The writing on a lighter said to belong to a WWII soldier who died of a gunshot wound to the head upon getting off the ship at Normandy beach after three days of starvation.
Term used by Vietnam War GI's to describe the unfortunant and frequent practice of torching (via Zippo lighters) of straw huts (hooches) in villages (villes) suspected of harboring or abetting Vietcong soldiers. The term has since come to meanarson of any kind.
Numerous Zipporaids are recounted in the movie "Full Metal Jacket"