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1945 ZIPPO, BLACK CRACKLE FINISH, MIB,THE BOX HAS SOME WEAR ,THE LIGHTER HAS
"IN MEMORY OF ERNIE PYLE 1945" INGRAVED ON FRONT, IT IS SAID TO BE IN GEORGE
BLAISDELL OWN HAND WRITING. ONLY 200 OF THESE LIGHTERS WERE MADE AND GIVEN TO
THE CREW OF THE USS CABOT, THIS IS THE SAME SHIP AND TIME ERNIE PYLE WROTE HIS
FAMOUS SHORTEST WAR STORY ON THE BOTTOM OF A ZIPPO, "TOKYO", ERNIE PYLE WAS
KILLED BY GUN FIRE ON APRIL,15.1945 ON OKINAWA , THIS IS A TRUE CLASSIC, AND IN THIS
CONDITION , VERY RARE!
PRICE ON REQUEST, ONLY SERIOUS BUYERS PLEASE
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