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As a simple way to identify soldiers, cloth tapes with their names were placed on the uniform jacket pocket. It wasn’t until 1953 when the Secretary of Defense, Robert Stevens, mandated a nationally designated name tape be applied to all soldiers’ jacket uniforms during the Korean War.
Video by Jon Poindexter, Katie Lange, Regina Ali, DOD
| Date Taken: | 01.20.2021 |
| Date Posted: | 01.20.2021 07:34 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 780912 |
| VIRIN: | 210120-O-XT831-763 |
| Filename: | DOD_108146039 |
| Length: | 00:01:20 |
| Location: | US |
| Downloads: | 2 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 2 |
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