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Claim: Two men are returning authentic, lost dog tags to the families of U.S. soldiers who served in Vietnam.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2001]
Origins: It is
true that two Florida businessmen, Rob Stiff and Jim Gain, did buy up a bunch of military-style dogtags during a trip to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon); that they are attempting to deliver these tags to the persons whose names appear on them (or their relatives); that they have set up a web site for this purpose at FoundDogTags.com; and that they have appeared on a number of national news programs such as NBC's Today Show, CNN, and
FOX News.
What's probably not true, however, is that the dogtags they're attempting to return were actually lost by servicemen. As plenty of Vietnam veterans (and others) have noted, since dog tags are difficult to authenticate and relatively easy to manufacture (and information about Vietnam-era servicemen is fairly simple to obtain), the sale of counterfeit, artificially-aged dog tags to gullible American tourists is a cottage industry in Vietnam. Last updated: 2 August 2007 Urban Legends Reference Pages © 1995-2009 by snopes.com. This material may not be reproduced without permission. snopes and the snopes.com logo are registered service marks of snopes.com. Sources:
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true that two Florida businessmen, Rob Stiff and Jim Gain, did buy up a bunch of military-style dogtags during a trip to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon); that they are attempting to deliver these tags to the persons whose names appear on them (or their relatives); that they have set up a web site for this purpose at
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