~ 720th Military Police Battalion Vietnam History Project ~

Photo G3352: 1LT Robert L. Chavis (Camo fatigues) TAOR Platoon Leader of B Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade in the Market Square of An Hoa Hung Village in the 720th MP Battalion Tactical Area Of Responsibility in Bien Hoa Province of III Corps Tactical Zone, Vietnam on 11 October 1968 during a selective 14 house cordon and search called Operation OCTOPUS. Groups of Village Popular Forces, B Company MP's, 212th MP Company Scout/Sentry Dog handlers and members of the 15th ARVN and U.S. 702nd Military Intelligence Detachment troops questioned known VC family members and sympathizers. Courtesy of SP/4 Kenneth J. Marraccini, B Company & HQ Detachment, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, Vietnam, October 1968-December 1969.

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