Whether it’s a nostalgic Zippo carried by an American soldier or a dinged up flight helmet, here are 10 pieces of Vietnam War memorabilia that are more valuable than ever. Aviation gear remains ...

One of the enduring images of the Vietnam War is one of the Army or Marine Corps' infantry troops, sitting out in the jungle or around a rice paddy, wearing a helmet covered in graffiti.

Vietnam War soldiers used their helmets as canvases—covering them in graffiti, slogans, and messages that revealed their thoughts, fears, and rebellion. Stock market plummets in reaction to ...

Airs of War and Lunacy in January 2004. William Crapser finds memories of a hell on earth in the engravings. He recalls purchasing his first Zippo in Vietnam at a PX for $1.25 -- engraved by a ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Zippo lighters are an inseparable tool of many American soldiers in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. They are not only lighters but also “ambassadors” that unveil deep messages of ...

Similarly, a standard military issue item from that time — the Vietnam War Zippo lighter — now serves to collectively capture the various moods and sentiments of the 1960s and 1970s ...

In one Santa Barbara gallery, the portraits bring back memories for Vietnam vet Hap Desimone ... lit on fire with lighters, the Zippo became an image of a war going the wrong way.

Tool. Talisman. Totem. The Zippo lighter was all of these things and more to American GIs during the Vietnam War. And it's that "more" that has fascinated Bradford Edwards, an American artist who ...

It is a helmet that was worn in the Vietnam war. We do not know who exactly wore it. It was worn by infantry men. It still has a joker card and peace symbol on the outside. The joker card was a ...

ITV Channel reporter Lewis Andrews speaks to the surviving family of a Vietnam war soldier who have been reunited with his helmet after 55 years. An amateur historian from Guernsey has travelled ...