Opening blurb: On Thanksgiving 1968, Twenty U.S. Servicemen Lost Their Lives In Vietnam.
At the beginning of the episode, when the Major General dresses down Col. Brewster over his salute in front of his men, while unorthodox, the General was not wrong. The Colonel's salute was extremely sloppy!
The correct way to render a hand salute is to hold the right elbow parallel to the ground and extend the forearm in a straight line, without bending the wrist or fingers, and with the palm angled slightly down, touch the tip of the middle finger to the brim of the hat, the outside tip of the eyebrow or, if worn, the rim of the glasses where the earpiece meets.
The correct way to render a hand salute is to hold the right elbow parallel to the ground and extend the forearm in a straight line, without bending the wrist or fingers, and with the palm angled slightly down, touch the tip of the middle finger to the brim of the hat, the outside tip of the eyebrow or, if worn, the rim of the glasses where the earpiece meets.