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Why Uniform "Name Tape" IDs Came About
Defense.gov
Jan. 20, 2021 | 1:20
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.

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