Original U.S. WWII Zippo Type Lighter named to Pvt. Merton Drake - marked Iwo-Jima 2/19/1945 Original Machine Guns a very successful AMERICAN

a very successful AMERICAN

McFadden – Ark

Nepal where it has laid for at least the last 150 years (see photos of the piles of bronze cannons we recovered)

Destroy the aerodynamics of any AC and just won’t fly

Original U.S. WWII Zippo Type Lighter named to Pvt. Merton Drake - marked Iwo-Jima 2/19/1945 Original Machine Guns a very successful AMERICANOriginal Item: One of a Kind. What a story this little guy could tell. This "Zippo" style lighter is painted in soid olive drab paint with the name and serial number of M. DRAKE 32677380 scratched in on one side, and IWO JIMA 2 19 45 on the other. A cursory search of the serial number found one Pvt. Merton C. Drake, originally from Binghamton, N. Y.. He enlisted in 1942 and is listed with a civilian occupation of "Skilled mechanics and repairmen, n.