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Dog tags [?]
Henry0Reilly
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We've had a few roll calls of veterans on the board. I was wondering how many still carry their dog tag(s) ? I have one of mine on my keyring.
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speaking of dog tags, i went to get some made, and they had this $14,000 machine that stamps them. wowsers. $14,000. in the Corps we pushed a bar to the right letter, the pulled the lever hard as hell. man the af has all kinds of cash.
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I wonder how many here know what the "notch" was for ?
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Twodogs, I hope you are not suscribing to the old rumour that the "notch" was so that the tag could be placed between the teeth of a dead soldier and pushed between the teeth.
This is untrue, according to the US Army the notch is a result of the maufacturing process and was actually eliminated when additional info was included on the tag, info such as religion. The "notch" has nothing to do with the above mentioned rumour and in fact I nor any of the many vets I have served with and spoken have ever seen this done in a theater of combat.
As a matter of fact this very topic was covered not to long ago on a episode of "Mail Call" with R. Lee Ermy.
As to the original post, my tags disappeared a long time ago along with most of my papers. The result of a varied and mobile lifestyle way back when. When I bought my house I had to get copys from the the Records Center in St louis. It took a while but they found em.
JuJu (just setting the record straight)
quote:I wonder how many here know what the "notch" was for ?
This is untrue...
Oh, sure...and John Wayne didn't invent the C-Ration can opener.
Lost them before I got out, I think.
Still got the get'n out uniform,ribbons,badges, dinner bar stripes
Yez 35 yrs ago..Damm get'n old and dont know it.
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You really think the "notch" on millions of tags was part of a glitch in the production process???....I admit I have no military experiance.. and I saw the show you metioned JuJu.....but after making countless murder scenes...here is my slant...I think the original "notch" for was the purpose I implied...(50-60 year ago reasoning and medical information at the time)
They discovred it simply did not work as intended...IE.. a combat casualty will many times have multiple wounds...namely..enough escape routes for the gases to evaporate...to prevent bloating..in addition, what if there were no head...Furthermore, I belive it may have had a great negative effect on the troops...that the device handging around there neck...was to be shoved into the mouth if they bought it.....
Just my opinion...
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It sure would be nice to own an old P-38....maybe one with a little history behind it. I wonder if there are dealers on one of the other internet auction site that might sell these types of things. I used my first P-38 to open coffee cans in my last office back in 2000. I wonder when they stopped issuing the P-38. Maybe at the advent of the MRE?
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one that got mixed up with his WW 2 stuff. The notch was only
for locating it in the stamping machine. Nothing to do with in the teeth. Mine has blood type, religion, serial number (not SS no.)
and latest tetanus shot date (44) also full name. At least in the ETO
dog tags NEVER were removed from the dead OR PUT IN THE TEETH. Bodies
were left for the Grave Registration people. Our company Medics usually confirmed the death when possible, and informed the Company
commander.
Get the job done and come home safe guys.
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