Awarded on: April 20th, 1982
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"Glider Pilots of the IXth Army Air Force Troop Carrier Command who took part in the airborne operations and in the subsequent combat actions of the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in the central and southern parts of the Netherlands in the period from 17 September to 28 November 1944, are permitted to wear the Orange Lanyard."