Re: Missing in Action

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From: Barry Shein
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1991 21:50

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>>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)

A common practice in VietNam (by Americans, on Americans) was to take
a dog-tag, position it between the front teeth, and kick the jaw
closed, "so it wouldn't get lost".
-- 
        -Barry Shein

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