Veterans asked to wear dog tags
and show support

The art of the dog tags is from the cover of One Soldier's Memories--World War II by Steven E. Danish, published by Southfarm Press.

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A military history Web site is encouraging veterans to show their support of our current soldiers, sailors and airmen in a novel way. The Web site, www.war-books.com, wants veterans of all branches of our armed forces to wear their original dog tags to work, school, shopping and wherever they go in the next six months to show their support for the men and women in our armed forces now.
The publisher of war-books.com, Walter Haan, a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era, remembers that "We were supposed to wear our dog tags under our shirts at all times." Now he suggests that veterans from as far back as World War II wear their old dog tags outside their shirts. "Whether dressed casually or more formally for work or church, veterans should now put their original dog tags back on, over their clothes, to show their support for America's future veterans as they go in harms way," says Haan. "It's the right thing to do," he adds.
To further encourage veterans to wear their old dog tags now, www.war-books.com will publish on the Web site photos of veterans wearing their dog tags. The Web site asks veterans to send snapshots of themselves with their dog tags clearly visible. Photos in color or black and white are acceptable and may be e-mailed as jpeg or gif attachments to southfar@ix.netcom.com. The photos may also be mailed to www.war-books.com, P.O. Box 1296, Middletown, Connecticut 06457. "The earlier we receive the photos, the earlier we'll be able to display them on the web," says Haan.
Veterans should provide their full names, current addresses, phone numbers, dates when they served, branch of service, and their rank upon discharge with the photos. Asked how many photos would be displayed, Haan replied that the company would attempt to show them all at least for a few days, depending on the number of photos received.
Haan suggests that all veterans wear their tags up to and including May 10, 2002, the sixtieth anniversary of the surrender of American and Filipino troops to the Japanese in the Philippines during World War II. "This way, we get to honor the men and women who are fighting terrorism now as a result of the September 11th 'Day of Infamy' and those who fought 60 years ago during the early days of our involvement in World War II because of the December 7, 1941 'Day of Infamy.'"
http://www.war-books.com
SOUTHFARM PRESS, Military History Publisher
P.O. Box 1296, Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 346-8798; Fax: (860) 347-9931; e-mail: southfar@ix.netcom.com
Contact: Wanda Webb

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