Xref: utzoo misc.headlines:24812 trial.talk.politics.peace:82 talk.politics.mideast:36239 alt.desert-storm:11721 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!olivea!oliveb!amdahl!nsc!voder!berlioz.nsc.com!alan From: alan@berlioz.nsc.com (Alan Hepburn) Newsgroups: misc.headlines,trial.talk.politics.peace,talk.politics.mideast,alt.desert-storm,alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Missing in Action Message-ID: <1991Mar15.005327.10230@berlioz.nsc.com> Date: 15 Mar 91 00:53:27 GMT References: <9103132214.879@mydog.UUCP> Sender: news@berlioz.nsc.com Organization: National Semiconductor Corporation Lines: 21 In article bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: > >other details of these graves to the Iraqis. I don't know if the >Iraqis use "dog-tags" and whether these are being collected and >provided (I suppose it might be better to leave them with the body, >there must be some custom for this.) > The practice in the US military is to issue 2 dog tags; in the event they need to be collected, one is collected and one remains with the body. I would imagine that this would be common practice in the armies of the world, but who knows? (rhetorically speaking, of course) -- Alan Hepburn "Those who expect to reap the blessings of liberty National Semiconductor must, like men, undergo the fatigue of Santa Clara, Ca supporting it." alan@berlioz.nsc.com Thomas Paine