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These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Regrettably, I was never in the service, but securely stashed away in my safe I have a pair of dog tags worn by my uncle, T/Sgt. James Hulings when he was KIA on 01/20/45 on his 28th mission, flying with the Mighty Eighth.
My most treasures possession.
"No good deed shall go unpunished!"
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Campfire Ranger
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Both sets. One with my Service number, and one using my Social Security number as the service number. Thye changed sometime in 1969. miles
Look out for number 1, don't step in number 2.
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They are inside of a candy dish on top of my refrigerator as I type this
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Yep. BAPTIST. AB POS. How I keep up with my blood type. Grandson wanted them but I’ll hang on to them till he can fully appreciate them. I went thru Basic before the Volunteer Army. I’m an old fart. Found out right quick fear and pain can be great motivators. Dis would take you behind the barracks and “lay hands” on you. Not talking about the TV evangelists type of laying hands, more like fists.
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I have mine and my dads and uncles. Theirs are the treasures.
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Still have mine, basic was not a 'cakewalk' IN 1962, WE HAD A THIRD WASH OUT OR SET BACK !!!!
"not too grumpy"
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I have mine and my dads and uncles. Theirs are the treasures. Me too.
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I lost mine. I had new ones made at a Gun Show. But the were not the same.
I prefer classic.
Semper Fi
I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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i have mine and my grandfather's (RIP) WW2 tags.
"Russia sucks."
---- Me, US Army (retired) 12B & 51B
Russian Admiral said, after the Moskva sank, "we have the world's worst navy but we aren't as bad as our army".
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Yep. They hang on the wall next to my desk in my NJROTC classroom
You get out of life what you are willing to accept. If you ain't happy, do something about it!
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Campfire Kahuna
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These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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I still have mine 50 years after i got them
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Where can I buy a standard issue dog tag chain?
When the tailgate drops the BS stops.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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I have no idea what happened to my Brother's
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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I have my set from the Air Force and my original set from Army basic (1980). When my Infantry unit was mobilizing for DESERT STORM everyone got a new set. I knew the guy running the dog tag machine and he made me an extra tag I put on my chain. It read:
IF YOU ARE
RECOVERING MY BODY
[bleep] YOU
It was funny at the time, a bit of hubris I suppose
Pershing 1A. No city too big, no populated area too small. We even get the roaches.
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Yes, from US Navy boot camp at Great Lakes in early 1987.
I also have my dad’s, from when he was in the navy in the 1950s.
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Yep. From FLW Basic 1971, hanging on the Hanger with the Dress Green Jacket I was mustered out in. In '73,(Ft Dix) before I left Germany, Augsburg, they made me exchange my Professionally Tailored Wool Winter DGs for the flimsy Summer Greens. Supposedly to "re-issue". And "no" I can't put the jacket on anymore! ha I also got put in the Texas Nat'l Guard(Beaumont).
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Mine yes, and several sets of my dads. I served from 1976 to Dec 31st 1982. Dad served from 1948 to 1974. Marine Corps for 10 years and then Air Force for 16 years. He was a pilot most of his time, except when he was young and sent to Korea in Nov 1950 from Japan. The Korean War ended on his 21st birthday in 1953. He had been in constant combat from Nov 1950, to July 27, 1953. He ended up by attrition leading a Marine Long Range Recon Unit. He went to Korea weighing a 160 pounds of fighting weight.... the day of his 21st Birthday, when the war ended... he weighed 95 pounds.
He just passed this past October 31st, 2023. November 2 would have been his 92nd birthday.
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Sorry for your loss Mr Sea- you joined "the Club no one wants to join"....Mine left this earth back in 2001, also in October, the 6th. He fought the Japanese with MacArthur's Army, all the way to Okinawa. I am an only child, so was very close. He was my Hero, as I am sure your Dad is to you. When I went down to Texas to be with him, and I was, on his last night on earth. Some of my cousin's heathen young'uns had got into his treasure box and took all his ribbons, Battle Stars, 4 Bronze Stars and his dog tags. I found his Journal and some photos in another stash. Men who's names he never told me about. He wrote a little until his first bombing in New Guinea. He stopped writing until on the ship home, after Okinawa. He said all his tour, he was bombed a total of 18 times. Then again in Ft Lewis, "Today I am a happy boy! I am discharged!"...ha, we know that feeling a bit, don't we? God bless you and your Dad's Service! Real men they were...
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Where can I buy a standard issue dog tag chain? I don't know, but those chains are TOUGH !!
"not too grumpy"
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yep i do, same ones since 1974
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I still have multiple sets and my originals from 1978.
Seems like every deployment they gave us a new set as part of the process.
“Might does not make right but it sure makes what is.”
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Still have mine. Air Force 1963-67
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One on my BACA vest and one my wife keeps in her box in the safe.
USN Aviation Structural mechanic 1987-1990.
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What part of "Constitutionally !!LIMITED!!" don't you understand?
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Never served, but I have one of Dad's from 1942-46. My brother has the 2nd one.
Most people don't really want the truth.
They just want constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth.
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Still have mine also, hanging on my handloading powder cabinet, every time I open or close the cabinet door it ring-a-lings 😁 (1971-1983, break in service, 1990-2000)
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I still have one. Somewhere along the line, one "disappeared." I haven't the faintest idea what happened to it. Issued to me in Basic Training, March, 1959, at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.
L.W.
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)
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I still have 2 one in the gun safe other on key chain
US Army 1988-1992 12b fort .wood MO
NRA
NAHC
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Yep, one is on with my truck key so I see it everyday. U.S. Army 69’- 71’
Nothing that hasn’t been said before.
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Easy's gettin' harder everyday
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"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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I have mine and my dads, hanging together on a folded American flag.
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