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The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 37, September 7, 2014, Article 33

BIN LADEN RAID CHALLENGE COIN

Len Augsburger forwarded this article about the new 9/11 museum in New York. The numismatic connection is a challenge coin given to a CIA operative. -Editor

Bin Laden raid challenge coin The shirt a Navy SEAL wore in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden and a special coin given to a CIA officer who played a key role in finding him are being displayed at the Sept. 11 museum, adding potent symbols of the terrorist attacks' aftermath days before their anniversary.

The items are going on view Sunday at the ground zero museum, where leaders see them as an important and moving addition to a collection that often uses personal artifacts to explore the events and impact of 9/11.

"The death of Osama bin Laden is a huge part of the history, and we have an absolute obligation to tell it," National Sept. 11 Memorial Museum President Joe Daniels said Saturday. The display, he said, "allows millions of visitors the chance to recognize the extraordinary bravery of the men and women who sacrifice so much for this country at home and abroad."

The shirt and coin will join an existing display with a brick from the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where the terrorist at the helm of the attacks was captured and killed.

The red, white and blue coin was made to commemorate its conclusion. The coin bears the date — May 1, 2011, in U.S. time — on one side and a red "X'' on the other. It was owned by the CIA officer, known as "Maya," who formed the basis for the main character in the Oscar-winning 2012 movie "Zero Dark Thirty."

The museum is keeping both donors' identities secret.

To read the complete article, see:
9/11 museum shows SEAL's shirt from bin Laden raid (www.chron.com/news/us/article/9-11-museum-shows-SEAL-s-shirt-from-bin-Laden-raid-5739357.php#photo-6826302)

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Wayne Homren, Editor

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