The notch refers to the V cut out on the short side of the dog tag across from the hole. Known as the locating notch in military manuals the notch helped medical personnel properly seat the dog tag into the imprinter.
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There are many explanations for the Notch on the WWII Korean Conflict dog tags.
Why is there a notch in a military dog tag. The importance of the notch again was to hold the dog tag in place in the Addressograph which was a medical imprinter. The most popular explanation for the notch is to place the tag securely in the teeth. Common belief held that a medic would take one of the fallen soldiers tags and put it in his mouth using the notch to line up the tag.
Military troops first myth around their dog tags. Another soldier would then kick his jaw shut imbedding the dog tag. He told us that when a soldier died in combat the notch was used to hold his jaw open at his teeth.
The notch became the center of US.
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