![]() Today, the notched tag is no longer used by the US government and has been replaced by one tag placed on a short chain, 5.5″ long, commonly referred to as the “Toe Tag”. Be sure to check out his very thorough web site, The Combat Medic at: Batens for providing the above explanation and the following pictures. The red arrows in the picture above, are showing the carbon marks from the use of the Addressograph to transfer data from a soldier’s dog tags to the “Report of Burial”. After the medical document was aligned in the “Addressograph”, the trigger on the imprinting machine was pulled and the information on the dog tag was transferred to the medical document through the ribbon of carbon paper located inside the “Addressograph”‘. First the dog tag was inserted into the imprinting machine. The notch in the dog tag would align and hold the tag securely in the “Addressograph”. But not since around World War II has the dog tag undergone as radical a change as it has now, with the Defense Department issuing red dog tags to servicemembers as medic alert tags. Its function was to transfer the wounded soldier’s identification information directly from his dog tags to his medical records (see above graphic). What does a red dog tag mean Contents The dog tag has been a fixture of the American servicemember since the Civil War. Send the envelope to the Secretary of Defense at 1400 Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1400. Indicate a return address on the envelope. Put the note and dog tag in an envelope and seal it. ![]() ‘The Model 70 “Addressograph” was a pistol-type imprinting machine used by the Medical Department during WWII. Note down where and when you found the tag, as well as your full name and contact information. The best explanation is the notch’s use by the Medical Corp submitted by Alan Batens. Transfer of information to Medical Records We have used both electric and hand crank machines from the WWII era, and have never figured out how a notch would help in the alignment of the tag. There’s a great story told about a soldier who was kicking the tag into the teeth of a “dead” soldier and actually “woke” him up! Dog Tag StampingĪnother popular belief is that the notch was used in the old Graphotype dog tag stamping machines in order to line up a blank dog tag for proper tag alignment during tag stamping. This may have been done but that was not the original purpose of the notch. The most popular explanation for the notch is to place the tag securely in the teeth on a fallen soldier’s body. The notch refers to the “V” cut out on the short side of the dog tag across from the hole. the Army Service Number was 8 digits and had one of the following prefixes: RA (Regular Army, volunteer enlisted), US (an enlisted draftee), NG (National Guard), ER (Enlisted Reserve), O (Officer). There are many explanations for the Notch on the WWII / Korean Conflict dog tags.
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