Posted on May 31, 2014
Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?
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Knew several veterans from the WWII 11th Airborne Division that earned the badge when I was stationed at Campbell.
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I saw a WWII vet wearing one. But other than that no. It is for all practical purposes an obsolete award.
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The first only only time I seen someone with a glider badge was the first platoon Sgt that I had This was back in the beginning of 2005 he retired shortly after I came into the unit
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The fellow who lived across the street from my parents had one. He was a glider pilot in WW2. Col.Harry R. Russell. Yes, I knew what it was. He wore both glider wings and command pilot's wings. He served 32 years in the Army and Air Force. The reason I recognized the insignia was because I am not only an Air Force BRAT, but also retired Army NCO. My Dad served 23 years as a Dental Officer in the Army and Air Force. My Mother was one of the original WACs.
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I joined the AirForce in 1981 and in all that time I saw 1 and he had been in the Army 20 years when I Asked him about it.
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