Re: Hats - and, MY! How times change
Dave Hultberg (dave.hultberg@PAONLINE.COM)
Wed, 30 Oct 1996 13:19:38 GMT
On Tue, 29 Oct 1996 13:18:54 -0600, Hugh Sullivan wrote:
>Speaking only of the South and the forties:
>
>1. If we were not in uniform, we uncovered and placed the hat over our =
heart
>for flag raising, playing of the National Anthem at sporting events, =
etc. If
>uncovered, we placed the right hand over our heart.
>2. If covered, we uncovered when we went indoors.
>3. When covered, male adults tipped their hat upon meeting ladies. (The
>female is always given the benefit of any doubt)
>4. The Navy (WW2) uncovered when indoors and did not salute when =
uncovered
>or in civilian clothes. I responded to salutes by saying "Thank you for =
a
>fine salute; the Navy does not salute uncovered or in civvies". Many
>military installations had signs at "oases" stating "He who enters =
covered
>here buys the house a round of cheer".
>
Hugh & the list,
I grew up in the north in the 50s/60s and I only noticed one difference.
We rarely wore hats except baseball hats as kids and were never taught
to tip our hats to the fair sex. In Scouts, we wore our garrison caps
for opening and closing ceremonies, even if indoors. Other than that we
didn't wear them inside-we folded them over our belts. At ball games,
we stood, took off our caps and placed them over our hearts during the
playing of the national anthem. We did the same thing when the flag
passed us while we watched a parade.
I too am a Navy vet, 1969-1993. When I attended Canoe U aka the Severn
River Country Club or to you civilians the U.S. Naval Academy, we weere
taught the same rules as Hugh described them and they were still the
same when I retired in 1993. The Navy men and women generally remove
their cover (hat) when indoors, except for ceremonies and formations and
while on watch. I was even told an exception to remaining covered on
watch; we were supposed to remove them while passing through sick bay or
the chapel. Unlike the other services, the Navy does not salute when
uncovered or in civilian clothes. We would simply come to attention. =20
I, too, stand and render honors to the flag of our country like I was
brought up to do. Like Hugh, I notice how this jogs the memory of most
of the people around me.
Yours in Scouting,
Dave Hultberg, USNA '73
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