ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) --It took 50 years for a Long Island woman to finally complete her quest to return a World War II veteran's lost dog tags she found on a Queens beach. As CBS2's Dick ...

Service members wear military identification tags (aka "dog tags") so they can be positively and easily recognized if they're too wounded to speak or killed in action. The most current version is oval ...

A 33-year-old French historian has been sentenced to a year in prison for stealing hundreds of dog tags belonging to U.S. service members killed during World War II from the National Archives in ...

FAIRHAVEN - An uncovered dog tag from World War II is on its way home after being lost in the Czech Republic for decades. We first reported this story last week. The tag was discovered by Jaroslav ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Adam Gross took up magnet fishing as a hobby a few years ago. Off the bridge on Leonard Street earlier this week, Gross caught something that wasn't his. “They’re dated 1943, so ...

A Kentucky World War II veteran's dog tags were found after more than 80 years -- in Texas.

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — The dog tags belonging to a fallen World War II soldier have finally returned to his hometown after 75 years. The identification tags Roger Taylor wore around his neck during his ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Jordan Felo and his wife recently bought their first home in Southeast Portland. Like many new homeowners, they’re buying furniture. In March, they bought a vanity, likely from ...

A Virginia National Guard sergeant is accused of stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in Bethesda, Maryland. The dog tags belonged to four Army Air ...

A Virginia National Guard sergeant was sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation for stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, Md., ...

Michaela Maloney found this World War II dog tag of Sgt. Melvin R. Herrod in November 2020 and has returned it to the soldier's son. (Michaela Maloney) Michaela Maloney was walking a local beach near ...

Marian Cook Haddock keeps a weathered picture of her uncle Pete in the living room of her home in New Bern, North Carolina. Pete, in a freshly starched khaki uniform, gazes confidently at the camera.