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  • curprev 18:1518:15, 6 March 2024Randylyon talk contribs 5,476 bytes +5,476 Created page with "CHALLENGE COINS. The origin of challenge coins is often influenced by the researcher. A writer for the Department of Defense quoted Air Force Historical Research Agency archivist Barry Spink. He had been told in the 1990s that the tradition started in Vietnam. An Army infantry-run bar tried to keep non-infantrymen away by forcing “outsiders” to buy drinks for the whole bar if they couldn’t prove they had been in combat. The “proof” started with enemy bullets...."