Posted on May 31, 2014
Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?
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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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I HAVE! Several. Back in 2004 my partner and our daughter attended the dedication of the National WWII Memorial in Washington DC. We saw scores of men wearing their WWII vintage uniforms. I talked to a couple vets from the 82nd with Glider Badges.
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LTC Jason Mackay
MAJ Keira Brennan and. SGT (Join to see) the airborne divisions in World War II had a mix of glider and parachute infantry regiments and enablers (FA, EN, ADA, CSS) that were also parachute and glider mix. There was a doctrinal distribution of 2xGlider and 2xParachute infantry regiments. normally an Infantry Division in WW2 on Active duty had 3 infantry regiments and National Guard had 4. The Airborne Divisions were heavily task organized. Some Airborne Divisions had 6 regiments mixed glider/parachute, 82d was rumped at 3, 2 PIR and 1 GIR. The mix of the enablers seemed to mirror the regiment mix.
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I think I saw a few Glider Badges back in the late 60s, but I can’t be sure. It could well be I’m just getting my memory confused with having seen so many wearing khakis having the round Red&White Airborne/Air Mobile Glider Patch on their Cunt Caps back then.
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I have seen one in my lifetime- my dad. HE was a WACO CG4-A pilot and trainer in WWII. I still have his badges and patches. IF you look closely at the Airborne patch on the Class A cap, the aircraft superimposed on the parachute is a glider.
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MAJ Karen Wall
My dad was a pilot and a trainer of many of these pilots mentioned here. He was with the 325th GIR, 52nd Troop Carrier Squadron. He jumped off Ole Betty at Fort Benning for his jump wings. I twice tried to connect with the WWII Glider Pilot Association over the years to at least carry his memory to those he flew with and trained. It was so unfortunate and sad that on both occasions, I received responses that were elitist and dismissive, despite having seen his pictures with HIS glider. If it were not for him and his skills and dedication (see the article above), many of these guys would not have been able to do what they did safely and successfully. He went through his training at Lubbock, TX and eventually became an instructor at Missoula, MO. Not many would have done what he did out on that wing strut! THAT'S MY DAD!
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I met one he was at a Veterans home had to look twice and still had to ask never heard of one before or since.
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Major Demille my Spanish instructor at Citadel was glider field artillery in WWII.
My brigade commander in the 101st had glider training as a WP cadet.
In 2004,while on a river cruise, in Portugal met a gentleman that was in the 80 AAA Bn in the 82nd. He rode a glider into Holland.
My brigade commander in the 101st had glider training as a WP cadet.
In 2004,while on a river cruise, in Portugal met a gentleman that was in the 80 AAA Bn in the 82nd. He rode a glider into Holland.
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I've seen one at a old man's home in the early 60s and remember it because I had seen jump wings and WW 2 army air force crew bad pilot wings. The old guy live in El Paso and had the all American 82ed airborne patch along with a bronze star with V and campaign medals and victory medal and a CIB. he said he rode a glider into Market Garden operation.
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When I was in pre-flight at Ft. Wolters, TX. in 1966, there was a CW4 who served in WWII. He had Master Army Aviator Wings, Glider Pilot, and Balloonist Badge. He had more ribbons on his right side and most have on their left.
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Meet a WW II/ Korean Soldier with one and 4 mustard stains on his ABN wings
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Yes, in Vietnam. There was this old guy, Pappy Gray, who wore these "half wings". I ask him about them and he told me they were glider wings. I was impressed he survived. This was in 67 - 68 in Da Nang.
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