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Was it Regan who started returning salutes when saluted by military members? I'm not 100% sure but I want to say before that most presents just acknowledged the salute and went on. I seem to remember it was Ronnie that started the trend.
I can't think of any recent presidents from either side who would have caught dead pulling the maneuver in this photo, however.