Xref: utzoo misc.headlines:24844 trial.talk.politics.peace:86 talk.politics.mideast:36310 alt.desert-storm:11812 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!ucla-seas!scw From: scw@ollie.SEAS.UCLA.EDU Newsgroups: misc.headlines,trial.talk.politics.peace,talk.politics.mideast,alt.desert-storm,alt.conspiracy Subject: Re: Missing in Action Message-ID: <2203@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 16 Mar 91 00:24:39 GMT References: <9103132214.879@mydog.UUCP> <1991Mar15.005327.10230@berlioz.nsc.com> Sender: news@SEAS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: scw@ollie.SEAS.UCLA.EDU (Stephen C. Woods) Followup-To: misc.headlines Organization: UCLA School Of Engineering & Applied Science Lines: 24 In article bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: >>>[Iraqui dog tags...] >> >>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) This is correct, 1 remains with the body, one is retained by the unit commander. >A common practice in VietNam (by Americans, on Americans) was to take >a dog-tag, position it between the front teeth, and kick the jaw >closed, "so it wouldn't get lost". Where it the world did you ever dream up such sheer unadulterated crap. In 2 FULL tours in Vietnam I never saw any such thing done, I never heard of any such thing being done, and I suspect that if I had seen it done I would have given said moron a buttstroke to the forehead for fucking with the body of my comrads at arms. ----- Stephen C. Woods; UCLA SEASNET; 2567 BH;LA CA 90024; (213)-825-8614 UUCP: ...{ibmsupt,hao!cepu}!ollie}!scw Internet:scw@SEAS.UCLA.EDU "Non, je ne regrette rien"--1st Para, LE 1963