Another response from Eric at the Office of History...
Marion,
This does confirm the quartermaster role. Interesting that the one document
does not refer to religion, which was put on the tags. I remember listening
to an oral history interview where a Jewish GI captured during the bulge
threw away his tags to conceal this, and was admonished by a fellow GI that
he had "broken a rule." Of course his reaction was there are more important
things to worry about at that point than rules. Whether throwing away the
tags did it or not, this fellow at least was never identified as Jewish.
-Eric
A very interesting story! I know how are important the rules in the army, but I am convinced that when it comes of life or death, there is no rule that applies...
Hi!! i have my Dad's originals he gave me 20yrs ago,to my knowledge there were no re-issue of these... signed,Don Shearer
BTW, Don informed me his father recently passed away. His name was Dale D. Shearer. I will post a Farewell later today....
From a member of the 101st Airborne
Hi, Marion!
Yes. I have two sets with minor differences, but I have no recollection when or where the second set was issued.
That's not much information. I hope it is of some help.
Don
Got another answer from a vet
No, Marion; I still had the original tags at the end of the war.
Joe Izzillo