Posted on May 31, 2014
Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?
405K
1.77K
694
197
197
0
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?
Posted in these groups: 
Badges
Military History
Badges Military History
Posted 10 y ago
Responses: 491
0
0
0
In order to stay on Jump Pay you had to Jump once every three months. Glider drops tended to be a mess. wrecked aircraft, equipment and injuries. Not something you would do for training. I guess it would be the equivalent of Air Assault
(0)
(0)
0
0
0
Yes, in basic 1964 @ Ft Jackson 2 of the PSGs wore the glider patch and badge. BTW, they were PSG E-6.
(0)
(0)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
When I was in the Texas National Guard way back in 1981 we had an SFC who was ancient (in his 50s) and he wore the Glider and Airborne Badges. He was also a Tarrant County Deputy Sheriff so I am pretty sure his Glider Badge was legit.
(0)
(0)
0
0
0
Not in public but I have seen a pic of Hawley Smith floating around the internet.
http://honoringmarinveterans.org/hawley-smith/
http://honoringmarinveterans.org/hawley-smith/
Hawley Smith | Honoring Our Marin Veterans
Hawley Dwight Smith was born on October 26, 1924 in Denver, Colorado. As a child he lived in Denver, Connecticut, and later in Palo Alto. His father died when Hawley was only two and his mother had to take care of his siblings and him.
(0)
(0)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Yes, assigned to the British Army Aviation School, 1975-1977, my Chief Flying Instructor (CFI), LTC Ken Mead, British Army Air Corps, wore glider wings. He was a glider pilot during WWII and flew gliders on D-Day and also during Operation Market Garden. Great man. Great pilot.
(0)
(0)
0
0
0
I saw a couple uniformed retirees in my younger days (79 & later), don't remember any serving guys w/them tho.
(0)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google