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In article <9103152226.1594@mydog.UUCP> gcf@mydog.UUCP (Gordon Fitch) writes:
+In <BZS.91Mar15155015@world.std.com> bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
[discussion of the use of the second dogtag in graves registration
deleted]
+(Barry Shein again, I think)
+| 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".
+
+As a U.S. Army Infantry veteran, let me assure you that this was
+not peculiar to Vietnam.  It was and probably still is standard 
+operating procedure.  That's what the two little notches in the 
+dog tag are for: so you can position the tag between the upper 
+and lower front teeth, and it will stay in place until you can 
[Sarge's explication from Basic Training deleted]

Yup. I remember this explanation from '64. The idea is to make the tag
stay with the corpse. I wish this could be a subject for
alt.folklore.military, but 'fraid not.

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