POST YOUR FAVORITE DOG TAG(S)!

[USdog]

Thanks! Very interesting about the 2nd... I've had trouble having some of the 2nd too.

[Simon Lerenfort]

Attached are three pictures of insignia that came off

of / with a U.S. Navy Officer type uniform. I am assuming the person wearing the uniform was some kind of Tech Rep. Can anybody tell me what A C G stands for?

 

Hi,

 

I think A.C.G stands for Airborne Co-ordinating Group?

 

Kind Regards,

Simon

[lovmilinsig]

Very interesting tags . Thanks for posting .

 

Ed

[USdog]

Very interesting tags . Thanks for posting .

 

Ed

Thanks!

[1917enfield]

This one is different for me. It was in an elastic/cotton insert.

 

 

 

 

[USdog]

Very cool insert! Haven't seen one like that before, thanks for posting

[olieman]

I just aquired this little group that belonged to PhM1, Allen Wilbert Robertson, U.S.N., WWII. According to his son he was with the Hospital Corp and was on Saipan and Guadacanal. Not sure if he was a Marine Corpsman or not. I love his little " me and my honey" picture attached to his tag chain. I have a recent poste in the Edged Weapons under "USN Robeson Suredge Mk2".

 

Thanks for looking.

[Tony A]

HI Everyone,

 

I have a couple sets of tags in my collection which I cherish, one is a set to an 8th AF B17 pilot which must have been over Europe 44-45.

 

The second set I am researching at the moment I could use some advice on. The set is stamped T42 43, on stainless steel, but there are no next of kin details. The officer was commissioned in October 1942. If these tags were issued in 42 should they have the NOK details on them, or could they have been issued after July 43 when these details no longer got put on tags ? Your input greatly appreciated.

 

PS - Could someone tell me how to add a photo to this thread ?

 

Best, Tony A

[USdog]

Tony,

 

Since the tag is stamped T42 43, it was issued sometime in 43 or after, so it would make sense that there is no NOK info.

[Tony A]

Hi US Dog thanks for your reply.

 

My confusion is that he became an officer in 42. If he had 42 tags issued, they would have had NOK details on them. Could they have been replaced for some reason in 43 do you think ?

 

Here is a photo........

 

Tony

[USdog]

Yes, replacements. Not odd for this to occur, soldiers were given multiple sets throughout their enlistment.

[Tony A]

OK - many thanks for your help.

 

Tony

[Spearhead]

Here is a WWI set from H.A. Miller, B Battery, 12th Field Artillery. I don't have have many identification tags, but this one is my favorite.

[USdog]

Very cool!

[Tony A]

Heres my favourite set of tags

 

Part of my collection of original items to Lt. Thomas D Hedley 423 BS, 306 BG, 8th AF 1944.

 

This set came direct from the family and is particularly nice as I live just 20 miles from his former WW2 base in England.

 

Tony A.

[USdog]

Awesome! I have a tag to a bombardier who flew in B-17s and was in the 384th bomb group, 547th bomb squadron. He was shot down and was a POW.

[KASTAUFFER]

I just acquired this one. It is to a Midshipman at the US Naval Academy. He graduated in 1946.

 

He became a Naval Aviator and flew Jets in Korea, shooting down 1 MIG. He was one of only 13 Navy Pilots to shot down aircraft during the war,

 

 

[KASTAUFFER]

[bellasilva]

Here's one of my absolute favorites:

 

I don't know too much about Joseph Jacks' service, but he is confirmed as having been awarded the purple heart for wounds received from a German artillery shell somewhere in the ETO on 9/12/1944.

 

This tag is extremely salty and worn with the original cord, and I feel comfortable based on his tetanus/booster shot dates to say he may have been wearing it at the time of his wounding. Enjoy

[excoelis1]

WOW what an outstanding thread with different examples. I definitely want to get Dog Tags now in my collection.

[monsoon]

Nice collection you guys have.

 

Two of the guys in my section that were single with money to burn, had their dog tags dipped in gold while we were in Kuwait back in 2005.

[bellasilva]

Thought I'd add one of my latest tags. This one is a really neat one.

 

Robert D. Jackson served with the 5th Marines in WWII as a rifleman, and may have made it in time to come in as a replacement on Peleliu. More than enough time to participate on Okinawa.

 

He then shows up in the Korean War with the 7th Marines as a rifleman again. He was evacuated to a Naval hospital in Japan in December 1950. I can only speculate what may have happened but I would imagine it had something to do with the Chosin Reservoir. This is his Korean War tag.

[bellasilva]

Let's bring this thread back to life!

 

A recent find, Mark Ronald Lee served as a field lineman with the 1st Joint Assault Signal Company, 4th Marine Division. He landed on Iwo Jima on D-Day and was wounded 3 days later by shell fragments. He was evacuated off of the island for hospitalization.

 

He went on to serve in the Korean War. On top are his WWII issue tags, below are his KW issue tags.

[Reforger]

My first and favorite dog tags. Unfortunately, I know absolutely nothing about this soldier.

 

[bellasilva]

I believe this may be your guy