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Vintage Vietnam Era Zippo Lighters
IMGUR ^ | February 25, 2016 | (Expurgated)

Posted on 02/25/2016 12:24:52 PM PST by beaversmom

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: artifacts; vietnam; vietnamwar
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To: DainBramage

They called my dad this in Vietnam...

https://translate.google.com/?espv=2&biw=1280&bih=875&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.&bvm=bv.115277099,d.cGc&dpr=1&ion=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&client=tw-ob#auto/vi/fat

...cause he was plump. On the translate audio, it kinda sounds like mip is how they are saying it, but my dad always said it as “moap” as in soap. Maybe saying it fast sounds like moap.

Why did they call you Numba Ten?


41 posted on 02/25/2016 2:24:15 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: DainBramage

lol...I bet you were a striking, irresistible lad. And you probably said, no, I’m just here for the bad times. :)


42 posted on 02/25/2016 2:26:31 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: DainBramage
This is my "moap" dad about that era (I think stateside in this pic, but not sure).

Cig in hand of course.

He wasn't too fat, but FAT compared to the Vietnamese. They liked him 'cause Buddha was chubby.


43 posted on 02/25/2016 2:34:49 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: R. Scott

“I remember when cigarettes were removed from C-rats”

When was that?


44 posted on 02/25/2016 2:36:39 PM PST by VMI70
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To: R. Scott

We’d get more cigs in the field than we could use so we cut open the packs and buried them.


45 posted on 02/25/2016 2:51:53 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: beaversmom

Thanks, beaversmom.

I liked the Phu Bai Zippo.


46 posted on 02/25/2016 2:57:16 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata; All

You’re welcome lp.

What is Phu Bai?

Found a Pinterest site, not specifically related to the lighters (it shows some), but Vietnam memories in general.

https://www.pinterest.com/search/?q=%23VietnamWarMemories&rs=hashtag&0=%2523VietnamWarMemories%7Chashtag


47 posted on 02/25/2016 3:02:19 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Watch the movies “The Killing Fields” and “Journey From the Fall”...........


48 posted on 02/25/2016 3:03:25 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: DainBramage

How about do Jamae, sp.


49 posted on 02/25/2016 3:05:24 PM PST by Little Bill (o)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Thanks. Saw the Killing Fields a long time ago, but don’t remember a whole lot about it. I know the actual guy, Hang Ngor, starred in it. Have not heard about Journey From the Fall.


50 posted on 02/25/2016 3:06:48 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Me too. :)


51 posted on 02/25/2016 3:08:03 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: laplata

Found Phu Bai:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phu_Bai_Combat_Base


52 posted on 02/25/2016 3:08:07 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Phu Bai was, and I’m sure still is, a stinky place in I Corps which was south of Hue in the northern part of South Vietnam.

Thanks for the Pinterest but it is blocked by a popup.


53 posted on 02/25/2016 3:09:00 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Journey From the Fall looks good:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_from_the_Fall


54 posted on 02/25/2016 3:09:14 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: laplata

Yeah, you have to be a member of Pinterest to see the pics. Sometimes if you click back, and then forward again, you can see the pics if a non member. I don’t like that.


55 posted on 02/25/2016 3:10:23 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom
He wasn't too fat, but FAT compared to the Vietnamese.

As a side note, the reason the Vietnamese were so slight in stature was due to their strict diets of rice and fish which contained no Vitamin D........

56 posted on 02/25/2016 3:11:49 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: beaversmom

Thanks.


57 posted on 02/25/2016 3:12:22 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Regarding Journey from the Fall:

The film was received with critical acclaim. In the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, it received a score of 92% with a certified “Fresh” rating with the consensus being that “Ham Tran’s ambitious film proves to be extremely powerful due to stunning photography and passionate performances” and is currently ranked 27th in the Top 100 Best Movies of 2007.


58 posted on 02/25/2016 3:13:13 PM PST by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom
Journey From the Fall looks good:

It's definitely worth watching, check your local library, maybe they have it........

59 posted on 02/25/2016 3:13:23 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

Okay. Probably not on NetFlix. Sometimes I get lucky and find things on YT before they get deleted. :)


60 posted on 02/25/2016 3:15:53 PM PST by beaversmom
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