Campaigns & Awards
148th Military Police Platoon ~ Vietnam
~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association Vietnam History Project ~
 
"Thousands of Veterans earned medals for bravery every day. A few were even awarded."
The 148th MP Platoon earned the following streamers during its tour in Vietnam (unofficial).
2 Meritorious Unit Commendations, 12-  Vietnam Service Campaigns,  Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm (Unit Citation).
This Page Last Updated  5 February 2011

Campaigns and Awards in the order in which they were earned.
~ 1965 through 30 September 1970 ~
USARV
23rd Infantry
Division
18th MP
Brigade
Defense
(2nd Campaign) 8 March 1965 through 24 December 1965
Counteroffensive
(3rd Campaign) 25 December 1965 - 30 June 1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Streamer Embroidered Vietnam 1964-1965
765th Transportation Battalion, (Aircraft Maintenance and Support)
     When first issued the attached units were not listed in the Citation which is located in Department of the Army General Order No. 40, 31 October 1966, Section IV, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Page 4.  It was amended to include the 4th Squad, 148th Military Police Platoon in Department of the Army, General Orders No. 3, 18 January 1967, Section II, Page 2.

Counteroffensive, Phase II
(4th Campaign) 1 July 1966 through 31 May 1967
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
Streamer Embroidered Vietnam 1966-1967
92nd Military Police Battalion, and attached units.
     Department of the Army General Order No. 17, 23 April 1968, Section II, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Paragraph 83, Page 65.

Vietnamese Counteroffensive, Phase IV
(7th Campaign) 2 April 1968 through 30 June 1968
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
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm
Streamer Embroidered Vietnam 1966-1970
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