Posted on May 31, 2014
Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?
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Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge? How many Soldiers could you ask before receiving the correct answer without the help of a search engine?
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Posted 10 y ago
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Yes I did and have, 1972. No real glider ride, but does a C-119 count? "Shake Rattle and Roll"
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Yes, in Vietnam. There was this old guy, Pappy Gray, who wore these "half wings". I ask him about them and he told me they were glider wings. I was impressed he survived. This was in 67 - 68 in Da Nang.
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Yes I have. It was about 20 years ago. At the VA Hospital in seattle there was a volunteer pushing patients around to their appointments. He was a WWII vet and proudly wore his.
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Yes, I know about that badge. My Uncle Jimmy was in the 17th AB, 193rd Glider Inf, Company A. Here is hi picture.
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When i fought in the big one, WWII SGT (Join to see) . Just kidding about fighting in the big one, I’m not that old! I did not know it existed past WWII.
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I have seen someone who legitimately has a set of Navy Blimp pilot wings. Which look weird as hell.
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Yes. When I joined in 1976 there were a handful of WWII vets. I worked foe a COL Ted Robinson, a veteran of the 101st Airborne Division who participated in the Normandy and Market Garden operations.
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I haven't seen anyone with it. But, I would have to guess that not many that are authorized to wear the badge are still with us. As far as I know, we last used gliders in the invasion of France during WW2. Many didn't survive the "landing" because the gliders were made of wood and canvas. The first Commander of the 101st Airborne Division met his fate in a glider crash.
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SPC Robert Coventry
The 101st Deputy Commander Brigadier General Don Pratt died on Dday because they put a bunch of armor to try and protect him and the extra weight caused the glider to crash (fall out of the sky) he broke his neck during the crash. It was referenced in Saving Private Ryan
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