Edward Richards Colonel

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  1. He is also wearing a Glider Badge on some of his civilian attire. He is not wearing it on his Army uniform. Did he go to Glider School during or after he was a SFC? If not, then I suppose he was in WWII also.

    The Glider Badge became obsolete in 1961.

    https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2007-title32-vol3/pdf/CFR-2007-title32-vol3-sec578-93.pdf

    § 578.95 Glider Badge (Rescinded).
    (a) Effective May 3, 1961, the Glider
    Badge is no longer awarded. An individual
    who was awarded the badge
    upon satisfying then current eligibility
    requirements may continue to wear the
    badge. Further, it may be awarded
    retroactively upon application to the
    Commander, USA HRC (see §578.3(c) for
    address), when it can be established by
    means of sufficient documentation that
    the proficiency tests then prescribed
    were satisfactorily completed while assigned
    or attached to an airborne unit
    or to the Airborne Department of the
    Infantry School, or by participation in
    at least one combat glider landing into
    enemy-held territory as a member of
    an organized force carrying out an assigned
    tactical mission for which the
    unit was credited with an airborne assault
    landing by the theater commander.

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