Posted on May 31, 2014
Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?
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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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Yes. Several, when I first entered the Army in 1978. These were WWII, Korea and Vietnam Veterans.
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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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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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