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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PO3 Mike Bek
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I have seen many. Growing up by the airforce academy. The cadets are out flying gliders all the time. They get rated in the gliders.
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SFC Thomas Brown
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Anyone of those Glidermen from WWII. Check the history of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment (GIR), later on, in order to salute the Regiment's past, they decided to remain slightly different than other Parachute Regiments by being called an Airborne Infantry Regiment. The same could be said of the 327th GIR/AIR which changed of course to an Air Assault Infantry Regiment. There were a few more Glider Regiments but their numeric designation slips my mind presently.
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SSG Paul Newman
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Just like 95 yo veterans being interviewed about WWII.
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PFC Bob Merriman
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Negative.
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SPC John Miska
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Yes all WW2 Vets
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SSG Marty Martinez
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Yes. Several, when I first entered the Army in 1978. These were WWII, Korea and Vietnam Veterans.
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PVT David Racette
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82nd ww2
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Dennis Godzinski
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My father, 11th Airborne WW2
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SSgt Rick Scharnberg
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When I was a kid at Loring Air Force Base Maine I met a Senior Master Sgt that had been a glider pilot in WWll. He was riffted after the war.
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SMSgt Paul Ringheiser
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There is a Soaring Society museum in Harris Hill, NY that has a tribute to glider troops. You had to be crazy to do this. But then who Ami to say what is crazy, I ran into burning buildings for a career.
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