Posted on May 31, 2014
Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?
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From what little I know from my father, a WWII vet who landed on DDay+1 and earned a Bronz Star, the Glider Badge was given in June 1944 for glider troops during D-Day. As far as he could remember there was only a few thousand issued. Probably you will not find many alive today who remember them.
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Some 30 year men back when I joined
One was a career PFC back before up or out.
Worked in supply at Ft Knox. April 70.
First Sergeant also had one was a Ranger from DDay before you had to be airborne.
He was glider trained and two stars on it..
One was a career PFC back before up or out.
Worked in supply at Ft Knox. April 70.
First Sergeant also had one was a Ranger from DDay before you had to be airborne.
He was glider trained and two stars on it..
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While stationed in the 9th ID at Ft. Lewis, WA in 1986, we had an old bugger in our Long Range Surveillance Company who wore a pair. He wore a glider badge & jump wings. That glider badge often had AR-670-1 Nazis & new LTs taking fits. Almost 40 years after earning & the guy was still jumping. The guy had combat jump wings & had the 187th Airborne patch on his right sleeve from the Korean War. He missed WW-II but had been in Korea & Vietnam.
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I knew two old warrant officers in the 1970s authorized to wear glider wings, WWII vets.
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I'm not sure. I didn't add that image. You could try a reverse image search on the image, though. Maybe SSG Carlos Madden has more info on the image origin.
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Matthew Bolland - I recommend you remove this as RP is a public forum or at least sanitize the images. SSG(P) James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" and other mods may have better guidance.
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Yes, my uncle, who was a WW2 101st veteran. None were issued after WW2, I believe.
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