720th Military Police Battalion
Reunion Association & History Project
"Of the Troops and for the Troops"
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Soldiers of The Gauntlet have been serving their country and the cause of freedom throughout the world since January 1942
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     This site was created with the assistance and contributions of the men and women of the 720th MP Battalion, their subordinate and affiliated units, and is dedicated to the memory of all our fallen comrades since 20 January 1942, and to those men and women of the 720th Military Police Battalion who currently fill our ranks and proudly serve with distinction and honor throughout the world as today's....

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In Remembrance of
SGT Fred J. Burness
Baker Company
MIA 1943 WW II
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Battalion Veteran's From Desert Shield/Storm to Current: I have noticed that individual and unit social media sites have grown in size and number, which is a great tribute to your pride of service. However, the units and people that manage the sites seem to have no interest in passing along their photographs and stories to our Battalion History Project. Be warned, once you refresh your sites all the information that is removed is lost forever. Please take the time to pass this valuable record of your honorable service along to us. We have a working relationship with the Regimental History Unit and every scrap of information we receive is vetted, cataloged and archive for eventual transfer to their archives. Don't let your history of service go unrecognized. Honor the sacrifices and service of your fallen heroes and fellow veteran's by contacting us today!
Active Reunion Association Members Only: Please take a moment to send your 2016 Reunion Venue recomendation to our Secretaty Pete Schroeter at petetheplumber@optonline.net as soon as possible!
     After 12 years of research and editing the two new Vietnam Journal histories of the 720th MP Battalion are now available in hard and soft cover.  The perfect mementos to pass down to your children or grandchildren.  For Information on how to purchase your copies, use this link to the Vietnam Era Home Page!
     Anyone can visit, but only former military police unit veterans regardless of unit served in, "Active" members of the 720th MP Battalion at Fort Hood and "Active" Reunion Association Members and family members of those who have since passed from our ranks can post photographs, videos or other attachments. Use the Facebook Icon to visit us.
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Yesterdays 720th Military Police Battalion Letter Companies
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ABLE
Company
20 January 1942
1956
BAKER
Company
20 January 1942
1956
CHARLIE
Company
20 January 1942
1956
DOG
Company
20 January 1942
1956
Medical Detachment
20 January 1942
1951
ALPHA
Company
1956
13 August 1972
BRAVO
Company
1956
13 August 1972

   Lest we forget the letter companies, who served the Battalion and Regiment proudly through thirty years, including three wars, and collectively earned...
1 Presidential Unit Citation ~ First by an MP Company
Papuan Campaign 23 July 1942-23 January 1943
6 Meritorious Unit Commendations
17 Campaign Streamers
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm Unit Citation
Twenty years of overseas service

...before their deactivation in August 1972.
CHARLIE
Company
1956
13 August 1972
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Today's 720th Military Police Battalion Numbered Companies
Soldiers of The Gauntlet at Fort Hood, Texas
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HQ Detachment
Vanguard
401st
Gunfighters
410th
Bravo Spirit
411th
64th
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Command Team

LTC David D. Stender
Battalion Commander

CSM Darren R. Boruff
Battalion Sergeant Major
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Lineage & Honors
FRG Website
Deployment Status
HQ&HQ Detachment
None Posted
Fort Hood
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401st MP Company
None Posted
Fort Hood
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410th MP Company
Lineage & Honors
FRG Website
Fort Hood
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411th MP Company
Lineage & Honors
Fort Hood
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64th MP Company
Lineage & Honors
Fort Hood
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BATTALION HQ
Fort Hood, TX
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Coat of Arms
Battalion Crest
and Coat of Arms
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89th MP Brigade FB Page
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89th Lineage & Honors
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720th MP Battalion Website
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Military History
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The National Archives
US Army Center of Military History
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These are our Battalion Heroes that were taken from our ranks in times of conflict, and in The Line Of Duty in the month of February since 1942. Our Hopes and Prayers are that it never grows any longer.
Patches worn by the Battalion since January 1942
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1st U.S. Army
Zone of the Inferior
Feb-Jul 1942
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General HQ
WWII Pacific Theater & Occupied Japan
1942-45 & 48-53
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8th U.S. Army
Occupied Japan
1945-48 & 1955
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Bulldog (unofficial)
Occupied Japan
1945-1950
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U.S. Army Forces
Far East Command
Japan-1954
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Japanese Logistics Command
C Company Detachment - 1954
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4th U.S. Army
Fort Hood
1955-1966
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18th MP Brigade
Vietnam
1966-1972
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5th U.S. Army
Fort Hood
1972-1973
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III Corps
Fort Hood
1973-1983
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89th MP Brigade
Fort Hood
1983-current
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Lest we forget
    They say: Our deaths are not ours; they are yours; they will mean what you make them.
     They say: Whether our lives and our deaths were for peace and a new hope or for nothing we cannot say; it is you who must say this.
    They say: We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning. We were young, they say. We have died. Remember us.

