Shield shaped with banner mounted beneath, brass colored coin, 1 7/8 inches high x 1 7/8 inches wide Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • XVIII Airborne Corps
  • 1st Brigade Combat Team
  • 82nd Airborne Division
  • 1st Battalion 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Location
Coin Location: 2C1
Homebase: Ft. Bragg, North Carolina
Deployment: Afghanistan
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 1 October 2009
Donated by: TC W. Bruson
Copies: 1 of 1

C001324

Location: 2C1 Height: 1.88 Limited Coin

Coin: Unit

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Narrative

Shield shaped with banner mounted beneath, brass colored coin, 1 7/8 inches high x 1 7/8 inches wide

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Coin Numbered 0104 Journal - Page 36 - Line 5 "Strike Hold"

The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) was one of the 3 infantry regiments of the 82nd and had served as such for more than 50 years. The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment stood more ready than ever to deploy anywhere in the world within 18 hours, fully prepared to fight and win. The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment's mission was to deploy worldwide within 18 hours of notification, execute a parachute assault, conduct combat operations, and win. Specifically, the Regiment is able to conduct a forcible entry to seize a defended airfield, build up combat power as quickly as possible and conduct follow-on military operations. When the 82nd Airborne Division began transforming to the US Army's modular force structure in 2006, the reorganized 1st Brigade Combat Team remained the headquarters of the parent regiment, the 504th Parachute Infantry.