Corporal Hi Bloom: His stripes
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Corporal Hi Bloom: His stripes
Description
Hi´s corporal stripes, insignia of the Army Air Corps, a wallet size version of his Honorable Discharge, and his dog tags.
"Unofficially, identification tags came about during the Civil War because soldiers were afraid no one would be able to identify them if they died. They were terrified of being buried in unmarked graves, so they found various ways to prevent that. Some marked their clothing with stencils or pinned-on paper tags"
"Unofficially, identification tags came about during the Civil War because soldiers were afraid no one would be able to identify them if they died. They were terrified of being buried in unmarked graves, so they found various ways to prevent that. Some marked their clothing with stencils or pinned-on paper tags"
Source
https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Inside-DOD/Blog/Article/2340760/dog-tag-history-how-the-tradition-nickname-started/#:~:text=Unofficially%2C%20identification%20tags%20came%20about,or%20pinned%2Don%20paper%20tags.
Date
1946
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Date Start
1946
Date End
1946
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Citation
“Corporal Hi Bloom: His stripes,” Bloom Archive, accessed November 8, 2026, https://bloomarchive.org/items/show/233.
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