Tag, Dog
Tag, Dog
Tag, Dog

Tag, Dog

Object number2018.74.2
Date1944-1945
MediumMetal
Credit LineIn honor of John R. McCullough
DescriptionPair of dog tags on a metal chain necklace and metal chain bracelet. Dog tags are each a rounded rectangular, flat silver metal tag with impressed wearer information. Each dog tag has a notch on the viewer's left edge. One dog tag is connected to a silver metal link chain necklace and one dog tag is connected to a silver metal link chain bracelet; the bracelet is looped through the necklace.DimensionsLength x Width x Depth: 17.25 x 1.125 x 0.25 in. (43.8 x 2.9 x 0.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (Each dog tag): 1.125 x 2 x 0.016 in. (2.9 x 5.1 x 0 cm)
InscriptionsEach dog tag has impressed text "J R McCULLOUGH JR / 0-2060543 T43-44 0 / P".
Historical NotesJohn R. McCullough entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in June 1944 and served with the Eighth Air Force as a navigator in a B-17 "Flying Fortress" through the late war in the Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe campaigns. For "courage, coolness, and skill" in bombing attacks on military and industrial installations in Germany, he was eventually awarded an Air Medal and four bronze oak leaf clusters.
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