All of the Battalion and individual
Company awards and honors are displayed during formal military
ceremonies on the Battalion Colors/Company
Guidon's.
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* Meritorious Unit
Commendation |
Philippine Presidential
Unit Commendation |
Occupation Of Japan |
National Defense |
Asiatic Pacific Campaign
with 3 campaign stars |
WWII Victory |
Philippine Liberation |
American Campaign |
The Battalion Asia Pacific
Campaign Medal displays three campaign stars however, the Battalion
History Project has yet to locate the specifics on the campaigns.
New
Guinea Campaign Luzon Island
Philippines Campaign Philippine Presidential
Unit Commendation
Distinguished
Unit Citation (C Company)
(Army), Streamer Embroidered Papua
War Department General Orders #21, 1943
Meritorious
Unit Citation, B & C Company (410th & 411th)
(Army), Streamer Embroidered Pacific Theater
HQ New Guinea Base Sec. General Orders #19, 25 June 1945
Silver Guidon Band, B Company (410th)
"World War II, Asiatic Pacific Theater,
Papua."
Silver Guidon Band, C Company(411th)
"World War II, Asiatic Pacific Theater,
Papua."
* Meritorious Unit Commendation (Battalion) 1st Award
(Army), Streamer Embroidered Korea
Department of The Army General Orders #42, 1955
* During the Korean War the Battalion remained in Tokyo on occupation duty. The award recognizes the Battalion for its ability to perform its mission after having approximately 50% of its personnel (C Company/411th and volunteers from A/401st and B/410th) redesigated as the X Corps MP Company (Provisional) and assigned to the X Corps, 8th Army, in Korea.
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Vietnam War ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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* Meritorious Unit
Commendation 2nd, 3rd, 4th awards |
Vietnamese Cross of
Gallantry with Palm |
National Defense 2nd
award |
Vietnam Service, 14
campaign stars |
Vietnam Campaign with
1960 Bar |
Counteroffensive,
Phase II
(4th Campaign) 1 July 1966 through 31 May 1967
Meritorious
Unit Commendation (Battalion) 2nd Award
(First Oak Leaf Cluster)
(Army), Streamer Embroidered Vietnam, 19 October 1966 - 31 May
1967
(Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 720th Military Police
Battalion,
and the 615th Military Police Company cited; DA GO 17, 1968). Counteroffensive,
Phase III
(5th Campaign) 1 June 1967 through 29 January 1968
Tet
Counteroffensive
(6th Campaign) 30 January 1968 through 1 April 1968
Meritorious
Unit Commendation (Battalion) 3rd Award
(Second Oak Leaf Cluster)
(Army), Streamer Embroidered Vietnam, 1 June 1967 - 8 February
1968
(Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 720th Military Police
and the 615th Military Police Company cited; DA GO 48, 1968).
Vietnamese
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
(7th Campaign) 2 November 1968 through 22 February 1969
Meritorious
Unit Commendation (Battalion) 4th Award
(Third Oak Leaf Cluster)
(Army), Streamer Embroidered Vietnam, 15 February 1968 - 1 February
1969
(Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 720th Military Police
Battalion,
and the 212th Military Police Company (Sentry Dog)
cited; DA GO 4210, 1969).
Vietnamese
Counteroffensive, Phase V
(8th Campaign) 1 July 1968 through 1 November 1968
Vietnamese
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
(9th Campaign) 2 November 1968 through 22 February 1969
Tet
69/Counteroffensive
(10th Campaign) 23 February 1969 through 8 June 1969
Vietnam
Summer-Fall 1969
(11th Campaign) 9 June 1969 through 31 October 1969
Vietnam
Winter-Spring 1970
(12th Campaign) 1 November 1969 through 30 April 1970
Sanctuary
Counteroffensive
(13th Campaign) 1 May 1970 through 30 June 1970
Vietnamese
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
(14th Campaign) 1 July 1970 through 30 June 1971
Consolidation
I
(15th Campaign) 1 July 1971 through 30 November 1971
Consolidation
II
(16th Campaign) 1 December 1971 through 29 March 1972
Vietnam
Cease Fire Campaign
(17th Campaign) 30 March 1972 through 28 March 1973 Republic
of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm (Battalion)
Streamer Embroidered Vietnam 1966-1972
(Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 720th Military Police
Battalion,
cited; DA GO 6, 1974).
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1989
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Panama ~ "Operation Just Cause" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1990
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Valorous Unit Award |
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal |
Valorous
Unit Award, 401st MP Company (A Company)
Streamer Embroidered Panama 19 December 1989 to 3 January 1990
Secretary of The Army General Orders Number 22 The Battalion Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
displays two campaign stars however, the Battalion History Project
has yet to locate the specifics on the campaigns.
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1990
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iraq ~ "Operation Desert Shield/Storm"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1991
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Meritorious Unit Commendation
5th award |
Southwest Asia Service
Medal |
Kuwait Liberation
- Saudi |
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Battalion) 5th Award
(Fourth Oak Leaf Cluster)
Streamer Embroidered 13 October 1990 to 13 April 1991
Secretary of The Army General Orders Number 17, Paragraph VIII
The Battalion Southwest Asia Service Ribbon
displays two campaign stars however, the Battalion History Project
has yet to locate the specifics on the campaigns.
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2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Operation Iraqi Freedom" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current
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