{"id":34459,"date":"2017-10-09T19:42:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T19:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/09\/check-out-the-new-world-war-i-commemorative-coin\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:04:12","slug":"check-out-the-new-world-war-i-commemorative-coin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/off-duty\/2017\/10\/09\/check-out-the-new-world-war-i-commemorative-coin\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out the new World War I commemorative coin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new commemorative coin was unveiled Monday to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and honor those Americans who served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The silver dollar coin, authorized by Congress in 2014, features a service member holding a rifle to honor those who fought in the war from 1914 to 1918.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley unveiled the design on the first day of the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual meeting in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity to remember 4.7 million men and women who served 100 years ago,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cThose soldiers performed their difficult mission and left a legacy that touches us all every day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No war should be forgotten, he said, and neither should anyone\u2019s military service.<\/p>\n\n\n