JFK 50c Machine Gunner

Get a U.S. Half Dollar Enhanced to Honor Marines in Desert Storm

Now’s your chance to get a Mystic-exclusive enhanced half dollar picturing a machine gunner from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force. Desert Storm was the largest deployment of Marines since the Vietnam War. The first US Marines arrived in Saudi Arabia in late August and continued into the next year.

Marines took part in the assaults both on land and in the waters of the Persian Gulf. When the war was over, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf praised the Marines for their “superb job” and “textbook operation.”

Get your coin now to add this Desert Storm history to your collection.