Posted on May 31, 2014
Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?
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Seeing as how the last glider unit was disbanded shortly after WW2, there is nobody on Active duty who qualifies to wear it.
Anyone who is wearing it needs corrective action taken on them.
Anyone who is wearing it needs corrective action taken on them.
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I know about the badge due to my wife's grandfather having one from his service in WWII.
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I only knew one soldier a SGM I work with in 1974 just as he was retiring!
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Yes, my 1st Sergeant in 1968 at Ft Benning was a WW2 vet and had a glider badge>
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Being a Sea Service Member (4 Navy, 26 Coast Guard) I never saw anyone wearing "Glider" Wings - either as a pilot or troop.
I served on the USS MIDWAY (CVA-41) during Vietnam from 1972 - 1974; assigned to the Weapons Department in the Guided Missile Division. Our LCDR Division Officer was one of the Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) Pilots flying the C-1A cargo plane; a small twin engine plane that made regular mail runs and bring back essential repair parts. One of the other Weapons Division Officers, a Mustang LCDR (former enlisted) was the object of good natured ribbing by our division officer; we were always egged into calling him the "Blimp Pilot" still on active duty by our boss. We thought our boss was joking until one personnel inspection that the officers wore their chocker whites with medals; he wore regular wings, but also wore these:
Actual blimp pilot wings!
I served on the USS MIDWAY (CVA-41) during Vietnam from 1972 - 1974; assigned to the Weapons Department in the Guided Missile Division. Our LCDR Division Officer was one of the Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) Pilots flying the C-1A cargo plane; a small twin engine plane that made regular mail runs and bring back essential repair parts. One of the other Weapons Division Officers, a Mustang LCDR (former enlisted) was the object of good natured ribbing by our division officer; we were always egged into calling him the "Blimp Pilot" still on active duty by our boss. We thought our boss was joking until one personnel inspection that the officers wore their chocker whites with medals; he wore regular wings, but also wore these:
Actual blimp pilot wings!
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My Uncle Ned Moore, Chief of Staff (Acting) of the 101st Airborne at Bastogne arrived at Normandy via gliders, as did all the Division Staff.
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My Dad went through Airborne School in ‘46. He received a jump badge, glider badge and was trained as as rigger.
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