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Pewter colored coin, 2 inches high x 2 1/2 inches wide.

27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade.

The 27th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne) conducts mobility, counter-mobility, survivability, and sustainment operations to support the combined units of the XVIII Airborne Corps as they accomplish their missions world wide.

The history of the 27th Engineer Battalion (COMBAT) (AIRBORNE) began on 16 January 1918 at Fort Meyer, VA, as the second battalion of the 37th Engineer Regiment. The unit entered World War I on the 10 July 1918, which its participation in the Saint Mihiel and Meuse Argonne campaigns. After the termination of hostilities, the unit was demobilized.

On 23 August 1990, the battalion was again called upon, this time to Saudi Arabia, to support Operation Desert Shield. On the 24th of February 1991, the battalion, attached to the French 6th Light Armored Division, became the lead engineer battalion for XVIII Airborne Corps in its push up the western allied flank during Operation Desert Storm. On the 27th of March 1991, the 27th Engineer Battalion (COMBAT) (AIRBORNE) returned to its home at Ft. Bragg, NC.