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‘Behind the Coins’: 82nd Airborne 4th Battalion Four-Star General coin
We have an awesome behind the coin story to share with you today. Recently I received an email from retired Army Vet, Jim Minor. With nearly 25 years of military service under his belt, Jim put in his time and worked hard. I’ll let him take it from here.
“My name is Jim Minor, I’m a retired Army Vet who first signed up in 1991 and retired in 2015. As a young Private in the 82nd Airborne’s 4th Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, I was often put on shit details. One such was raking the sand and picking up trash, while visiting foreign dignitaries came out to Sicily Drop Zone on Fort Bragg (Fort Liberty now.)”