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Originally Posted by Whiterook
Interesting background on that...see the reviewing stand and the two styles of salute. You know, I never thought of this previously, but, did the Canadian Army use the same style salute as the British Army? ANd are those American sailors?
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We Canadians did salute in the same manner as the British did in WWII. We now salute in a similar way to the Americans. I don't wish to cause any grief here on the forums but I feel that we have 'lost' something in regards to the manner our current CF members salute.
In this photo, Please note, the white suits do appear to me to be US as No Canadian would ever have saluted like that during WWII. It was until sometime in the late 80's IIRC that Canadians stopped saluting the Brish way. Also NOTE who is doing the saluting upon passing the Salute Base. It is the men on the Base who are saluting, not the CWAC saluting. I find this fact interesting as during any parade I ever took part in, we saluted the Base.