Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?
SGT (Join to see), 1LT John Martin, CPT (Join to see), CPT Jacob Swartout, SGT Ben Keen, MSG Martin C. , SFC (Join to see), SPC Michael Griggs, SFC Michael Hasbun, SGT Richard H. CPT (Join to see) 1SG Mark Flowers
CW5 Jack Cardwell SFC Mark Merino LTC Roger Gaines CPT Len Griffin SGT Robert Pryor
SGT Eric Knutson, this is the only soldier I ever met that had been awarded a glider badge.
One of his two proud sons
My regret is that their mother only verbalized her tales of growing up in small town Vermont.
You are to be commended for having saved so many of your records for history.
Once my retirement checks started arriving regularly, I discarded the voluminous copies of orders from yesteryear.
Thankfully, I did retain orders returning me from Korea and relieving me from assignent to the 17th Group, USAR.
My retirement orders remain ‘sorta’ private.
Peoples thoughts please
I just found this picture while cruising the web, I don't have any other info
So, you'd probably have to ask a lot of Soldiers to get the real deal. I doubt anyone on active duty now is authorized to wear a glider badge. I'll caveat that by saying that I obviously could be wrong. One guy you could ask is Harold Billow. He may not have earned the badge, but I'll bet he knows about it:
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/event-overview-harold-w-billow-united-states-army-world-war-ii-veteran-malmedy-massacre-survivor
Event Overview: Harold W. Billow, United States Army, World War II Veteran, Malmedy Massacre...
Dear RallyPointers, Last night I had the honor of being in the presence of Harold W. Billow, United States Army, World War II Veteran, Malmedy Massacre Survivor. (Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmedy_massacre) Harold is 92 years old, and sharp as a knife. He told an amazing story of his ordeal, and moved the crowd many times. He also managed to make us all smile and laugh. Quite an amazing guy. Harold Billow was a member of Battery...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glider_Badge
The Glider Badge was a qualification badge of the United States Army. According to the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry, the badge was awarded to personnel who had "been assigned or attached to a glider or airborne unit or to the Airborne Department of the Infantry School; satisfactorily completed a course of instruction, or participated in at least one combat glider mission into enemy-held territory.[1] The badge was authorized on 22 July...