720th

Battalion History ~ 1956
~~~~~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~~~~~
4th Army
This Page Last Updated ~ 3 December 2007 ~ Click on all thumbnail photographs to enlarge for viewing.
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If you were a veteran of the 720th MP Battalion or any of its subordinate units, and recognize any of the events listed on this page, or you are a surviving family member of a Battalion veteran from this era and would like to contribute Information, personal stories, documents, media articles or photographs, please take a moment to contact the History Project Manager at the Email Link provided above for instructions or assistance. Your contributions are extremely important to the Battalion history and always welcomed.
At the start of 1956 all elements of the 720th Military Police Battalion were serving at Fort Hood, Texas.
LTC Robert M. Allgeier then LTC James A. Wiley are listed as Battalion commanders in 1956. It is unclear what their dates of assignment or departure were.
Background information and photographs of LTC James A. Wiley, please contact the History Project Manager via the Email Link at the top of the page.
  Information has been received that members of A & B Company, command unknown, were assigned at Sandia Base located just outside of Kirkland, Air Force Base, NM, and performed discipline law and order functions. They would later be designated in January 1958 as the 1st Provisional MP Company, 720th MP Battalion, and deployed on Operation HARDTACK. If you can in any way clarify or provide any information on this assignment, please notify the History Project Manager via the Email link above.
At the end of 1956 all elements of the 720th Military Police Battalion were serving at Fort Hood, Texas.