Edward Richards Colonel

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Matt

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§ 578.95 Glider Badge (Rescinded).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.