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WWII 1944
Vietnam 1970

 

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PFC Eberling
Dog Company
Alpha Company

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MP Memorial at Arlington
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Regimental Memorial Grove
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Battalion Memorial Bench
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Battalion Memorial Grove
and Honor Roll
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WWII Memorial
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Korean War Memorial
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Vietnam Memorial
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Regimental Headquarters, Training School & Museum, Fort Leonard Wood, MO
Regimental Colors
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MG David E. Quantock

Provost Marshal General United States Army
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BG Mark Spindler

Regimental Commander &
Commandant - MP School
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CSM John McNeirney
Regimental Command Sergeant Major
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Regimental
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History of the
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Battalion History ~ 1942 to Current
"The third longest serving active duty Military Police Battalion in the United States Army"
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   Soldiers of The Gauntlet of all eras....The information gathered through this website, 1942 through current deployments, is vetted, catalogued, and archived for eventual transfer to the Regimental History Unit so future Soldiers of The Gauntlet and other researchers will have access to a concise and thorough history of the Battalion and its many achievements. Your contributions of unclassified official documents from all eras, such as rosters, orders, morning reports, after action reports, operations reports-lessons learned, and photographs, as well as personal stories & reflections and related memorabilia is very important and always appreciated. For information on how to contribute, contact Tom Watson (History Project Manager) through Email Links provided on any of the Timeline Pages.

            It would be a shame to let your service go unrecognized.
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   To start your Battalion Timeline tour, click on the soldier icon to the right.
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The monthly Photo & Timeline additions & updates previously listed in this space are now available to only those veterans that are dues paying members of the Reunion Association. The entire content of this website still remains open to all visitors.
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For information on how to become a member, use this link.
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1945-1955
     Looking for details, media documents, official records, on the line of duty (vehicle crash) death of CPL Milton R. Tucker, Baker Company, 16 August 1955. Use this direct Email Link
     Also need photographs, official documents, personal stories, media articles, and any other information from this period in Occupied Japan for a new Battalion history book being researched for the timeline of 1942 through 1965. Use this direct Email Link
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1956-1965
     Need photographs, official documents, personal stories, media articles, and any other information from this period for a new Battalion history book being researched for the timeline of 1942 through 1965. Use this direct Email Link.
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1966-1972
     Need photographs, official documents, personal stories, media articles, and any other information from the Vietnam War era for the Battalion Timeline.
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1973-1979
     Need photographs, official documents, personal stories, media articles, and any other information on life and duty at Fort Hood and any deployments for the Battalion Timeline.
     Especially the funeral detail for President Johnson, and Operation NEW ARRIVALS & HELPING HAND-Fort Chaffee.
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1980-1990
     Need photographs, details, media documents, official records, on the line of duty (drowning) death of PFC Kimberly Ann Storm, 401st MP Company, during flood duty on Fort Hood on 3 June 1986. Use this direct Email Link
     Also need photographs, official documents, personal stories, media articles, and any other information on life and duty at Fort Hood and any deployments for the Battalion Timeline. Especially Operations: BIG PINE II-Honduras; SOLID SHIELD-Honduras; PRAYER BOOK-Panama; HAWKEYE-Virgin Islands; JUST CAUSE-Panama.
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1991-2000
     Need photographs, official documents, personal stories, media articles, and any other information on life and duty at Fort Hood and any deployments for the Battalion Timeline.
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2001-2015
     Need photographs, official documents, personal stories, media articles, and any other information on life and duty at Fort Hood and any deployments for the Battalion Timeline.
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Major
Deployments
CLICK ON CAMPAIGN RIBBONS
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Occupied Japan
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Korean War
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Vietnam War
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Operation Just Cause
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Desert Shield-Storm
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Joint Endeavor-Guard
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Iraqi Freedom
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Enduring Freedom
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Additional deployments are included in the Time Line section. Check your Battalion tour dates.
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YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BATTALION REUNION ASSOCIATION TO CONTRIBUTE INFORMATION, PHOTOGRAPHS, HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, PERSONAL STORIES OR REFLECTIONS OF YOUR SERVICE FOR THE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE 720TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE A VETERAN OF THE BATTALION, REGARDLESS OF YOUR MOS. This also includes the veterans of all other units that had the distinction of being attached subordinate to HQ & HQ Detachment during times of conflict.
     The Video collection that use to appear in this section has been moved to a separate page. Please use the Battalion Video History link above right.
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     This is not an official government Website nor is it "officially" endorsed by the Department Of Defense, the U.S. Army or the 720th MP Battalion. If you have any questions contact Thomas T. Watson, call 803-892-6072 (EST), or mail 1456 Bombing Range Rd. Gilbert, SC 29054-9637.  ©720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association, Inc., 1998. All rights reserved. A not-for-profit 501(c)(19) Tax Exempt Florida Corporation, and 501(c)(3) U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service Tax Exempt Veterans Service Organization - "Of and for the Troops."
This website has been serving Battalion Veterans since 2003