Have you ever seen anyone wearing a Glider badge?

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Yes. We had a maintenance warrant that wore the glider badge. Earned it as a member of the 82nd Airborne.

When I was a young private stationed at Ft Lewis we had a an crusty Col that wore them.

Doubt anyone gets issued the award since the army hasn’t used gliders in over 50 years

No I haven’t

Never even heard of a glider badge . Didn’t know we had used gliders since WWII

Airborne Glider trooper

Yes. On the lapel of a jacket. It was a gentleman I was driving to an Honor Flight. He was in the Glider Corps stationed in England during WWII. Some friends of his wrote a book called “On Silent Wings” I believe was the title. Quite an interesting read, and an amazing gentleman.

WW2 renacters aside. Having been stationed at ft Campbell when band of brothers came out and Ft Bragg well ever I gave meet several WW2 Veterans who were glider certified.

I met a few WWII vets from the 82nd ABN DIV who had the badge, they were retired. I met them at a 82nd ABN DIV convention.