The routine at that time was to rotate sectors in Tokyo from one company to another.
I started in the area from the Ginza (Avenue "A") to the Haneda River along the harbor. It was an area bombed out with only chimneys sticking up and rubble around the base, very erie at night. We would drive to the Haneda River and wait to meet a patrol from the 519 MP Battalion, exchange greetings and go back to drive around. Some times we were a walking patrol. Very dull.
One night we were checking hotels/whore houses and saw some American style shoes someone had left outside the room. as was the custom in Japan. It turned out to be an American civilian sailor. We notified the Sergeant and left it up to him.
Then we rotated to the Ueno Police Station (10th and 22nd Streets) area.
T4 Francis J. Boucher, A Company, 720th MP Battalion, 8th Army, Occupied Japan, 1947-1948.