History Matters: Dog Tags

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This August marks the centennial of the start of World War I, the first war in which US soldiers (who entered the fight in 1917) went into battle wearing “dog tags.” This identification innovation reduced the number of unknown soldiers from an estimated two of five dead in the Civil War to just 2 percent View Website VIP Subscription

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