Claim: The Parachute Rigger Badge (designed by Major Thomas R. Cross) is a badge presented by the United States Army and United States Air Force for completion of the Army Quartermaster School's course on parachute combat supply that was first awarded in 1949..
Evidence: 1949 The Parachute Rigger Badge is a military qualification badge of the United States Army and the United States Air Force which was first created in 1948 and officially approved in June 1986. Completion the U.S. Army Quartermaster School's course on parachute combat supply, preparation, and deployment. The first parachute rigger badge was designed in 1948 by Major Thomas R. Cross and drawn by Sergeant First Class Ewing of the 11th Parachute Maintenance Company, 11th Airborne Division at , Sendai, Japan, and was first used operationally during Exercise Swarmer in 1950. 
Completion the U.S. Army Quartermaster School's course on parachute combat supply, preparation, and deployment. United States Army and United States Air Force 1949 The first parachute rigger badge was designed in 1948 by Major Thomas R. Cross and drawn by Sergeant First Class Ewing of the 11th Parachute Maintenance Company, 11th Airborne Division at , Sendai, Japan, and was first used operationally during Exercise Swarmer in 1950.