1966  Time Line ~ Tay Ninh ~ Cu Chi Convoy
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18th Bde.
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     With the construction of its facilities on Long Binh Post nearing final completion the 720th Military Police Battalion became operational in Vietnam. The first Battalion assignments would be rotated between the three organic companies every three months.

October-November and into December A, B & C Company were often asked to provide MP drivers for some of the ammunition trucks that carried supplies from the 3rd ordinance Ammunition Depot on Long Binh Post to Cu Chi and Tay Ninh.
 
5 November The first official convoy duties of the Battalion were assigned to B Company. It involved the escort of an ammunition and supply convoys from the 3rd Ordinance Supply Depot on Long Binh Post to the Chu Chi and Tay Ninh base camps of the 25th Infantry Division near the Cambodian border.
25th ID
 
     Both A & C Companies would also eventually be rotated into the early Tay Ninh convoy escort program.
 
Who The Hell & Echo, Echo, Echo   SP/4 Charles R. Patrick, A Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, October 1966 to October 1967.
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