As you will see from the following pages, the
dog tag has had an interesting and ever changing history. In the United States it dates back to the Civil War, although those old tags were not official issue. It appears they were worn by some on a purely personal basis. We even had the potential for a civilian "Dog Tag" back in the FDR administration. There is currently talk of a new "Dog Tag" which will hold all sorts of information over and above the simple 5 lines they currently do. And the
shapes have changed over the years - there were round ones, oval ones, notched ones, and the current one shown on our pages. We would love to have any further information on the history of "Dog Tags" which we could publish for our customers and visitors to our web site. We were unable to obtain any official information from the U.S. Army
or U.S. Air Force. If someone has it please send it on so we can add it. | 
