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Comment by Jan Carter on January 19, 2012 at 18:56

Billy, we do seem to be growing.  Glad everyone has a place to discuss those important knives that dont have the biggest names in the industry.  I have seen some very nice and intriguing knives and patterns in here.  As well as history on how and what.  Thank you all for sharing with us.  I am an info junkie so bring it all on!!!

 

On that same note Ken...Parachute Infantry overseas cap patches, worn 1941-44.  I found those dates at http://101airborneww2.com/insignia.html

great site BTW

Comment by ken benson on January 18, 2012 at 1:33

  I learned about the gliders when  staioned at Ft Bragg in the early seventies, but do not recall the disputation about hazard pay. There place in history as brave troops is secure.  Is this  insignia no longer worn by our Troopers?  Man I am old  I am starting to realize.  Is the service cap even worn?

Comment by Billy Oneale on January 17, 2012 at 22:39

Moving on up, Jan , Tom. 32 members and growing here.

Comment by tom white on January 15, 2012 at 12:16

sorry follks ain't been on much the wifes had a migrain since friday and  ive been busy and ive been down with the crud thats to everyone on here posting pic.i'll chat more tommorrow...thanks tom 

Comment by tom white on January 13, 2012 at 10:42

glad to have some more new members ,thanks tom

Comment by Billy Oneale on January 12, 2012 at 21:58

Thanks for that info, Toby. I didn't know that.

Comment by Billy Oneale on January 12, 2012 at 21:18

Those are nice, James

Featured Comment by Craig Henry on January 12, 2012 at 17:45

Yeah, there even were a couple of fights that broke out between the Glider and Para boys. BUT, all you have to do is read about what the 327th did in WWII to know why they got their WELL EARNED combat pay!

From the Airborne & Special Operations Museum, Fayetteville, North Carolina;

"Being a glider trooper was no picnic. Paratroopers got a parachute badge, extra pay, wore a distinctive uniform and had highly prized jump boots. Glider troops enjoyed none of these distinctions. Their duty was simple: ride an aircraft made of plywood, cloth and steel tubing into the teeth of the enemy air defenses, land and attack. One veteran paratrooper officer of the 82nd who was ordered to go into Normandy by glider on D-Day said upon landing, “These people don’t get paid enough.” The ride, he exclaimed, was far worse than a parachute jump. After Normandy, glider troops received hazardous duty pay, wore the same uniform as the paratroopers, had their own silver qualification badge and, best of all, got to wear jump boots."

Comment by Tobias Gibson on January 12, 2012 at 6:01

Billy,

I'm guessing you may already kniw this but what the heck, I'll say it any way:

Originally the Glider infantry didn't get the Hazardous Duty  or so-called Jump pay, because  some bureaucrat  compared arriving in a glider about the same as being trucked in.  On top of that Glider troops didn't need to go to jump school.  I'm not sure exactly when the philosophy changed but it was after they realized that Glider troops were taking about same if not higher casualties than troops who were jumping from planes.

A good chunk of jump qualified parachute types were not happy when the Glider troops got the hazardous duty pay.  Apparently they also felt the glider troops were coming via Taxi.

Featured Comment by Craig Henry on January 11, 2012 at 23:55

Thanks Billy!

Another side note; my helmet is an authentic WWII M1 helmet reconditioned and in the markings of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment - "Bastogne Bulldogs" - of the 101st Airborne Division. A unit that always seems to gets overshadowed in the movies and books by the Parachute Infantry Regiment guys.

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