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    Oct 30, 2020 2 minutes

    PARACHUTIST BADGE

    I really enjoyed Peter Suciu’s piece on the Parachutist Badge in the September 2020 issue (“Emblem of Honor,” pp 44-5). I thought you might like to know the end of the story of Captain (later Lieutenant General) William P. Yarborough’s effort to design the Parachutist Badge.

    He worked with high-end jewelers, Black, Starr in Philadelphia to produce his prototype.

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