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12 May 1967 ~ Friday ~ Day 215 ~~~~~ 720th MP Battalion Reunion Association ~ Vietnam History Project ~~~~~ |
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0135 hours, Operation SHOTGUN At 1:35 AM, Timber Butter-22 [call sign], 90th Replacement Battalion Escort, contacted this office by radio from Bien Hoa Air Base [BHAB], requesting one additional vehicle with crew to assist in the escort from BHAB to the 90th Replacement Battalion. SGT J. T. Cartee, B Company, Long Binh Post Desk Sergeant, was contacted for assistance of one vehicle. SGT Cartee stated he would contact the Bien Hoa Desk Sergeant for assistance due to the Bien Hoa patrols being in the area of the air base.
0337 hours Situation Report At 3:37 AM, SP/4 Burke, A Company, Battalion Radio Operator advised this office that the wounded MP's were taken to the 93rd Evacuation Hospital. LT Bosse, 615th MP Company, CPT Weston, Battalion SDO, notified. CPT Weston departed for the hospital.
0510 hours, Tay Ninh Convoy At 5:10 AM, MAJ Francis L. Brokaw, Battalion Operations, contacted CPT Francis Krahe, Operations, 89th MP Group, in reference to sending out the Tay Ninh Convoy escort. The convoy escort was released by LTC Yarbough, Deputy Group Commander, 89th MP Group. Convoy escort departed for Tay Ninh, LT Anderson, OIC and SGT Mixon, NCOIC, Company C, 9 gun jeeps and 27 MP's utilized. 0530 hours, POW and Guard Count At 5:30 AM, SP/4 Bushfield, CQ of the 89th MP Group was notified of the POW and Guard count, 62 POWs, and 30 Guards. 0545 hours, Operation SHOTGUN Alerted At 5:45 AM, Timber Butter-22, [call sign] 90th Replacement Battalion escort was advised of the ambush on Route 1-A due to their proximity to the location when proceeding to Tan Son Nhut Air Base for the troop pickup. 0650 hours,Perimeter Guard Report At 6:50 AM, SGT David E. Metzgar, B Company, Long Binh Post Perimeter Guard NCOIC arrived at this office and stated his tour of duty had been completed without incident. 0655 hours, Operation SHOTGUN At 6:55 AM, C Company provided 1 gun jeep and 3 MP's to assist B Company in the troop escort from Tan Son Nhut Air Base to the 90th Replacement Battalion. 0700 hours, SDNCO Relieved At 7:00 AM, SSG Cecil E. Clark, C Company, the SDNCO was relieved by SFC Clarence L. Broome, HHD, Operations. 0705 hours, Reaction Force Stand Down At 0705 AM, MAJ Francis L. Brokaw, battalion Operations officer advised this office that he had released the Battalion Reaction Force to return to their units.
0900 hours, POW Transfer At 9:00 AM, SGT Gullock, B Company, NCOIC, Hospital Guards, advised this office that one POW had been moved from Ward #7, 24th Evacuation Hospital to Ward #1, 50th Medical Company, POW count remains at 62. 0905 hours, Operation RIFLE At 9:05 AM, SP/4 Martinez, 561st Ambulance Company, requested an Operation Rifle escort for medical evacuation patients from the 24th Evacuation Hospital to Tan Son Nhut Air base at 1330 hours, (1:30 PM), this date. SP/4 Kenneth P. Laux, C Company notified. 0930 hours, Enemy Activity, Propaganda Recovered At 9:30 AM, MAJ Francis L. Brokaw, Battalion Operations Officer, advised this office that at approximately 0745 hours (7:45 AM), SP/4 Ronald Tobe, 615th MP Company, Patrol #15, picked up several propaganda leaflets and one Viet Cong flag approximately 75 yards off Highway 1-A, at Highway 1-A and Gasoline Alley. Items were turned over to CPT Weston. CPT Thomas, Operations Officer, 89th MP Group notified.
