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Fact # 1: Only the Navy and Marines Can Do It Let’s begin by sharing some quotes and facts I found online about the left handed salute. At the end of this article you can share your thoughts and input. I’ll start out by sharing what I know and what I learned.
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On 13 February, Salute and her division began pre-invasion sweeps in Manila Bay in preparation for the landings at Mariveles and Corrigedor. Few mines were encountered, but kamikaze resistance was intense, and the ships saw much antiaircraft action. During and after the initial troop landings, she helped extend the mineswept areas and provided antisubmarine and antiaircraft protection for the transports anchored off the beaches. She carried out pre-invasion sweeps at Ormoc Bay on 6 December, Mindoro Island on 14 December, Lingayen Gulf on 6 January 1945, and Zambales and Subic Bay on 29 and 31 January. Salute participated with her division in most of the subsequent landings in the Philippines. For the next month, she carried out local patrols and sweeps in the vicinity of Leyte. Between 27 and 31 October, she helped search for survivors at the scene of the Battle off Samar, where a group of escort carriers, destroyers, and destroyer escorts, had repulsed the attack of a more powerful Japanese fleet. On 20 October, she joined her division, Mine Division 34, off the Leyte beaches for a four-day sweep of the main transport channel, and then anchored with the transports to provide antiaircraft support. Between April and September 1944, she escorted convoys between Pearl Harbor, Majuro, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Guam, and Sai-pan, before reporting to the 7th Fleet at Manus on 8 October for the Leyte invasion. Nelson in command.Īfter shakedown, Salute sailed from San Francisco on 21 March 1944 for Hawaii. launched on 6 February 1943 sponsored by Miss Patricia Lindgren and commissioned on 4 December 1943, Lt.
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The first Salute (AM-294) was laid down on 11 November 1942 by Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Wash. To greet or welcome with customary actions or words.
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