During WW2, when your parents were kids, did your parents have to wear

Did they have to wear Tags on a string around their neck that had their name and address on them every day when they went to school?

My mom did. Everyone in Saint John did. Kids anyways

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bijouxbroussard · F

In the 1960s elementary school kids in SF had to wear these dog tags with name, address and blood type. I still have mine.

Jenny1234 · 56-60, F

@bijouxbroussard is that because of the viet nam war or something else?

bijouxbroussard · F

@Jenny1234 Tbh, I’m not sure if that factored into it. I always figured it was something the supervisors came up with as a way to keep kids safe if they got lost or had a medical emergency at school. Of course, now we know having that information available for anyone to find wasn’t that safe.