Posted on May 31, 2014
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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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Sgt Mike Jacobi
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Outside of WW2 Airborne Glider troops never heard of anyone having one.
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SPC Mike Baker
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Only a ww2 vetran
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CW4 Dan Green
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When I was in Vietnam in 1971 the Warrant on my team, CW4 Carl Zych, had a glider wings. He flew a glider into Normandy during D Day when he was Enlisted.
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MSG Thomas O'Neill
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Spent 22 years in the Army, never saw one.
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MSG John Hundahl
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Yes, 1971 BCT Committee Group, Ft. LEWIS. commander was a Glider Pilot with 82nd during WWII and flew one into Normandy
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PO2 Matthew Porter
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MSgt Dennis Reddecliff
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1 my father in law was in the 876 combat engineers WW II
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SFC Deb N Bob Spruill
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Not really
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CW4 Clark Stahl
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I've never actually seen this badge, but we had a good family friend who most likely had one, with clusters (kidding). He'd only talk about it infrequently, usually after consuming copious quantities of alcohol at our holiday table, and his story was incredible. As a glider pilot he survived THREE (night, of course) landings (hedgerows were a bitch he said, can't see the bloody things until it's too late), walking away from two, and being carried away from the third. After his passing the stories were verified true when relatives went through his memorabilia. Definitely one of the unsung heroes.
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SFC Tom Duffy
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Once back in 1962, asked what it was. Fellow Sgt was about 45 yr old former WW11 vet, never saw it again
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