Ни для кого не секрет, что в истории 20-го века, помимо двух мировых войн, нескольких локальных конфликтов, парочки сексуальных революций имели место быть другие интересные вещи. Например Вьетнамская война, которая хоть и начиналась как внутренний конфликт в Северном Вьетнаме, но потом переросла в настоящую бойню с участием кучи напалма, вырезанием деревень и Америки.
Закономерный вопрос, что там делала Америка, обсуждаться в этом посте не будет. Как впрочем и пустые размышления о причинах, перечисление примеров жестокого обращения и удивления по поводу того, что маленькие вьетнамцы смогли продержаться аж 20 лет, 12 из которых они провели в окопах, скрываясь от пуль М-16.
Дело в том, что хоть американские военные и были полностью снаряжены государством, но государство явно не думало о том, что сидя под пулеметным огнем, или разбирая завалы трупов знакомых после очередной бойни, сынам Америки определенно захочется покурить.
Поэтому в военных лавочках продавались Zippo. Она играла важную роль. Во-первых, Zippo - это зажигалка, и от нее можно прикурить, во вторых, так как она с виду напоминает небольшую гарелку, ее и использовали в этом ключе, в третьих, так как она не предоставлялась правительством Соединенных Штатов, то покупались отдельно, за кровные деньги, потому и имела особое значение для каждого ее обладателя.
За долгие годы Вьетнамской войны, плохо понимающие, что происходят, армейцы пытались выразить свое отношение к происходящему, подчеркнуть некие аспекты своей жизни, или просто позабавиться. Поэтому на зажигалках того времени, стали появляться философские и не очень надписи, нацарапанные армейским ножом. К тому же, зажигалка с надписью, становилась как машина с аерографией, и поэтому вероятность, что ее украдут ночью снижалась до минимума.
Вьетнамские умелые ручки, за небольшую сумму были готовы подсобить одиноким американским сынам, выброшенным на произвол судьбы. Умельцы начали предлагать американцам аккуратную гравировку на Zippo.
Собственно об этом я и хотел написать. О том, что Zippo в те годы преобразились. Солдаты, которые могли не вернуться, души которых направлялись то вверх, то вниз с постоянством, которому может позавидовать любой профессионал, оставляли на земле тело - решето, или просто отдельные куски плоти и Zippo, но зато свое.
Некоторые надписи вызывают дрожжь. Например, простое и лаконичное: "Why me?" или менее простое и менее лаконичное "You only live twice once when you're born and once when you're looked death in the face".
Были надписи более забавные: "If God made anything better than pussy he kept it for himself" или еще одно проето и лаконичное "Lets Fuck".
Были и совсем прямолинейные: "He who steals this lighter eat shit".
Ниже я приведу сборник цитат с "мертвых зажигалок". Мертвы они потому, что те, кто выжил, забрали свою Zippo с собой. Те, что находили, находят в Вьетнаме до сих пор, уже не имеют хозяев.
Что до меня, то меня потрясли следующие надписи: "I love you for today tomorrow and forever", "knights slew for love we slay for money", "If you find this lighter on my body I hope it brings you better luck than me".
Вообщем, я не знаю, можно ли наслаждаться эстетикой смерти, но тем не менее, приятного чтения:
A big cat can be mean but ... A little pussy ! never hurt
After 7 days God say “Let there be hell” and then came the dusters
Always ripped or always stoned I made it a year I'm going home
Always topped or always stoned I made it a year I’m going home
And the lord said let there be marine and the fish rose from the sea
Army lifers never die they go to hell and regroup
As I steam down the river of death I'll fear nothing for I'm the meanest mother fucker on the river
As I walk through the valley shadow of death I shall fear no evil for I'm the evilest son of a bitch in the valley
Awarding! I'll be the first of all but fighting! I'm the soldier going the rear!
Away from you I so much hunger for you touch
Being in the army is like using a rubber It gives you a feeling of security while you're getting fucked
Black is Black is you Black is me Black is us Black is unity
black jacks bloody burning bastards
black youth
Cam down the hell Fell down the God
Damn you Charlie Brown
Damn you Charlie Brown I wont sink if you pull it out
Death is my business and business has been good
Dedication Achievement Professionalism
Do unto others As they would do unto you only do it first
Doing business with you is like wearing a prophylactic it gives one the feeling of faith, security and safety while beeing screwed
Fight for peace Live for war Die for nothing
Fighter By Day Lover by night Drunkard by choice army by mistake
Fighter By Day Lover by night Drunkard by choice marine by mistake
Fighter By Day Lover by night Drunkard by choice ready to fight
Fighting for freedom as a state that those who live in peace will never know
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity
For those who fight for it life has a meaning the protected will never know
For those who fought for it freedom has a special flavor the protected will newer know
For those who fought for it freedom has a taste the protected will newer know
For those who fought for it life has a flavor the protected will newer know
For those who have to fight for it life has a flavor the protected will newer know
Fuck it !!
