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The company maintained a detachment at Chu Chi for discipline, law and order enforcement with the 25th Infantry Division.

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6 February PFC Joseph Robert Hardee, of Los Angeles, California was a gun jeep commander assigned to the Bien Hoa, Newport escort as part of an A Company Operation OVERTAKE Darkness escort. In the dark of night a Vietnamese national who was driving one of the supply trucks managed to sneak it out of the convoy onto a back road where it was unloaded by Black Marketer's. When the truck pulled out onto the main highway to rejoin the convoy it struck the MP gun jeep. PFC Hardee, the passenger, died instantly, the M-60 machine gunner PFC Charles Whyte, and the driver SP/4 David Erwin, were both severely injured but recovered.

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Hardee

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25 February CPT James M. Le Vasseur was assigned as Commanding Officer replacing CPT Raymond G. Chisholm.

8 March 1LT Edward D. Thompson, Jr. is assigned as Platoon Leader.

23 March CPT Rafael Cortes-Dapena was assigned to the Bearcat Detachment as Deputy Provost Marshal.

25 April CPT Raymond G. Chisholm, Commanding Officer, departed.

11 May CPT Rafael Cortes-Dapena was reassigned from his position of Deputy Provost Marshal at the Bearcat Detachment.

16 June 1LT Thomas Hughes is assigned as a Platoon Leader.

27 July 1LT Joseph L. J. Brillion, was assigned as the Bearcat Detachment Deputy Provost Marshal.

August CPT Robert E. Connor the 188th MP Company, My Tho Detachment commander and MACV Team #75 MP advisor is transferred to the 720th MP Battalion as the A Company Commanding Officer.

The Coke Can Incident Our commanding officer had us do a clean up of the Company area after he saw some cigarette butts on the ground. Everyone was upset for being treated like new recruits. A couple of days later, there was an empty Coke can on the grounds outside the CO’s office window. Someone walked by and kicked it instead of picking it up, the rest is history. The Commanding Officer was Capt Robert E. Conner and 1st Sergeant Powell was Top. We were a little lax in keeping the company grounds clean and the CO wanted to change that. He not only reinforced the clean up of the grounds and created the Coke Can challenge but he also instilled a more disciplined way of carrying out all of our responsibilities. He created a campaign for improved awareness of the Company assets and used the phrase "You Gotta Care" which was placed on top of

the Company sign for all to see. He challenged us to be better at everything we did. SP/4 George E. Wellock, A Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, December 1969 to February 1971.

8 August 1LT James R. Creed is assigned as Provost Marshal at Phu Loi.

8 September 1LT Mark J. Durst is assigned as Platoon Leader for A Company.

3 October C and A Company were jointly tasked with the responsibility of a critical supply run, the first Long Binh to Cam Ranh Bay Convoy since 1968. In 1968 the convoy run was terminated due to the staggering losses of men and vehicles resulting from enemy action along the route.

The 600 mile long six day trip was a joint effort with the 4th Transportation Command. The vehicles passed through Xuan Loc up into the mountains near Bao Loc and Dalat, out of Military Region III, into Military Region II.