720th
June 1942 Battalion Time Line
~~~~~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~~~~~
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Zone Of The Interior (ZOI) / Continental United States
June The Battalion was reorganized under TO&E  19-055, (orders 1 May), and was authorized twenty-nine officers and seven hundred and twenty enlisted men.

19 June Headquarters Third Army, letter orders dated 18 June were received directing the movement of the Battalion to the San Francisco, California, port of embarkation for overseas deployment.