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January |
CPT Robert E. Connor replaces CPT Lattimore as the My Tho Detachment commander and MACV Team 75's MP advisor to the 7th ARVN Infantry Division. |
February |
The 92nd MP Battalion departs Vietnam |
5 February The 188th Military Police Company were reassigned subordinate from the 92nd MP Battalion to the command of the 720th Military Police Battalion when the 92nd Military Police Battalion was the first MP headquarters detachment to be deactivated and withdrawn from Vietnam. Included in the reassignment of authority was the 22nd Provost Marshal Detachment (Provisional).. |
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April |
2 April CPT Ray W. Lattimore departed the 188th. With the departure of U.S. Marine and Army units from Military Region-I under the intensified Vietnamization program, the 18th MP Brigade needed to supplement the line duty military police units lost in the standown. The 188th was selected to fill that void in DaNang. |
July |
The 188th was ordered to deploy to DaNang in Military Region-I |
Bravo Company of the 720th MP Battalion headquartered on Long Binh Post was standing-down from its three year infantry counterinsurgency-pacification mission outside the southern border of Long Binh Post in Bien Hoa Provence, Military Region-III. The 18th MP Brigade required an experienced line duty MP company to fill the void being left by the departure of the 188th MP Company. The 720th MP Battalion was ordered to expand its combat service-support mission into Military Region-IV. With Bravo Company being selected to replace the 188th, their transition from a pure three year infantry mission to line duty disiclipine, law, and order would require refresher training. Time for refresher training was not available so to maintain mission continuity, experience, and area familiarization, personel transferres were started between both companies. |
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Bravo Company and the 188th exchange guidons, assignments, and personnel |
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10 July CPT Dennis Fogarty passed command of 188th MP Company, 720th MP Battalion to CPT Walter B. Koszyk. CPT Koszyk passes command of the new Bravo Company to CPT Fogarty. 15 July The official redesignation (on morning report) of B Company, 720th MP Battalion, on Long Binh Post, III Corps Tactical Zone, as the 188th MP Company, and the 188th MP Company, 720th MP Battalion, in Vinh Long, IV Corps Tactical Zone, Mekong Delta, as B Company, became official. 18 July 1LT Charles W. Smith is assigned as a Platoon Leader. |
19 July B Company & 188th MP Company begin the change with the infantry mission in the 18th MP Brigade Tactical Area of Responsibility coming to a close (25 July). Members of B Company started shipping out to DaNang to staff the newly redesignated 188th MP Company while other members stayed behind to staff the new B Company (formerly the 188th) in the IV Corps Tactical Zone (Mekong Delta). Likewise in the 188th some members were transferred to DaNang, others to various local MP units, depending on theirremaining tour time, and some remained. |
August |
| August CPT Raymond F. Cox was transferred from his position of Provost Marshal Vinh Long to that of Adjutant to LTC Robert P. Schmitz, the 720th MP Battalion Commander. |
| 7 August The newly staffed 188th MP Company completed its move from Long Binh Post to DaNang, to join the 504th MP Battalion, and 16th MP Group who arrived at DaNang 13 August and 31 September, respectivelly. |
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Miscellaneous Photographs ~ Vinh Long |
Detachment PM Office. |
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Detachment Compound front. |
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Detachment Compound rear. |
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Detachment Compound rear. |
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Last Chance Saloon, CPT Ray Cox, CPT Koszyk, SP/4 Arvel Watson and two unidentified MPs. |
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SP/4 Watson. |
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CPT Fogarty, CPT Koszyk, 1SG Bryant. |
September |
Camp David Land, DaNang, Quang Nam Province, Military Region-I |
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November |
In the city they worked combined patrols with the Vietnamese National Police [Canh Sat], Military Police [Quan Canh] and the Republic of Korea [ROK] Military Police. Lick Your Chopsticks SP/4 Danny L. Welch, 188th MP Company, 504th MP Battalion, 16th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, October 1970 to August 1971. |
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Miscellaneous Photographs ~ DaNang |
SP/4 Ken Boehm outside his barracks at Camp David Lamb. |
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SGT Heerman
CPT Lattimore
CPT Fogarty
CPT Koszyk