Silent Invaders

Combat gliders were called by some as 'Death Crates', 'Purple Heart Boxes', 'Flying Coffins' and 'Tow Targets.' They were not pretty and had no graceful lines. Viewed from the front, they had a pug nose and a sloping Neanderthal forehead. Their wings looked like the heavily starched ears of a jackrabbit placed at right angles on a canvascovered fra