~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~

Photo K0033:  A soldier of the 2nd Platoon, 401st MP Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, (left) at the gate shack for Pier-18 “Objective Shark,” Panama Canal Zone, Panama 19 December 1989 at the start of Operation JUST CAUSE. The pockmarked walls testify to the fierce fire-fight that took place between the 2nd Platoon and Panamanian Defense Forces. Two 401st MPs, PFC’s Eric Jones and Jim Hankins were wounded in the attack. Courtesy of Steven S. Rathburn Commanding Officer, 401st MP Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Brigade, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas, 1988-1990.

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