Vietnam Lighter 70-71 Hue w/ 2nd FLEET Medallion

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Working lighter from Vietnam with wartime graphics & period quotes. Has liner with flint included & is ready for duty! Just needs fluid. Front reads, " VIETNAM, HUE, 70-71 ". Back reads, "PLEASE DON'T TELL ME ABOUT VIET NAM BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN T". Would make an excellent gift, souvenir, memento or keepsake for that special someone in your life or a nice a treat for yourself. Hue is located in central Vietnam about 540 km (335 mi.) south of of Hanoi and about 644 km (400 mi.) north of Ho Chi Minh City ( Saigon ). A palace and fortress that was intended to be a smaller copy of the Chinese Forbidden City was built in the 1800s. In English it is called the " Imperil City ". The name of the inner palace complex in Vietnamese is translated literally as "Purple Forbidden City", which is the same as the Chinese name for the Forbidden City in Beijing . Hue was the national capital until 1945, when a Communist government was established in Hanoi . In the Vietnam War, Hue 's central position placed it very near the border between North Vietnam and South Vietnam . The city was located in the South. In the Tet Offensive of 1968, during the Battle of Hue, the city suffered considerable damage to not only its physical features, but its reputation as well, most of it from American firepower and bombings on the historical buildings. After the war' s conclusion, many of the historic features of Hue were neglected, being seen by the victorious regime and some other Vietnamese as a "relic of the feudal system", but t has since been a change of policy, and some parts of the historic city have been restored. The 2nd Fleet of the United States Navy is responsible in peacetime for training the Atlantic battle fleet in war-fighting skills, developing and evaluating new naval tactics and maintaining theater battle group readiness. It was activated in the aftermath of the World War II, when it was recognized that a numbered fleet was needed for the Atlantic . Second Fleet operates primarily in the Atlantic Ocean from the North Pole to the South Pole and from the shores of the United States to the west coast of Europe . It also operates along both coasts of South America and part of the west coast of Central America . In all, it covers more than 38 million square miles (98 million km²). The force consists of a balanced mix of capabilities including aircraft carriers, surface combatants, submarines, surveillance assets, amphibious forces, marine landing and mobile logistic units. The current Second Fleet flagship is USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7). The 1st Signal Brigade "First to Communicate" & "Voice of the ROK" was activated on April 1, 1966, in the Republic of Vietnam . Its mission was one of the most complicated ever given to any signal unit in the history of warfare: to originate, install, operate, and maintain an incredible, complex communication system that fused tactical and strategic communications in Southeast Asia into a single, unified command. The creation of the brigade brought together three signal groups already in Southeast Asia along with other units into a single unified command, except those organic to field forces and divisions. The mission in Southeast Asia meant providing communications to forces scattered over more than 60,000 square miles of torrid jungle, mountain ranges and coastal lowland - much of which was under-populated and enemy-infested. One of the innovations that circumvented the difficult terrain and enemy situation was the introduction of an extensive, troposp scatter radio relay system, which provides numerous communications channels over distances of several hundred miles between sites. Other firsts include, first use of satellite communications in a combat zone and first use of automatic, digital message and data switches. At its peak, the brigade had more than 21,000 soldiers, with six signal groups, 22 signal battalions, and a large number of specialized communications agencies. This made it, at that time, the largest single brigade in the U.S. Army. The stand-down of 1st S... read more

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