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The 92nd MP Battalion departs Vietnam, 720th MP Battalion operations begin in IV Corps Tactical Zone

 

January CPT Robert E. Connor replaces CPT Ray W. Lattimore as the My Tho Detachment commander and Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) Advisory Team #75's MP advisor to the 7th ARVN Infantry Division.
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MACV
5 February the 188th Military Police Company detachment conducting the discipline, law and order assignment in My Tho was reassigned subordinate to the command of the 720th Military Police Battalion when its parent unit the 92nd Military Police Battalion was the first MP Headquarters to be deactivated and withdrawn from Vietnam.
        Prior to the acquisition of the 188th MP Company the 720th MP Battalion had no units or assets in IV Corps Tactical Zone. Although there are no official military records to verify the start of convoy escort operations, it is believed that at the time of the acquisition the resupply convoys were there after escorted by elements of the 720th MP Battalion.
April Members of the 188th Military Police Company were assigned to ride in Quan Cahn (Vietnamese Military Police) V-100’s patroling Highway QL-4 within Dinh Tuong Province in the northern delta region. They assisted the Quan Canh with any traffic problems involving American Forces.
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19 July A shuffling of members of the 188th MP Company and B Company, 720th MP Battalion began pending the formal September redesignation of the two companies. The exchange also involved personnel from the My Tho Detachment.
August CPT Robert E. Connor the My Tho Detachment commander and MACV Advisory Team #75's MP advisor is transferred to the 720th MP Battalion as the A Company Commanding Officer.
        The 188th was scheduled for reassignment to DaNang in II Corps Tactical Zone, so to avoid the logistical problem associated with the move, B Company who had just completed their infantry assignment from Operation STABILIZE in the Tactical Area of Responsibility was redesignated as the 188th [senior personnel were split between the companies] and sent to DaNang to serve subordinate to the 504th MP Battalion, 16th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade.
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September B Company of the 720th MP Battalion assumed responsibility for the discipline, law and order missions in IV Corps from the 188th MP Company.

        The Battalion became tactically responsible for the manning and logistical support of all military police and provost marshal office detachments throughout IV Corps Tactical Zone.

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