Fuck you red baron
Give me head til I'm dead
God made grass man made alcohol who are you going to trust
Gunrunner six smoke bringer
He who steals this lighter eat shit
Help spread love through out the world fuck some one
here to raise hell
Heres to me in my sober moods when I ramble, sit and think
Heres to me in the drunken moods, when I gamble, sin, and drink
Ho Chi Minh is a communist mother fucker
I am an alcoholic In case of accident get me a beer
I am just like a duck I don’t give a fuck
I can't live without you I can't anymore but I can't die
I didn't come to Vietnam to die for my country, I came to make the other SOB die for his
I love the fucking army and the army loves fucking me
I love Vietnam for today tomorrow and forever
I love you for today tomorrow and forever
I may not be poet I may not be a king but I'm a fighting soldier and when I'm mad I do my thing
I walk into the swamp a knife in one hand a pistol in the other I'm a mean fucker I'm a jungle man
I was raised in Wisconsin 2 set of teeth 2 set of hair I'm a mean mother fucker I'm a Yankee
I'm sure to go to heaven because I have spent my time in hell
I've been down so goddamned long like up to me
I've been down so goddamned long that it looks to me
I've loved every inch of the land I stand I'll die before I'll run
If God made anything better than pussy he kept it for himself
If I die in Vietnam bury me on my stomach so the army can kiss my ass
If I had a farm in hell and a house in Vietnam I would sell them both
If I had a farm in Vietnam and a home in hell I'd sell my farm and go home
If I had been at Kent state there would have been one hell of a body count
If it won't light, that's combat baby
If there must be war let it be in my day so that my children can leave in peace
If You Can't Fix It Fuck It
If you don't know what hell is like fuck with me and you'll find out
If you find this lighter on my body I hope it brings you better luck than me
If you got this of my dead ass I hope it brings you the same luck it brought me
If you haven't been there shut the fuck up
If you think sex is exciting try incoming
If you want to fuck smile when lighter back
If you want to fuck smile when this lighter you hand me back
If you want to make love smile when you hand me back this lighter
If you want to make love smile when you hand me the lighter back
If you're not with the one you love love the one you're with
In life we often have to do things that just are not our bag
Is a year shortened as a day ? Then I'll go home soon !
It is nice to be important but it is more important to be nice
It seems the days in the army are the longest days on the earth
It's been a hard day I've been working like a dog
It's been a tough year
Kill them all,let God sort them out
Killing for peace was like fucking for virginity
knights slew for love we slay for money
Let me win your heart and mind or I'll burn your hut down
Let peace forever hold her way over the earth
Lets Fuck
Life's a bitch
Lifers Are the Same as Flies They Eat Shit And Won't Leave You Alone
Live by chance love by choice kill by profession
Live fast love hard die young
Live it up! We're all going to the hell anyway
Live like a dog work like an ass fuck like mink die like a rat
May I shack up with you tonight? If so keep this lighter and smile
Napalm sticks to Kids
Never again
Never put off tomorrow what you can do today
No drunk not allowed go home no wife but no single
no hope without dope no class without grass the whole world is going to pot
Nothing is dearer than the life but nothing is more precious than to live in freedom
Oh! lord don't let atomic bomb drop on me
On the 7th day, the lord rested, but blue life flew
One has never lived till he has almost died, life has a flavor the protected will never know
One thousand marines will shit today and wipe their ass with green beret
Ours is not to do or die ours is to smoke and stay high
Paratrooper's never die the go to hell and regroup
Peace is today and tomorrow is yesterday
Please don't tell me about Vietnam because I have been there
Return from hell
Screw it
Soon! I'll fail to buy a house but I won't refuse to build the church in Vietnam
The "things" to do today
The army is a rubber it gives you the feeling of security while you are getting fucked
The average GI. after a fat joint
The eagle fly high tonight
The hawk is out the eagle flies high tonight
The higher you go the lower you get in the army
The human brain functions 24 hours a day give it a break and get mellow
The marine corps is a festering pimple on the ass of my sanity
The more days you've been in the army the more hells you've gotten!
The object of war is not to give your life four your country but make the other bastard give his
The power never win the willing of the people
The quality of mercy is not strained
The unwilling working for the unable to do the unnecessary for the ungrateful
There is nothing so sweet as the smell of death in the morning
Things to do today
Those who have come close to dead – appreciate life
Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil
To hell and back
To love each other is not to look at each other but to look together at the same aim
Vietnam is the land that God forgot but I’ve been there and I remember
War is hell
War is hell but actual combat is a son of a bitch
Water ? Never touch the stuff fish fuck in it you know
We are the unwilling led by the unqualified doing the unnecessary for the ungrateful
We came because we believe we leave because we are disillusioned we come back because we are lost we die because we are committed
We die at the hands of those who smile at war
We have done so much for so long with so little that now we can do any thing with nothing forever
When God open the gates of hell the 101 st walked out
When I am dead and in my grave no more pussy will I crave
When I die bury me face down so the whole world can kiss my as
When I die don't bury me at all just rub my nuts in alcohol lay my dick across my chest tell all Vietnam whore I'm gone to reste
When I die I know I am going to heaven because I have spent my time in hell
When I die I know I am going to heaven cause I spent my time in hell
When I die I'll go to heaven because I've spent my time in hell
When I die I'll drive the road of heaven because have driven road of hell
When I die put me deep place a woman at my head & feet tell all the whores
When I kill the only feeling have is the recon of my rifle
When I know I've already died I'll fear no war, no combat and no fighting because the God appears behind me!
When my drinking days are over and from this world I pass, I hope they bury me upside down so the world can kiss my ass
When the power of love over comes the love of power then There will be peace
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace
When this trooper dies he will rot in the mud like any other fucking animal
When you are not with the one you love love the one you are with
With booze you loose with dope there is hope
Yea and my retribution shall be terrible and swift and death and sorrow rained from the sky
Yea though I fly through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for I'm the evilest mother fucker in the valley
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil for I am most evil dog in the valley
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil for I'm the evilest son of a bitch in the valley
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil cause I'm the meanest mother fucker in the valley
Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for I am the evilest son of a bitch in the valley
Yesterday is history tomorrow is a mystery today is the golden age between
You can fuck with the troops but you can't stop the clock
You may fall on a hill you may fall on a mountain but the biggest fall you’ll ever make is when you fall in love
You must have me confused with someone who gives a shit
You never really lived till you nearly died
You never really lived until you've nearly died
You only live twice once when you're born and once when you're looked death in the face
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