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[StartQuote] This site, [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_tag[/url], mentions a bit about the notch: [red]World War II There is a recurring myth about the notch situated in one end of the dog tags issued to United States Army personnel during World War II. It was rumored that the notch's purpose was that, if a soldier found one of his comrades on the battlefield, he could take one tag to the commanding officer and stick the other between the teeth of the soldier to ensure that the tag would remain with the body and be identified. In reality, the notch was designed to hold the tag in place when being imprinted on the carbon-paper medical form by the Model 70 Addressograph (a pistol-type imprinting machine used by the Medical Department during World War II).[4] The purpose and use of the notch was verified by a Snopes article, in which Snopes consulted with US Army Mortuary Affairs.[5] As a side note, it appears instructions that would confirm the notch's mythical use were issued at least unofficially by the Graves Registration Service during the Vietnam War to Army troops headed overseas.[6] Following World War II, the US Navy Department adopted the dog tags used by the US Army and Air Force, so a single shape and size became the American standard.[/red] As Drew mentioned, one of JFK's tags: [image]http://www.jfklibrary.org/~/media/assets/Museum%20Objects/Artifacts/WWII/TL%20200591closeupjpg.jpg[/image] I think the USNR-O means he had type O blood. [EndQuote]
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