When the Airborne units were honored by the Dutch Government, the Dutch assumed the glider pilots were part of he 82nd Airborne Division. The Dutch furnished the lanyards. Around 1981 someone discovered the Glider Pilots were not part of the Airborne Divisions. At the 1982 National World War II Glider Pilot Association reunion, Colonel Herman Tummers of the Royal Netherlands Embassy, Washington, D.C. presented the Order of William, Orange Lanyard to all pilots present who had flown the Market missions. A sufficient quantity of lanyards and certificates were then given to the NWW2GPA Secretary by the Colonel. All Market glider pilots who were not in attendance at that reunion and who could be located have since been presented. There are still a few who have never been located and who have not received the Orange Lanyard.