I once met a man in the supermarket parking lot. His liscence plate frame read combat glider pilots association. I asked him if he flew the CG 4 and he was shocked anyone would know what tha was. I told him I would be proud to shake the hand of a brave man and fellow vet. Later in the store his wife told me quietly that he was walking a little straighter and prouder. I never got to talk to him again. He passed away about a week later. Be good to those old timers. There aren't that many of them left.
My father flew a glider for the Pathfinders on D-Day, he was one of the first Allied soldiers to set foot in occupied Europe. He flew co-pilot for a British glider in the invasion of Sicily, one of only 50 American volunteers. He landed a glider in Southern France and flew 2 missions in Market-Garden, where he won the DFC for staying on the tow after his tow plane was hit and his co-pilot had his throat ripped out by shrapnel so that he could get his men where they belonged. How he managed to not even get hurt is a miracle....
My dad flew a glider in Market Garden, and had to walk out from behind the lines with his pilot. Later, he flew a glider filled with gasoline for Patton's tanks on the evening of 26th December, supplying surrounded Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge. He was in one of ten gliders to make the mission.
Grew up with my fathers recollections from early development days 13 Ann. Best was description of having side peel off while flying. Now I live in town where gliders were built
Our Uncle Bud2 was trained as a rigger in the17th ABN. 194th GIR Company B. He saw action Battle of the Bulge and Oberation Varsity crossing the Rhine. God Bless all our Airborne from then till now. Army Airborne a proud heritage that live s on. Thank you all.
My dad was in that regiment for sure! PFC Clifford Sterling Robertson. His glider was shot down during Varsity and was briefly captured with wounds to his wrists and ankles. He died in 1999. I didn't know he had a steel plate in his skull from the war, as well as still having shrapnel in his ankles, wrists. Dad was a full-blood Santee Indian.
Thinking of all the effort put in to design of the glider (I presume) regarding weight and balance issues, this video was way more interesting than I thought it would be. Also, using the weight of the jeep to raise the nose via the automatic lifting device cable - brilliant! Also, at 27:43 - you can't see it on the video but that was Stalin at Yalta not appreciating all the military hardware sent to the USSR by the Arsenal of Democracy. Thanks for posting!
Some gilder infantry did almost all of the 187th and 188th had parachute training a good amount of 194th glider men were also parachute trained and im sure the 327th and 325th probably had parachute trained men.
"Suicide job,' almost everyone who did it once, didn't do it twice! "Like riding a truck, into a hundred mile an hour crash!" My uncle with 101st engineers, talked about it, when drinking! Never around his own kids! (His Wife wouldn't allow it!) She lost family in WW2!
👍🏻My pop was one of those who did fly into combat twice (pilot), DDay and Market Garden. He once told me a quote from an address to a graduating company of soldiers by Walter Cronkite after flying into combat-“I'll tell you straight out: if you've got to go into combat, don't go by glider. Walk, crawl, parachute, swim, float-- anything. But don't go by a glider!" "It was a lifetime cure of constipation."
Wouldnt the pilots what to be there at least watching whats going on? I was a helicopter mechnic in the Army and 1/2 the time the pilots did the actual work or at least helped out
Glider at that time is flying coffee . And that way they given ( G wings ) which meaning not Glider it's called gut. That way many Soldiers say them that gut wings which mean brave man to land this in enemy field I know you think why I say that go to the history of ww2 glider and there you see many Soldiers dies during landing. Well that's what i read about in history that may be true or false that way best way to know answer by there son or there grandson ? ANY COMMENTS...
I once met a man in the supermarket parking lot. His liscence plate frame read combat glider pilots association. I asked him if he flew the CG 4 and he was shocked anyone would know what tha was. I told him I would be proud to shake the hand of a brave man and fellow vet. Later in the store his wife told me quietly that he was walking a little straighter and prouder. I never got to talk to him again. He passed away about a week later. Be good to those old timers. There aren't that many of them left.
Cool story bro
I love these old training films
My father flew a glider for the Pathfinders on D-Day, he was one of the first Allied soldiers to set foot in occupied Europe. He flew co-pilot for a British glider in the invasion of Sicily, one of only 50 American volunteers. He landed a glider in Southern France and flew 2 missions in Market-Garden, where he won the DFC for staying on the tow after his tow plane was hit and his co-pilot had his throat ripped out by shrapnel so that he could get his men where they belonged. How he managed to not even get hurt is a miracle....
