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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Three medal disks are each tied with a length of twill rope.

Dog tags

These original World War I dog tags belonged to Navy and Army veteran Thomas R. Darden. The tags are tied with twill rope or tape. Darden served in the Navy from 1903-1908 and in the Army as an officer from 1917 through the end of the Great War.

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