Military dog tags worn by Ara Belle Brown Jennings in World War II

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These are two World War II military dog tags worn by Ara Belle Brown Jennings, both tags are hung on a beaded metal chain. The tags are oblong in shape. One short end has a hole for the beaded chain to be threaded through. The opposite end of the tag has a small semi-circle indentation in the metal edge. There is a lengthwise crease in the metal of one of the tags. Text stamped into the metal tags reads "ARA B BROWN / A-4067 03 T44." At the end of each tag is stamped a letter "O" and a letter "P."

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