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I'd say early 1970's. No way Korean era or "early" Vietnam but very well is probable for after 1970 and we were still in Vietnam.
Full Metal Jacket -the 1987 Vietnam film- has the phrase.
Those were marines so who knows, I was Army and I do not recall such.
But as to usage: it is 1980's and since.
Wherever it came from, it surely came from low class people.
Neither one. I believe it was either, (a) one of the challenges on the T.V. "reality show" called, "Fear Factor."
Or, (b) perhaps it was originally a dinner recommendation given to the IRS by an irate taxpayer.
But whatever the source, it has obviously become the universally-accepted standard of greeting for every lawyer and all government officials - at every level.
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