Membership Memorial

In fond memory of the veterans of the 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association who have passed from our ranks.

 
This Page Last Updated ~ 18 May 2009
 
     I now know why men who have been to war yearn to reunite. Not to tell stories or look at old pictures. Not to laugh or weep. Comrades gather because they long to be with the men who once acted their best, men who suffered and sacrificed, who were stripped raw, right down to their humanity.

     I did not pick these men. They were delivered by fate. But I know them in a way I know no other men. I have never given anyone such trust. They were willing to guard something more precious than my life. They would have carried my reputation, the memory of me. It was part of the bargain we all made, the reason we were so willing to die for one another.

     I cannot say where we are headed. Ours are not perfect friendships; those are the province of legend and myth. A few of my comrade’s drift far from me now, sending back only occasional word. I know that one day even these could fall to silence. Some of the men will stay close, a couple, perhaps, always at hand.

     As long as I have memory, I will think of them all, every day. I am sure that when I leave this world, my last thought will be of my family and my comrades...such good men.

From "These Good Men" by Michael Norman, G Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Division, 1967-1969.

 
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1942 ~ 1955 Era
Augustine, Anthony 1946-49
Augustini, John D. PFC, C Co. 1947-50
Avent, Charles, 1LT, MAJ Ret. A, B, & D Co. 1949-50
Bearden, Claude, T/5, MSG Ret. A & HHD 1946-48
Bjorlin, Roger G. CPL, C Co. 1951-52
Blanchard, Robert C. CPL, C Co. 1948-50
Blanchard, Harold, CPL, C Co. 1953-54
Boggs, Sam Jr., PFC, C Co. 1948-50
Brown, Eugene A. CPL, D Co. 1948-51
Brown, Paul, SSG, SFC Ret. C Co. 1949-50
Butchko, Joseph F. SGT, SFC Ret. C Co. 1942-45
Chaput, Donald P. SGT, B Co. 1949-50
Chapman, Fred CPL, D Co. 1948-51
Cibik, Ted J. T/4 B & HHD, 1946-48
Danley, Robert G. SFC, MSG Ret. B Co. 1952-53
Davis, Martin, SGT, MSG Ret. B Co, 1947-50
Degregorio, Joseph T/SGT, MAJ Ret. B & D Co. 1946-51
Eberhart, Donald G. HHD & C Co. 1942-44
Ewald, James, CPL, SFC Ret. B Co. 1953-54
Ferguson, James, CPT, MAJ Ret. 1946-48
Foley, Art, SGT, B Co. 1945-46
Freier, Adolph, T/5 B Co. 1946-47
Funk, Harold I. MAJ, LTC Ret. D & HHD 1949-52
Garratt, Russell M. CPL, A Co. 1947-49
Goedderz, Gerald J. CPL, D Co. 1949-52
Grahn, Duane H. SGT, D Co. 1946-48
Graen, Herb A Co. 1948-50
Green, Robert O., SGT, B & PMOT 1947-51
Harvey, Paul CPL, A Co. 1950-51
Havrilla, Andy, SSG, SFC Ret. D Co. 1946-51&56-57
Haynes, Walter L. PVT, CPL Ret. DAV, B Co.1949-50
Huberth, George J., MSG Ret., B Co. 1952-53
Hosler, Maurice D. PFC, D Co. 1949-50
Kelly, Charles J. SGT, D Co. 1953
Kadunc, Robert F. CPL, A Co. 1951-53
King, Robert J. CPL, SFC Ret. B Co. 1948-50
Kuck, Thomas, CPL. C Co. 1949-50
Luther, Martin D. SGT, B Co. 1947-50
Minson, Billy CPL, B Co., 1948-51
Muller, Harold D. C Co. 1946-47
Munday, A. L. CPT, A,D, & C Co. 1947-51
Obermyer, Elmer, CPL, A Co. 1945-46
Palmer, James F. PFC, SFC Ret. IMTFE & B Co. 1947-49
Palmieri, Angelo J. CPL, C Co. 1946-47
Peacock, Fred, CPT, MAJ Ret. D, A & HHD 1949-50
Pohopin, Joseph, SGT, MSG Ret, D Co. 1947-50
Porter, John H. PFC, C Co. 1949-50
Rosko, John J. PFC, C Co. 1946-49
Sandvick, Robert, SGT, HHD, 1945-48
Scarpaci, Joseph "Cozzi" CPL, A Co. 1953-55
Schmidtke, Jack D. CPL, D Co. 1948-51
Schmitt, Daniel W. CPL, B Co. 1948-51
Seariac, William L. CPL, C Co. 1951-53
Selovich, Joseph CPL, B Co. HHD, A Co. 1949-52
Founder of the Reunion Association
Stingley, Bobby, PFC, C Co. 1948-50
Smith, Albert, CPL, A Co. 1949-1951
Smith, William C. MAJ, COl Ret. 1948-51
Steele, Stanley, SGT, B Co. 1945-47
Stokes, John J. C Co. 1942-45
St. Pierre, James, CPL, C Co. 1951-53
Schultz, Alvin H. CPL, D Co. 1952-54
Snabley, Pasul A. T/5, D Co. & HHD, 1947
Tenold, Obsert, T/5, B Co. 1946-47
Timmenberg, Paul M. 1LT (MG Ret.) A&HHD 1950-53
Tolison, Earney R. SGT, C Co. 1949-50
Turk, John, SFC, MSG Ret. Security Co. 1949-51
Turner, William R. CPL, A Co. 1951-53
Tolle, Jack, CPL, A Co. 1950-53
Welsch, Alvin B. LTC Ret. Commander, 1951-53
Whitty, Thomas, SGT, SFC Ret. A Co. 1950-51
Yancey, Carroll J., CPL, A Co. 1948-51
The names above were taken from association newsletters and through the assistance of Mac McArdle, C Company, 1949-50.
1956 ~ 1965 Era
Rector, Edward G. 1SG, B Co. 1960-62
Tolliver, Lester, SMG, HHD 1948-50 & 1960-65
 
1966 ~ 1972 Era
Garcia, Romio, WO1, CWO Ret. HHD & CID, 1966-67
O'Malley, Robert S. Sr. LTC, Commander, 1968-69
Payne, Francis E. "Frank" COL, Commander, 1967
Smith, Jeff, 1LT, A Co. 1968-69
Temple, Nellom P. Jr. SSG C Co. 1969-70
 
1973 ~ 1980 Era
 
1981 ~ 1990 Era
Bradshaw, Bobby R. 1SG 1980-84
 
1991 ~ 2000 Era
Demps, Roderick G, COL, Commander, 2000-02
 
 
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