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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Identification Tag and Cover]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[WW II]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[ThinkFinity]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Great Depression, 1929-1939]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Military]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[World War, 1939-1945]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Physical Description]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Metal tag imprinted "Mary A. Millian" on a chain. Green yarn crocheted cover.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[General History]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The idea of identifying a soldier in case of injury or death during combat dates back to the Civil War, when soldiers pinned paper notes to their clothing as identification. Metal identification tags, or "dog tags" as they are popularly known, have their origins in World War I. By 1913 the United States Army made ID tags mandatory. During World War II each soldier was given two dog tags, a short chain and a long chain. The purpose of the different lengths of chain was to keep the two tags separate, so as not to make noise in the field. The smaller chain was also used for purposes of body identification in case of death.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Currently not on view]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Smithsonian Institution]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1944]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:references><![CDATA[http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_1357636&amp;repo=DPLA]]></dcterms:references>
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