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USA758 Army Airborne Glider Patch
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USA758 Army Airborne Glider Patch
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The Glider Badge was a special skills badge of the United States Army. According to the U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry, the badge was awarded to personnel who had "been assigned or attached to a glider or airborne unit or to the Airborne Department of the Infantry School; satisfactorily completed a course of instruction, or participated in at least one combat glider mission into enemy-held territory.
History
The badge was authorized on 2 June 1944 and discontinued on 3 May 1961 but may continue to be worn on U.S. Army uniforms.
Following the close of the Second World War, the Glider Badge was authorized to any service member who had completed glider unit training at the Airborne School.