Pathfinders jumped, not gliders...
My dad flew a glider in Market Garden, and had to walk out from behind the lines with his pilot. Later, he flew a glider filled with gasoline for Patton's tanks on the evening of 26th December, supplying surrounded Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge. He was in one of ten gliders to make the mission.
Ever heard of Paul Tuntland?? A pioneer in glider aviation.
My dad built a glider and landed it in Berlin
Grew up with my fathers recollections from early development days 13 Ann. Best was description of having side peel off while flying. Now I live in town where gliders were built
Our Uncle Bud2 was trained as a rigger in the17th ABN. 194th GIR Company B. He saw action Battle of the Bulge and Oberation Varsity crossing the Rhine. God Bless all our Airborne from then till now. Army Airborne a proud heritage that live s on. Thank you all.
My dad was in that regiment for sure! PFC Clifford Sterling Robertson. His glider was shot down during Varsity and was briefly captured with wounds to his wrists and ankles. He died in 1999. I didn't know he had a steel plate in his skull from the war, as well as still having shrapnel in his ankles, wrists. Dad was a full-blood Santee Indian.
Thinking of all the effort put in to design of the glider (I presume) regarding weight and balance issues, this video was way more interesting than I thought it would be. Also, using the weight of the jeep to raise the nose via the automatic lifting device cable - brilliant!
Also, at 27:43 - you can't see it on the video but that was Stalin at Yalta not appreciating all the military hardware sent to the USSR by the Arsenal of Democracy.
Thanks for posting!
Thanks for posting this.
I find these videos fascinating.
Most enjoyable viewing.
>^..^< Just another reason these men are part of the "Greatest Generation"......
Because they started world war 2 and killed 90 million people without any protest?
Now i know how to use a 75 year old glider
The glider guys had a more dangerous job than the paratroopers especially on landing in combat.
Thats why they land after paratroopers
This is so cool...though I wonder how much time they would've saved if the just had ratchet straps back then lol
19:18 this is so cool
always remember robe is your friend ;-)
glider infantryman had parachute training too ?
No.
@@terrenceduren3516 thx for answer
187th Infantry did
Some gilder infantry did almost all of the 187th and 188th had parachute training a good amount of 194th glider men were also parachute trained and im sure the 327th and 325th probably had parachute trained men.
"Suicide job,' almost everyone who did it once, didn't do it twice! "Like riding a truck, into a hundred mile an hour crash!" My uncle with 101st engineers, talked about it, when drinking! Never around his own kids! (His Wife wouldn't allow it!) She lost family in WW2!
👍🏻My pop was one of those who did fly into combat twice (pilot), DDay and Market Garden. He once told me a quote from an address to a graduating company of soldiers by Walter Cronkite after flying into combat-“I'll tell you straight out: if you've got to go into combat, don't go by glider. Walk, crawl, parachute, swim, float-- anything. But don't go by a glider!" "It was a lifetime cure of constipation."
This must have been early in WW2. The 37mm Antitank gun was obsolete certainly by 1944.
Even in gliders?
Wouldnt the pilots what to be there at least watching whats going on? I was a helicopter mechnic in the Army and 1/2 the time the pilots did the actual work or at least helped out
In the British airborne during the war, the pilots were ordinary soldiers given glider training much to the disgust of the RAF.
The Jerry can mount on that jeep is in an odd position
No it’s too low. The Jerry can holder is usually mounted about six inches up from the rear cross member. As a Jeep owner I checked.
@@jonjon9047is it a glider jeep?
Glider at that time is flying coffee .
And that way they given ( G wings ) which meaning not Glider it's called gut.
That way many Soldiers say them that gut wings which mean brave man to land this in enemy field I know you think why I say that go to the history of ww2 glider and there you see many Soldiers dies during landing.
Well that's what i read about in history that may be true or false that way best way to know answer by there son or there grandson ?
ANY COMMENTS...
Yes. You are making this up
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99.9% of online training is trashes.