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   Julian Macassey to John Francis   
   Re: American vs. British Salute - Milita   
   17 Jul 20 23:34:37   
   
   From: julian@tele.com   
      
   On Fri, 17 Jul 2020 17:25:07 +0000 (UTC), John Francis  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >  wrote:   
   >>On Friday, February 7, 2003 at 8:21:33 PM UTC, FrisbeeĀ® MCNGP wrote:   
   >>> A recent discussion came up in another froup to which I subscribe where I   
   >>> had related something I'd been told while in the USAF about the reason the   
   >>> American Salute was different from the British and some other salutes.   
   >>   
   >>So the Americans won the Vietnam war?   
   >   
   > Possibly undecided at the time the original poster was talking about.   
   > As you apparently failed to notice, you are replying to a post made in 2003.   
   > In it, the poster mentioned having been told about this "over 25 years ago".   
   > If that had been 28 or more years, the Vietnam War would not have ended.   
   >   
   	If that tale is true, the US needs to change thier   
   salute.   
      
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