FREE: Uncirculated KENNEDY Half-Dollar Coin OPERATION CHOPPER VIETNAM 1 .12.1962

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Uncirculated KENNEDY Half-Dollar Coin OPERATION CHOPPER VIETNAM 1 .12.1962

This beautiful uncirculated coin commemorates Operation Chopper in The Vietnam War on the front of a real JFK half dollar coin. Comes with a COA.

Operation Chopper occurred on January 12, 1962 and was the first time US forces participated in major combat in the Vietnam War.
In December 1961, the USNS Core (T-AKV-41) docked in Saigon with 82 US Army Piasecki H-21 helicopters. A little more than 12 days later, Operation Chopper commenced.
The helicopters transported over 1,000 South Vietnamese paratroopers for an assault on a suspected NLF stronghold 10 miles west of Saigon. The NLF were surprised and soundly defeated, but they gained valuable combat experience they would later use with great effect against US troops. The paratroopers also captured a sought-after underground radio transmitter.[2]
This operation heralded a new era of air mobility for the U.S. Army, which had been slowly growing as a concept since the Army formed twelve helicopter battalions in 1952 as a result of the Korean War. These new battalions eventually formed a sort of modern-day cavalry for the Army

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