Commemorative Military ID???

[RPuppy]

Researching artifacts inherited from my grandparents estate. Please help me identify how to read this tag. My grandfather was a military service Chaplin in Korea, Germany and U.S.A. Born about 1900, he may have served in WW2. After the service, he became a school teacher and volunteer. I believe this is a commemorative tag he wore

CHAPLAIN
CURD
AIQR..COR PS

 

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[Retired Sarge]

Drawing a blank here, if he or someone had it made up, the meaning behind the abbreviations might be lost to time. Doesn't seem to follow any of the formats I've seen.

 

[owlcreek]

What was his full name?

 

[randazzo1]

What was his full name?

Yeah may be searchable

 

[califteacher]

Hmmm...this is a good question without a clear answer. Like the others, I am drawing a blank. I was in the USMC during Vietnam, but nothing rings a bell here. It may be that this was some sort of supplemental dog tag that your grandfather was issued as a Chaplin--something that would gain him access to all areas, or the ability to leave base, or be accorded special rights while carrying out his duties. Good luck in your search.

 

[DCMatt]

Here's some wild speculation...

Take out the spaces and the typos and you get:

AIR CORPS

I know he was NOT in the Air Corps but he did spend some time on Army Air Corps bases. It is too coincidental to not mention it.

I found him using his spouse's name. He enlisted in 1941. Retired 1961. I found a number newspaper articles that mention his name - mostly wedding announcements where he officiated - including one in August of 1944 at March Field in southern California.

More speculation... The tag wasn't important to him for what is says. More likely it was important because of who made it. Possibly one of his young children. That's why there are typos and extra spaces.

Video of WWII dog tag machine: