Dog tag shaped, pewter colored coin, 1-1/4 inches wide x 2 inches high. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • XVIII Airborne Corps
  • 1st Brigade Combat Team
  • 10th Mountain Division
  • 1st Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment
Location
Coin Location: 4Q1
Homebase: Fort Drum, New York
Additional Information
Date Acquired: Prior to 21 March 2008
Donated by: Unknown
Copies: 1 of 1

C002510

Location: 4Q1

Coin: Command

Active » U.S. Army

Narrative

Dog tag shaped, pewter colored coin, 1-1/4 inches wide x 2 inches high.

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The 87th Infantry was constituted on 15 November 1941 a Fort Lewis, Washington, and designated the 87th Infantry Mountain Regiment. The unit waas dubbed "Minnie's Ski Troop" in honor of Charles Minot Dole, President of the National Ski Patrol. Volunteers, many who were veteran skiers, mountaineers and woodsmen, arrived from Washington, Oregon, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts. The 87th trained on Mount Rainier's 14,408 foot peak. The 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Mountain Regiment was the first Mountain designated unit in the United States Army, predating the 10th Mountain Division.