USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Share #1 Posted July 11, 2016 I want to start this thread to get an idea of what types of dog tags were being worn at certain times. I am always wondering what type was worn during a certain battle or campaign and haven't seen much photographic evidence of what was actually worn. Any time period really. Please post some! Here's a great pic of a GI wearing what looks to be an NOK set with silencers on them in 1944 at St.Lo from Criticalpast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted July 11, 2016 Should note that many people think that since NOK tags were discontinued in 1943, that they didn't see action in Normandy. Some in fact did. This is a great photo of a post June 1944 shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted July 11, 2016 Share #4 Posted July 11, 2016 Cool idea Connor. This has always been one of my favorites, a 3rd ID medic treating a wounded comrade in Sicily in 1943. Great shot of his NOK tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #5 Posted July 11, 2016 Cool idea Connor. This has always been one of my favorites, a 3rd ID medic treating a wounded comrade in Sicily in 1943. Great shot of his NOK tag Awesome pic Phil. It looks like he might have a tetanus date on there, but it's really hard to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted July 11, 2016 Share #6 Posted July 11, 2016 Another shot, South Vietnam 1966. You can see the blood on his tag, and he appears to be wearing only one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted July 11, 2016 Share #7 Posted July 11, 2016 A wounded Marine on the hospital ship Solace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted July 11, 2016 Share #8 Posted July 11, 2016 Awesome pic Phil. It looks like he might have a tetanus date on there, but it's really hard to tell.Yup,I think I see one on there as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #9 Posted July 11, 2016 Here's one. Man it took me a bit to find another. Nice silencers on guy at left The U.S. Marines salute the U.S. Coast Guard after the fury of battle had subsided and the Japanese on Guam had been defeated. "They (the Coast Guard) Put Us Here and We Intend to Stay" is the way the Marines felt about it., ca. 08/1944. Photo by The U.S. National Archives on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted July 11, 2016 Share #10 Posted July 11, 2016 Gotta love this one, a grizzled combat Marine on Tarawa. He appears to be wearing a P1917 dog tag with an HBT neck cord. And the backwards helmet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #11 Posted July 11, 2016 More silencers. Marine on Guam with scout dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted July 11, 2016 Share #12 Posted July 11, 2016 That's actually the one I was just looking for too, one of my absolute favorite USMC shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #13 Posted July 11, 2016 Iwo Jima. Catgut cord? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #14 Posted July 11, 2016 ID bracelet Utah beach. JUNE 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #15 Posted July 11, 2016 Phil, Still have that Peleliu shot of the marine wearing army type tags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted July 11, 2016 Share #16 Posted July 11, 2016 Phil, Still have that Peleliu shot of the marine wearing army type tags? Sure do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #17 Posted July 11, 2016 Nice! Thanks for adding that one Phil. I love that one Here is another of a GI on the canal. Wearing NOK tag with what looks to be a tetanus date as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #19 Posted July 11, 2016 Awesome set of silencer taped set of marine during the battle of Guam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #20 Posted July 11, 2016 Carlson's raiders on the Canal. Not sure how that luger got there but he is wearing a nice set of what looks to be a M-1941 oval set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #21 Posted July 11, 2016 Marine wounded in action at Iwo Jima, 2/26/45. Silencer tags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #22 Posted July 11, 2016 More silencers on Bougainville. Caption Marine Raiders and some of their dogs on Bougainville. After a year of organization and training, the 1st Marine War Dog Platoon entered action on the island on November 1st, 1943. While the Army had put war dogs to good use already, mainly for sentry and guard duties, this was the first organized deployment of canine warriors by the Marine Corps, and the Marines intended to bring the dogs into the field, sniffing out enemy positions to warn of ambushes. (National Archives) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #23 Posted July 11, 2016 Famous photo of marine on Peleliu. Looks like an M-1943 Oval tag with (leather or hbt?) cord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #24 Posted July 11, 2016 Black marines at Saipan wearing yellow-monel M-1942 tags on hbt cord? caption Four U.S. Marines are seen as they take a time out from supplying ammunition to the frontlines, during the invasion of Saipan, in the Mariana Islands, on August 31, 1944. Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted July 11, 2016 Author Share #25 Posted July 11, 2016 NOK tags on GI in New Guinea. Can't tell if there is a tetanus date WWII: NEW GUINEA, c1943. /nMedics operating on a wounded American soldier in New Guinea. Photograph, c1943. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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