Posted on May 31, 2014
Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?
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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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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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