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A Christian business selling dog tags with Bible verses won a legal victory this week in its long fight to overturn a government ban on its business. The business in question, Shields of Strength, is run by Kenny and Tammie Vaughan and sells an array of Christian-themed inspirational jewelry. The business created military dog tags for U.S. service members, selling two million and donating another 2 million to inspire and encourage American troops. However, after one group complained about the effort, the U.S. Department of Defense in 2019 ordered Shields of Strength to stop distributing the dog tags, saying they...

Hunter Biden's emails reveal his close relationship with the Chinese-American secretary who worked for him when he went into business with the man he called the 'spy chief of China.' The mysterious young assistant wrote the president's son flirty messages, sent him opposition research for Joe's White House run and encouraged him to draw funds from the company's accounts when the joint venture collapsed and even ended up with Hunter's military dog tags. In 2017 Hunter went into business with Patrick Ho, secretary general of Chinese oil giant CEFC.

One complaint in 20 years, and now the Pentagon says to end it.Here is the interview. https://youtu.be/p4uz-Ps2GSE

A Virginia National Guard sergeant was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months of supervised probation for stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland. U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas DiGirolamo also ordered Robert Rumsby, 30, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, to pay a $5,000 fine. Rumsby had faced a maximum sentence of 1 year of incarceration after pleading guilty in November to one misdemeanor count of theft. Rumsby told investigators he took dog tags that belonged to four U.S. airmen killed in plane crashes in 1944, according to a criminal complaint. Rumsby’s wife is the great niece...

"Terribly disappointing. Army says faith-based group can no longer put Bible verses on dog tags. In God We Trust is our National Slogan. Our original Commander in Chief — George Washington — invoked God — as have his successors."

Last month, Steve Glomb got a message on his answering machine at his Buda home. The caller spoke in a thick Italian accent, but Glomb could make out the words "metal detector ... dog tags ... Oscar Glomb." The message, he would learn, held the answer to a 66-year-old family mystery. His father, Oscar F. Glomb, had served with the 36th Infantry Division — which today is a Camp Mabry-based Texas National Guard unit — and landed at the Bay of Salerno in 1943. In June 1944, in a battle near Gavorrano, Italy, shrapnel from an artillery shell tore through...

Thirty years ago, a young Frenchman walking in Normandy came across an American soldier's rusted dog tag among the rocks at Nacqueville, west of the port of Cherbourg. The name read: "Addison W. Arthurs." Etienne Desquesnes, now 46, wanted to return it to the owner or his family. But who was Addison Arthurs? Mr. Desquesnes wrote to the U.S. embassy in Paris but never got an answer. He finally has one now, and just in time for Veterans Day, thanks to some Internet sleuthing by his friend, Bertrand Goucovitch, 49, an amateur D-Day historian, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. After a...

A Cannon Falls man who travels the world looking for the remains of U.S. troops still missing in action has found another 21 dog tags. Eighty-year-old Bryan Moon spent two weeks earlier this month in the jungles of Papua-New Guinea. It was his sixth trip the South Pacific Island. While there, he says bought 21 dog tags from American servicemen from local villagers. He doesn't know if they were left behind or are from missing troops. The tags have been turned over to the U.S. Army Recovery Unit in Hawaii for further investigation. Moon says he also found two "killing...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2007 – A troop-support group in California is working to connect military parents and their children one dog tag at a time. Servicemembers have sent more than 250,000 tags like these to their children as a reminder that Mommy or Daddy is thinking about them while deployed. Dog Tags for Kids, a California-based troop-support group, provides servicemembers deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan or Kuwait with the tags free of charge. Courtesy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. In May 2004, “Dog Tags for Kids” embarked on its mission to provide deployed military parents a tangible way...

"Don’t Believe the Liberal Media" Dog Tags created for troops on the front lines so far: 24,550 Goal: 150,000 Dear(MRC)CyberAlert reader, Please read this important message from our new project, FightMediaBias.org. Your action right now will be of great comfort to our soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. If you believe the mainstream liberal media’s reporting on the American military effort in Iraq, you’re almost forced to be ashamed of our troops! The liberal media want you to believe that U.S. troops in Iraq are guilty of widespread torture … oppressing civilians … murdering U.S. journalists … opposing the war...

Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. .................................................................. .................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should...

WHEATON, Ill. - V.R. Roskam didn't know anything about the men whose names were stamped on the small, thin pieces of metal. He didn't know one belonged to a young Marine killed by a land mine. Or that one flew off a teenage soldier's neck when he jumped from a helicopter into a firefight. But Roskam fought in Korea, and the way he saw it, 37 dog tags didn't belong in a wicker basket in some Ho Chi Minh City souvenir stand - they belonged in the hands of men who lost them fighting the Vietnam War. "It's a matter...

Reading my Aug'04 issue of Reader's Digest there was a blurb of a story I thought was great. Instead of the RD article I linked to the source.

I found a thread from January, but I heard about this website last week and thought it was worth re-posting on this Memorial Day.vietnam dog tags

While Stacey Hansen was vacationing in Vietnam, she found some dog tags in a museum. She purchased them for about $2 each. Then, she spent the remainder of her trip looking for more tags. She now has over 500 dog tags that she wants to return to their rightful owners--the veterans themselves, or their families. You can contribute tags and check the list online here: http://www.vietnamdogtags.com Stacey Hansen,35 years old a Firefighter with a West Coast City

Of particular interest to Israel were the reports emanating from Iraq this morning that coalition forces had uncovered two chemical-weapons production factories.One of them waslocated 150kilometers south of Baghdad, while the site of the other has not been publicized. The British Defense Ministry has allowed 15 Jewish soldiers fighting in the Persian Gulf to remove from their dog-tags the label identifying them as Jews. The soldiers expressed concern that this identification would endanger them in case the Iraqis take them captive. JTA notes that it is Britain's practice to note the soldiers' religion in case a chaplain is needed. Associated...

Young woman travels to Vietnam and purchases US military dog tags in hopes of returning them to veterans or their family members. My name is Stacey. I am 33 years old and have been a Firefighter with a West Coast City for the past 4 years; a paramedic for 8. I have had the fortunate opportunity of coming into contact with many Veterans, most now on the brink of retirement. I feel extremely honored to have heard some of your courageous and painful stories. To know of your reluctance to speak after 30 years...the hell and the horror you endured,...