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The Navy custom of engraving
Zippos extend to the remote bases, stations and
territories.
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1954 Zippo with
non-factory
engraving for Eniwetok
and Bikini Atolls owned
by E.B.
Godfrey.
These atolls in the
Marshall Islands were
used to test
atomic
and hydrogen bomb
from
1947-1962. |
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1953 Zippo for
Naval Base Norfolk Virginia - "World's
Largest". |
1955 Zippo for the
US Naval Station Adak, Alaska, playing an important role during
the
Cold War
as a submarine surveillance center. |
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1961 Zippo with
map of Cuba for US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay.
The Bay has been
US
territory since
the end of
the Spanish
American war. |
1973 Zippo for
the US Naval Facility in Eleuthera, Bahamas. |
1975 Zippo
for Diego Garcia Naval Command Station British Indian Ocean
Territory . |
1972 Zippo for
U.S. Naval Station, Adak, Alaska, Birthplace of the
Winds. |
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1977 full-sized and 1981 slim Zippo for
Guam. Guam was ceded to the US by Spain in 1898.
Captured by the Japanese in 1941, it was retaken by
the US three years later. The military installation
on the island is one of the most strategically
important US bases in the Pacific. |
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1981 Zippo for US Navy Support Facility in Diego
Garcia, a British Territory. Its strategic location
and facilities supports a vital U.S. and British naval
presence in the Indian Ocean and North Arabian Sea. |
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