~ 720th Military Police Battalion Vietnam History Project ~

Photo B0052: Troops of the former 720th MP Battalion, 4th Army from Fort Hood, Texas now redesignated as the 615th MP Company stand formation ready to board the troop ship USNS General W. A. Mann (T-AP-112). The Company consisting of four officers and one hundred and seventy-eight enlisted personnel commanded by Captain John A. Kochenour, departed the port at Oakland, California for Vietnam on 3 August 1965. Also onboard were elements of a U.S. Army Engineer unit and a separate medical unit. Courtesy of PFC Titus Rich, Jr. C Company, 720th MP Battalion, 4th U.S. Army, Fort Hood, TX, 1961-1963 & 615th MP Company, 716th MP Battalion, Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), Saigon, Vietnam 1965-1966.

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