The Bearcat EPW Facility ~ III Corps
~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association ~ Vietnam History Project ~
The Bearcat EPW facility was commonly referred to as "The Bearcat Cage" because of its short term processing and holding mission for suspected enemy combatants and sympathizers (detainees).
9th ID
        The allied units that operated out of the Bear Cat Base Camp in III Corps Tactical Zone were the Headquarters of the 3rd Brigade, 9th Infantry Division and later the Royal Thai Black Panther Division. They would bring all detainees captured in their operations to their facility for processing and interrogation by military intelligence personnel. Once Enemy POW status was established the detainees would be transferred to the appropriate long term facility.
18th Bde.
89th GP
720th
        Any wounded enemy combatants or suspects would be transferred to the 93rd or 24th Evacuation Hospitals at Long Binh Post for treatment.
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