When I was with B Company, 720th MP Battalion, we ran several types of V100 patrols. Escorts to Vung Tao, for R & R, VIP escorts, for dignitaries, and believe it or not, DETOX escorts from Long Binh [USARV Stockade] to Saigon ( guess they thought the drug users would go AWOL). This is not to include our normal escorts out of the Delta.

        The DETOX/Jail was probably the worst duty. The DETOX center was co-operated by LBJ (Long Binh Jail). Half were for the prisoners Each platoon rotated these duties. The GI's would come in so high, that their unit that transported them, sometimes had them chained, believe it or not. Most were housed in open bay type Quonset huts, but the worst were held in converted CONEX containers, so they could not endanger themselves or others. Seemed like cruel, and inhumane, but You should have seen some of them.

        I know of a lot of MP's with the B Company, that transferred out as door gunners, and even grunts, to surpass the duties of LBJ. In essence, every four weeks we had LBJ duties.

SGT Philip P. Barbian, B Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, March 1970 to May 1971.