![]() ![]() ![]() A right index fingerprint was etched on the reverse. The face of each tag was to bear the individual's name officer rank or enlisted service number blood type if vaccinated for tetanus, the letter "T" with date in numerals (e.g., 8/40) and service (USN, USMC, USNR, USMCR). These continued to be made of Monel metal, 1.25 by 1.5 inches, but perforated at each end. Bureau of Navigation Circular Letter 57-41, dated May 13, 1941, directed "that each officer and enlisted man of the Navy and Naval Reserve be issued an identification tag". With the onset of World War II, the Navy reinstated use of the tags. Monel-metal chain could be used at the individual's expense. Navy regulations, and the Bureau of Naval Personnel Manual, 1925, provided that, "in time of war or other emergency, or when directed by competent authority, individual identification tags shall be prepared and worn by all persons in the naval service," suspended from the neck or from the wrist on cotton-sleeved Monel wire. The tags were, apparently, not used in the years after World War I. ![]() Enlisted tags bore initials and surname, with date of enlistment and date of birth, in numerals as on officers' tags. Officers' tags bore initials and surname rank and date of appointment, in numerals denoting month, day and year (e.g., 1.5.16). The other side was stamped "U.S.N." and etched with the individual's personal information. Perforated at one end, a single tag was to be worn around the neck on Monel wire "encased in a cotton sleeve." One side of the tag bore an etched print of the right index finger. These first tags were oval, of Monel metal (a patented corrosion-resistant alloy of nickel and copper, with small amounts of iron and manganese), 1.25 inches wide and 1.5 inches long. They were first prescribed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels in General Order No. In the Navy, official identification tags, nicknamed "dog tags," go back to World War I. The purchasing of unofficial identification tags goes back to the Civil War. ![]()
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