101st Airborne Division Vietnam Silver Toned version Army Challenge Coin

Description

101st Airborne Division
Rendezvous With Destiny
Silver Toned
Army Challenge Coin
Condition:
Used and in good shape.  Please see pictures.
This coin is 1 9/116 inches in diameter.  It has a serrated edge.
Vietnam
The Pentomic structure was abandoned in 1964 in favor of brigades and battalions, and the 1st ABG, 506th Infantry was reorganized and redesignated as 1st Battalion (Airborne), 506th Infantry. Additionally, the lineage of Co. B, 506AIR was reactivated as HHC, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 506th Infantry. Both battalions were part of the 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, which was deployed to Vietnam from late 1967 to 1971. 1-506th was recognized for its role during the Tet Offensive in early 1968 and the Battle of Hamburger Hill in May 1969 together with 2-506th, during the battle of FSB Ripcord.
On 1 April 1967 the colors of the former Company C, 506AIR were reactivated at Fort Campbell as HHC, 3rd Battalion, 506th Infantry. Assigned to the 1st Brigade, it served in Vietnam and was inactivated at Fort Campbell on 31 July 1972.
The division, to include the battalions of the 506th, was reorganized as Airmobile
in 1968, later renamed Air Assault in 1974. During the Vietnam War, five soldiers from the 506th were awarded the Medal of Honor.
(REF:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/506th_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29
)
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