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DairyFarmer 
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 Topic: Flag on Right ArmPosted: June 01 2015 at 9:09pm |
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Could someone explain to me why the flag on the American soldier's right shoulder is "back-to-front". i.e. the stars on the right of the flag?
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SW28fan
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Posted: June 01 2015 at 10:06pm |
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I believe it is to simulate that he is carrying it and it is flying. It is the same on aircraft.
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Posted: June 02 2015 at 3:57am |
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...don't have that problem with the Union Jack or the Cdn leaf..
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Posted: June 02 2015 at 4:37am |
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Thanks. Just looks odd.
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Posted: June 02 2015 at 9:00am |
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I read somewhere that the stars lead the flag in movement so it is "flopped" to allow the stars to preceded the bars.
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Posted: June 03 2015 at 4:08pm |
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dittos what he said
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Posted: August 08 2015 at 8:09am |
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Don't know what happened to Lowspeed's post.It is just strange. I was instructed that the flag is "read" left to right. The hoist is on left side of the flag and right of the flag pole, while the fly is farthest from the pole. The USA flag has the Stars in the top left Canton, right of the hoist and the Stripes run right to the fly.
In most militia the unit insignia is worn on the left sleeve and the country flag on the right sleeve. Some countries don't have a problem with which way the flag is (i.e. UK, Switzerland, Holland) while others do (i.e. Ireland, Italy, France) Then I cam across an explanation:
And just to confuse some people have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_whose_reverse_differs_from_the_obverse
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Posted: August 08 2015 at 5:01pm |
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Its true, symmetrical flags it doesn't matter but many have a definite left & right.
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Posted: August 08 2015 at 6:26pm |
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And be careful how you fly the flag of Great Britain.
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Posted: August 08 2015 at 6:43pm |
 Been a few instances - like hockey games - where the U.S. colour party parades the Canadian flag upside down!
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Posted: August 09 2015 at 7:54am |
True!  Many don't realize the diagonal crosses (white for St Andrew of Scotland & red for St Patrick of Ireland) are offset.  |
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Posted: January 20 2017 at 2:27am |
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And you are flying it upside down!!
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Posted: January 15 2018 at 9:54am |
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I read that the RN would intentionally fly it upside down if the vessel was in distress. Germans couldn't tell the difference but United Kingdom sailors could.
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Posted: January 15 2018 at 12:32pm |
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An international sign of distress is to fly the flag inverted
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Posted: January 15 2018 at 1:52pm |
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Must be a problem for the Swiss.
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The blue field of stars should always be in the highest position of honor. When viewing the flag on a wall, the highest position of honor is the upper left when displayed horizontally, and at the top (upper left) when displayed vertically. When displayed on a "moving object" like a person or vehicle, the highest position of honor is the front, and not the rear; so the field of blue should be displayed to the front.