Sprocket shaped, silver colored coin, 2 inches in diameter. Click to enlarge
Unit/Organization Information
  • I Marine Expeditionary Force
  • 1st Marine Division
  • 1st Tank Battalion
  • D Company
Location
Coin Location: 12A12
Homebase: Twenty Nine Palms, California
Deployment: Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 10 August 2011
Donated by: SGT M.A. Sanchez
Copies: 1 of 1

C002844

Location: 12A12

Coin: Unit

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Narrative

Sprocket shaped, silver colored coin, 2 inches in diameter.

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Journal - Page 73 - Line 9

The 1st Tank Battalion is an armored battalion of the United States Marine Corps which is based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. It falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and I Marine Expeditionary Force.

It's mission is to provide combat power to the 1st Marine Division in the form of amphibious and/or Maritime Preposition Forces; conduct operations ashore utilizing maneuver, armor protected firepower and shock action in order to close with and destroy the enemy.

SGT Sanchez writes, "The distinctive insignia of the unit has a lightning bolt which represents the speed, shock effect and firepower of the 1st Tank Battalion. The Tank represented is the M2A5 light tank. The M2A4 was the first model this Tank Battalion used in combat, in August of 1942 during the Guadalcanal Campaign."