Description: U.S. Special Forces Groups Airborne El Salvador(Atlacatl Battalion) Army Support Challenge Coin Condition: Used, and in good shape. Please see pictures. The coin is 1 5/8 inches diameter with serrated edge. We recently located some additional originals of this coin within (Ret) Lt Col Don K, Phillips collection. This older rare special forces coin is very limited. Copyright: DKP. Artist: JLR Atlacatl Battalion The Atlacatl Battalion, a former Salvadoran Army unit, was a rapid-response, counter-insurgency battalion created in 1980 at the U.S. Army's School of the Americas, then located in Panama. It was implicated in some of the most infamous incidents of the Salvadoran Civil War. It was named for Atlacatl, a legendary figure from Salvadoran history. The Atlacatl Battalion's first trained Salvadoran soldiers arrived back in El Salvador in 1981. The Battalion was trained at Ft. Bragg, NC by US Special Forces and the 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry of the 82nd ABN. Atlacatl soldiers were equipped and directed by U.S. military advisers operating in El Salvador during the civil war of the 1980s.[1][2] The New York Times described the Atlacatl Battalion as "the pride of the United States military team in San Salvador. Trained in antiguerrilla operations, the battalion was intended to turn a losing war around."[3] The Battalion was disbanded under the terms of the 1992 Salvadoran peace accords that ended the eleven-year conflict. In the early 1990s, the Commission on the Truth for El Salvador (UNTC) investigated war crimes during the civil war. Their report concludes that the Battalion was responsible for the El Mozote massacre, the El Calabozo massacre, and the execution of six Jesuit priests (as well as their housekeeper and her 16-year-old daughter). The Battalion was also implicated in the killing of "some 50 civilians on the banks of the Guaslinga river".[4] Human Rights Watch linked Atlacatl to additional massacres not cited in the UNTC report: dozens killed in Tenancingo and Copapayo in 1983, 68 in Los Llanitos, and three separate killings in 1989. In this 1990 report, Human Rights Watch concludes, this record ought not be surprising. "U.S. officials have never pretended that human rights concerns should take precedence over the need to win the war, when, as they often do, the two goals conflict."[5] NOTE: Never personally given any of the coins. They are from either purchases of collections or from professional makers of military challenge coins. All coins are guaranteed to be in excellent condition unless otherwise specified above. The accepted payments are: PAYPAL and please contact seller for other methods of accepted payment, which you may have used in past please contact me through the eBay messaging system. Thanks! Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items.
Price: 75 USD
Location: Panama City, Florida
End Time: 2024-02-21T18:04:54.000Z
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