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Old Sun Nov 02, 2008, 03:55am
SanDiegoSteve SanDiegoSteve is offline
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Originally Posted by w_sohl View Post
Why were you not allowed to do this before? What was the reasoning/rational?
Because for years veterans were prohibited from saluting when not wearing their uniforms in public. We had to hold our hands over our hearts like every other civilian. Now we are allowed by law to actually snap a real salute like we did when we were on active duty.
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