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Karen Finnerty didn’t know much about her late father’s time in World War II. And since his passing, Finnerty has searched for more ways to connect with her dad and his military service. She never ...

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.

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 ...

In the days long before military dog tags were even a thought, U.S. Army officers at the attack on Confederate fortifications at Cold Harbor, Virginia, noticed troops sewing their names into their ...

World War II dog tags unearthed by Hurricane Matthew are now back with their rightful owner. A St. Augustine woman told WJAX she found the tags using a metal detector. Because the dog tags were in ...

Was the simple notch on a WWII dog tag simply a design quirk, or was it an act of battlefield engineering in disguise? For decades, myths have circulated around this small indentation some stating it ...

WIESBADEN, Germany – Local German Simon Krieger-Pleus discovered a pair of World War II U.S. military identification tags during a nature walk through the prominent trails in July. As the eldest son ...

In messages with potential buyers of military artifacts, Antonin DeHays was an eager salesman who offered vivid descriptions. When peddling World War II dog tags that had been recovered from a wreck, ...

Hundreds of World War II dog tags disappeared for years as Antonin DeHays constantly visited the National Archives. On Monday, the 33-year-old historian was sentenced in federal court to 364 days in ...