The can with the missing lid was drank by a Navy sailor off the coast of Vietnam. He cut the lid out and kept stuff in it before eventually bringing it home. That's what he told me anyhow when I got the can from him last week. I asked him if it was a pull tab or you needed to open it with a church key and he said the latter. The steel rims and remnants of the lid support this. You can also see where at least one punch is folded down against the can. It's possible this is how he took the top off but based on the lid material and testimony of the person who drank it, I'm going with flat top.
Does anybody else have any Vietnam era flat tops that returned to the states like this one?
