Zippo through the Vietnam War. part 2. 7th Cavalry Regiment (Garry Owen)

This second Vietnam War lighter with it's insert both originally produced in 1968, bearing a unit insignia of the 7th Cavalry Regiment (United Stated Army). The lid has 'Republic Of Vietnam' heading, because Vietnam(southern) was not entirely a communist country till the war ended.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War

Wordings on the back of this lighter suggested that it'd been used for lighting-up dope. In later years during the Vietnam War, many troops grew resentments & hatred towards the war along with many issues associated. Many of them would turn towards alcoholism, drugs, sex, hatred speech & various symbols to temporarily distract themselves from the relentless battle conditions as well as expressing their ingrained emotions towards what they're going through.

Lighters engravings from those later years(after 1966), had altered & varied significantly alongside their feelings. Many of those engravings included nude/obscene/strong images of naked women & middle fingers, accompanied with harsh/strongly sarcastic statements or sentiments.

The statement engraved behind this lighter stated:

OURS IS NOT

TO DO OR DIE

OURS IS TO SMOKE 

AND STAY HIGH

During the time, many had devoted themselves towards drugs abuse. Many variety of dopes probably were available, Marijuana was likely most widespread & popular. Method of Marijuana intake was commonly through smoking.