Decatur veteran turns laser engraving into coins honoring fallen service members

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — A challenge coin can prove a person’s military membership, but one local man has given it another purpose.Greg Sullivan has made these coins for a little over a year, and so far, it has been worth it.“I bought my small laser in September of last year and set it up in my basement just to see what I could do, and the business just took off,” Sullivan said. “So, I had to get a bigger laser so I could get it done faster, and I moved it here, so I had more time to work on it. So why not keep doing this a little bit longer?”Sullivan is a veteran himself, so making these coins for other veterans is an emotional experience. He knows giving them out makes an impact.“It’s very humbling to take their service and sacrifices and turn it into what I call a small piece of art that can be handed to a family member,” Sullivan said. “Hopefully it will remind generations down the way of the service and sacrifice their grandfather, great-grandfather, or whoever made to preserve our