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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
U.S. Navy Dog Tag Used by John A. Roosevelt
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

U.S. Navy Dog Tag Used by John A. Roosevelt

Artifact IDMO 2004.18.26
Object Type Tag, Dog
Maker
Date1941
Mediummetal
Dimensionsoverall H 1 1/4 in x W 1 1/2 in (3.2 cm x 3.8 cm )
Physical DescriptionAn oval-shaped metal dog tag. The gray, horizontally-oblong tag has a hole on both ends, and the following text engraved on the surface: JOHN / ASPINWALL / ROOSEVELT / 76-617 / T-12-41 P / USNR A. The reverse is blank.
Historical NoteThis U.S. Navy dog tag was used by John Aspinwall Roosevelt during World War II. John was Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s youngest child. The dog tag is on display in the LEADING BY EXAMPLE exhibit in the Museum’s WORLD WAR II gallery.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Irene Roosevelt Aitken
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesUnited States Navy Materials (National Archives Identifier 782673)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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