Captain William P. Yarborough designed the parachutist badge in 1941, and the War Department approved it that March. The Army's first paratroopers were still being trained when the wings were drawn...
Five jumps from an aircraft in flight, one of them at night with a full combat load, is what it takes to pin on the wings this back patch carries at full size. The Basic Parachutist Badge goes to the...
Sixty-five jumps is only the first line of what the wreath around that star asks for. The Master Parachutist Badge sits at the top of the Army's three parachutist badges. The basic wings have a plain...