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Picked this up last week, is this a Marine Corps Paratroopers Wing? Maybe from the 60s? Thanks for any help i can get. :thumbsup:

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Look foriegn to me.Could be from Equador.Several of the Southern and Central American wings are based on US style designs

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Can someone give me some history on the Marine para wings? I would like to know what yrs they started issuing these style wings? What unit was the para Marines I thought after ww2 they were disbanded is that true? If so when did they start a airborne program back up? Thanks guys for your help.

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The Paramarines were disbanded during WWII!

 

The Recon Marines (Force Recon) and other continued to become Parachute trained at Fort Benning to this day. After completing Army Jump School, the Marines are issued Army Parachute wings. When they return to the USMC they must complete additional Parachute Jumps to qualify for the Navy/Marine Corps Wings.

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Can someone give me some history on the Marine para wings? I would like to know what yrs they started issuing these style wings? What unit was the para Marines I thought after ww2 they were disbanded is that true? If so when did they start a airborne program back up? Thanks guys for your help.

 

Someone can probably give you dates, etc. but as I understand it these gold wings were begininning to be issued later in the war as well as the army style basic wing. Not sure what year Para Marines disbanded but these type wings have been in use ever since and usually being worn by Recon Marines/Navy SEAL. The basic Army style is issued for basic parachute qualification and these gold wings require additional training. In addition to the basic jumps, they have to have 5 additional jumps which must include one combat equipment day jump and 2 combat equipment night jumps and employ two or more types of military aircraft.

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Looking through Bragg and Turner's Parachute Badges and Insignia of the World there are several countries that have similar master parachute badges, but the one shown in the first post looks like an exact match to the Dominican Republic master parachute badge.

 

B&T also shows "U.S.N. Senior and Master Parachute Badges" however there is no mention in the text that they were ever adopted. There is also a good summary in the book on WWII Marine Parachute Battalions which were disbanded in February 1944 and did not make a combat jump during the war. It says that a small number of Marines continued to train as parachutist at the Army jump school until 1947 when the Marine Parachute Material School opened at Camp Lajeune. In June 1957 the Marine Corps formed the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Company which later became the 1st Force Recon Company which deployed to Vietnam (1965-70) and made the first Marine combat jump on 14 June 1966.

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The jump wing at the beginning of this thread is pictured in Bragg & Turner's second book (page 54) as a Honduras master paratrooper wing.

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The jump wing at the beginning of this thread is pictured in Bragg & Turner's second book (page 54) as a Honduras master paratrooper wing.

 

Thanks, I guess I need to update from my 1979 dated copy of B&T.

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