SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — Joining the thousands of people at the Miramar Air Show were vendors selling military themed items, and some of the items on display are more historic than others. "It's a dog tag ...
During the Civil War, the inability of the military to identify battlefield casualties created the need for a soldier identification method: Enter the dog tag. According to the U.S. Army Quartermaster ...
Service members wear military identification tags (aka "dog tags") so they can be positively and easily recognized if they're too wounded to speak or killed in action. The most current version is oval ...