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Re: Missing in Action

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From: Alan Hepburn
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1991 00:53
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In article <BZS.91Mar14131340@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
>
>other details of these graves to the Iraqis. I don't know if the
>Iraqis use "dog-tags" and whether these are being collected and
>provided (I suppose it might be better to leave them with the body,
>there must be some custom for this.)
>

The practice in the US military is to issue 2 dog tags; in the event
they need to be collected, one is collected and one remains with the
body.  I would imagine that this would be common practice in the armies
of the world, but who knows? (rhetorically speaking, of course)




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From: alan@berlioz.nsc.com (Alan Hepburn)
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Subject: Re: Missing in Action
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Date: 15 Mar 91 00:53:27 GMT
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