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<blockquote data-quote="Falanor" data-source="post: 236367" data-attributes="member: 2634">&quot;By the way, anyone know when dogtags were first used in the military? For some reason, itdoesn't seem pulpish to me.&quot;The purchasing of unofficial identification tags goes back to the Civil War.&nbsp; In the Navy, official identification tags, nicknamed &quot;dog tags,&quot; go back to World War I.&nbsp; They were first prescribed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels in General Order No. 294 of 12 May 1917.&nbsp; These first tags were oval, of Monel metal (a patented corrosion-resistant alloy of nickel and copper, with small amounts of iron and manganese), 1.25 inches wide and 1.5 inches long.&nbsp; Perforated at one end, a small single tag was to be worn around the neck on Monel wire &quot;encased in a cotton sleeve.&quot;&nbsp; One side of the tag bore an etched print of the right index finger.&nbsp; The other side was stamped &quot;U.S.N.&quot; and etched with individual's personal information.&nbsp; Officer's tags bore initials and surname; rank; and date of appointment, in numerals denoting month, day and year (e.g. 1.5.16).&nbsp; Enlisted tags bore initials and surname, with date of enlistment and date of birth, in numerals as on officer's tags. Braddock, Paul F. &quot;Armed Forces IDentification Tags.&quot; Military Collector &amp; Historian 24, No. 4 (Winter 1972): 112-114 Bureau of Naval Personnel Manual, 1942 &amp; 1945 Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Washington, DC 20374-5060 &quot;The example on pg 114 says a Flak jacket provides 4 points of protection (did they have those in the pulp era?)&quot;Yes.&nbsp; Flak Jackets are older than all get out (cept Dog Tags ;&gt; ).&nbsp; Flak Jackets were used in the Korean War, WWII, and Vietnam.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Falanor, post: 236367, member: 2634"] "By the way, anyone know when dogtags were first used in the military? For some reason, it doesn't seem pulpish to me." The purchasing of unofficial identification tags goes back to the Civil War. In the Navy, official identification tags, nicknamed "dog tags," go back to World War I. They were first prescribed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels in General Order No. 294 of 12 May 1917. These first tags were oval, of Monel metal (a patented corrosion-resistant alloy of nickel and copper, with small amounts of iron and manganese), 1.25 inches wide and 1.5 inches long. Perforated at one end, a small single tag was to be worn around the neck on Monel wire "encased in a cotton sleeve." One side of the tag bore an etched print of the right index finger. The other side was stamped "U.S.N." and etched with individual's personal information. Officer's tags bore initials and surname; rank; and date of appointment, in numerals denoting month, day and year (e.g. 1.5.16). Enlisted tags bore initials and surname, with date of enlistment and date of birth, in numerals as on officer's tags. Braddock, Paul F. "Armed Forces IDentification Tags." Military Collector & Historian 24, No. 4 (Winter 1972): 112-114 Bureau of Naval Personnel Manual, 1942 & 1945 Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Washington, DC 20374-5060 "The example on pg 114 says a Flak jacket provides 4 points of protection (did they have those in the pulp era?)" Yes. Flak Jackets are older than all get out (cept Dog Tags ;> ). Flak Jackets were used in the Korean War, WWII, and Vietnam. [/QUOTE]

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