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 07:46 |
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Video ID: | 780914 |
VIRIN: | 210120-O-XT831-514 |
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