US MARINE CORPS - 5th MARINE REGIMENT Challenge Coin.

This is a great looking 5th Marine Regiment commemorative challenge coin. Coin is about 1 9/16" in diameter. This coin has a 5th Marine Regiment insignia on front in raised lettering and the Marine Corps logo on the reverse. Coin is contained in an acrylic air tight holder.

The 5th Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the most highly decorated regiment in the Marine Corps and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF).

Active

1917 – 1919; 1920 - 1930; 1934 - present

Country United States

Branch United States Marine Corps

Type Light Infantry

Size 4,800

Part of 1st Marine Division

I Marine Expeditionary Force

Garrison/HQ MCB Camp Pendleton

Nickname(s) "The Fighting Fifth"

Engagements

World War I

Battle of Belleau Wood

Battle of Chateau-Thierry

Battle of Saint-Mihiel

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Banana Wars

Occupation of Nicaragua

World War II

Guadalcanal Campaign

Battle of Cape Glouchester

Battle of Peleliu

Battle of Okinawa

Korean War

Battle of Pusan Perimeter

Battle of Inchon

Battle of Chosin Reservoir

Vietnam War

Operation Swift

Operation Union I & II

Battle of Hue

Operation Desert Storm

Iraq War

2003 Invasion of Iraq