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From: buckland@cheddar.ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Dogtags
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Date: 23 Jul 90 20:16:58 GMT
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From: buckland@cheddar.ucs.ubc.ca (Tony Buckland)
 May this civilian request help from the pros with a small
 research problem?  Where can I find the format of the
 information on U.S. Army dogtags (if a plastic chip with
 magnetic stripe or something is now in use, I mean the
 WWII variety, the metal disks)?  Any number of reference
 works will inform me at great and colorful length about
 insignia, but not about this humblest item of military
 identification.