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National Police Outpost ~ 1966
~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association ~ Vietnam History Project ~
~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association ~ Vietnam History Project ~
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National Police Outpost ~ 1966 ~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association ~ Vietnam History Project ~ |
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If you can provide any information or photographs on this assignment in 1966, please notify the History Project Manager via the above Email Link. |
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The 615th MP Company was responsible for assisting a small Vietnamese police outpost between Saigon and Bien Hoa. The daily contingent was made up of a sergeant and three to four enlisted MPs armed with the standard .45 cal pistol and shotguns. They traveled to and from the outpost in several MP patrol jeeps. The MPs were only assigned during the day time hours and returned to Saigon in the evening because the outpost was regularly mortared and fired on at night. At times even the local Vietnamese Military Police (Quan Canh) and National Police (Canh Sat) began to leave at dark due to the enemy activity. It is believed that this "outpost" eventually became the... Thu Duc National Police Headquarters and Detachment.... later known as.... |
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