Posted on Aug 8, 2023
Is the Airborne salute still a thing amongst paratroopers?
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I remember it was quite the thing around the time that six gun or six-shooter, not remember for sure his handle, was CG of the XVIII Corps.
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You mean the regular hand salute that turns into the fluttering fingers like a canopy blowing in the breeze?
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I believe you are referring to the Gunfighter, that carried a six-gun. He was the 82nd commander when I got to Fort Bragg in 76. I am not sure of the Airborne Salute you are referring to.
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MAJ Ronnie Reams
Starts as a regular salute, but when you drop it you make your palm in the shape of a canopy and fingers are shrouds and it floats down. I have been racking my brain, does Emerson sound familiar?
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1SG Harold Piet
Late Army Gen. Henry 'Hank' Emerson, decorated Fort Bragg commander, called tremendous leader
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1SG Harold Piet
I do not think I ever did this salute. I was in the A co and B co 27th Engineers CBT ABN, from E1 to E6 Jan 76-May of 86
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Is that where you slap you hand on your leg at the end? They did that in Airborne School, but I haven't seen it anywhere else.
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MAJ Ronnie Reams
No, as you come down hand in shape of canopy and fingers shrouds and hand floats down.
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