The two signal flags under the parachute spell the rate: Papa, blue with a white square, and Romeo, red with a yellow cross, P and R in the flag hoist. PR is the rate that packed the chute and...
The Parachute Rigger Badge was drawn in 1948 at Camp Schimmelpfennig in Sendai, Japan, by Sergeant First Class Ewing of the 11th Parachute Maintenance Company, 11th Airborne Division, from a design...