB AIR STATION TAIPEI KOAHSIUNG TAIWAN PENGUIN LIGHTER
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Reference Number: Avaluer:293986 |
LIGHTER DATES TO LATE 60s-70s. ENGRAVED WITH SEA DRAGON LOGO AND EM CLUB. NEEDS FLINT BUT OTHERWISE FUNCTIONAL AND APPEARS TO BE UNUSED EXCEPT FOR SOME WICK SINGE FROM SPARKING FLINT IN THE PAST.
The Navy E.M. Club in Kaohsiung - Where Sailor's Relaxed on LibertySOME HISTORY BEHIND THE NAMING OF THE EM CLUB SEA DRAGON:
About 30 sailor's, including myself, assigned at Kaohsiung, decided to com...pete in the annual Dragon Boat Races in the spring of 1965.
We took first place in our division while wearing Navy White Uniform Pants with White T-shirts. The T-shirts had the Chinese Characters for "Sea Dragons" emblazoned on the back.
Additionally we wore coulee hats that had been painted dark blue and had gold spangles affixed to them.
This was the event that changed the name of the club to the Sea Dragon, forever more.
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