 18th Bde. |
1970 Time Line ~ 22nd Provost Marshal Detachment |
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Reassigned from the 92nd to the 720th MP Battalion and consolidated. |
5 February The 22nd Provost Marshal Detachment was reassigned to the command of the 720th Military Police Battalion when its parent unit the 92nd MP Battalion (Pershing Field in Saigon) was the first military police headquarters to be deactivated and withdrawn from Vietnam. |
The 720th MP Battalion area of operations in III Corps Tactical Zone was more than doubled when they were assigned the responsibility for discipline, law and order in IV Corps. Along with the 22nd PM Detachment the 188th Military Police Company, who where assigned duties in IV Corps, were also reassigned to the command of the 720th Military Police Battalion. Note: Sometime later (exact date still unknown) the 22nd PMO staff were consolidated and had their own headquarters located in the MP Compound at Can Tho. |
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March CPT Raymond F. Cox of the 188th MP Company was assigned as the Provost Marshal of Vinh Long Province and served in that capacity until his reassignment in August as Adjutant to LTC Robert P. Schmitz, Commander, 720th MP Battalion. Note: CPT Cox has verified that he was not assigned to the 22nd PM Detachment while PM of Vinh Long. |
5 March 1LT Arvel L. Acoach, Jr. is assigned as the detachment Operations Officer. 15 March The first mention the 22nd PM Detachment in official 720th MP Battalion documents is an official flow chart that was part of the 720th MP Battalion, Operations Report ~ Lessons Learned. Note: It appears that sometime after the 22nd PM Detachment was assigned subordinate to the 720th MP Battalion it was deactivated as a "paper organization." 4 April MAJ John R. Tomberlin, Jr. detachment Commanding Officer and Provost Marshal, Vung Tau Special Zone, departed. 2 June CPT Edward F. Robinson is assigned as the Operations Officer 22nd PM Detachment. |
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18 September 1LT James D. Folsom is assigned as the new Operations Officer for the 22nd Provost Marshal Detachment, replacing CPT Edward Robinson. |
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