(1) Roadrunner convoy OIC reported to control element (CPT Schooley) that one round of small arms fire was received at approximately 0750 hours (7:50 AM), in the vicinity of Check Point D, Grid Coordinates [map location] XT675100 on Highway 1. Propaganda leaflets were also located along the side of the road and samples were picked up by MP personnel. There were no injuries and no vehicles were hit. Convoy scout elements could detect no activity along the sides of the highway and the convoy proceeded to Cu Chi without further incident. Debriefed by MAJ Francis L. Brokaw, Battalion Operations, MAJ Carl C. Keese, Battalion XO advised. 1100 hours, Interior Guard Report At 11:00 AM, SFC Don S. Gilray, B Company, advised this office that he had checked the Long Binh Post MP Desk, patrols, gates, and hospital guards, all were secure. 1120 hours, Operation SHOTGUN At 11:20 AM, PFC McCullem, 90th Replacement Battalion, requested an escort from the 90th to Tan Son Nhut Air Base at 1215 hours, (12:15 PM). SGT Jesse R. Towell, B Company notified. 1230 hours, Operation SHOTGUN At 12:30 PM, SP/4 Roland B. Gray, B Company returned to this office from the 90th Replacement Battalion and stated the escorts requested on 11 May 67 from the 90th to Bien Hoa Air Base and return, and the 90th and Tan Son Nhut Air Base and return had been completed at 1100 hours, (11:00 AM), without incidents. 1425 hours, Tan An Convoy At 2:45 PM, 1LT Nicholas F. Adams, A Company, Officer In Charge, of the Tan An Escort reported that he had completed the escort without incident. 1430 hours, Hospital Guard NCO Relieved At 2:30 PM, SGT James L. Gillock, B Company, NCOIC of the Hospital Guard advised this office that he had completed his tour of duty without any incidents. SGT Gillick relieved by SP/4 David R. Hill as NCOIC. POW count remains the same at 62. SGT Gillock debriefed by MSG Dupree, Battalion Operations. 1530 hours, POW Escort At 3:30 PM, SGT Ronald G. Ratliff, A Company, advised this office that he had picked up POWs Nhuyen Van Teo, Ho Van Ngoan, Tham Minh Hung, Tran Van Vinh, Pham Van Hoang, Tran Van Ngo, and Vo Van Chau from the 25th Infantry Division at Cu Chi as per request dated 11 May 67, and delivered them at 1400 hours (2:00 PM), to the III Corps enclosure without any incidents. Route 1A and 1, two gun jeeps, one 3/4 ton truck and eight MPs were utilized. 1550 hours, Interior Guard Report At 3:50 PM, SGT Don S. Gilray, B Company, advised this office that he had checked the Long Binh Post MP desk, patrols, gate, and POW Hospital Guards, and all were secure. 1555 hours, POW Escort At 3:55 PM, SP/4 Errol J. Reddick, A Company advised this office that he was informed upon arrival at the 199th Light Infantry Brigade at Binh Chanh per escort request 11 May 67, that POW Tran Van On had been shipped on the 11th of May 67. SP/4 Reddick was unable to find out where the POW had been shipped or what unit escorted him. 1630 hours, SDNCO Relieved At 4:30 PM, SFC Clarence L. Broome assumed duty as the Battalion Staff Duty Noncommissioned Officer, was briefed by CPT Leon C. Matassarin, Assistant Battalion Operations Officer, and posted. 1630 hours, Operation RIFLE At 4:30 PM, SGT Beavers, C Company, completed the escort from the 24th Evacuation Hospital to Tan Son Nhut Air Base without incident. 1745 hours, Perimeter Guard Mount At 5:45 PM, SGT Maurice Irish, A Company, The NCOIC of the Perimeter Guard Detail arrived at this office and stated all the guards were present and ready for inspection. CPT Thomas Schooley, C Company, SDO, notified. 1800 hours, Tay Ninh Convoy At 6:00 PM, LT Anderson, C Company, OIC, Tay Ninh Convoy arrived at this office and stated the escort had been completed. LT Anderson stated the only incident was the one reported by CPT Thomas Schooley at approximately 0950 hours (9:50 AM), reference Spot Report 67-7, one round of small arms fire was received. Operation RIFLE SP/4 Randall E. Shover, B Company, reported that the escort from the 90th Replacement Battalion to Tan San Nhut Air Base had been completed without incident at 1800 hours, 6:00 PM. 1830 hours, SDNCO relieved At 6:30 PM, SSG Paul F. Roach, C Company assumed duty as SDNCO, was briefed by SFC Clarence L. Broome, Battalion Operations NCO and posted. 1840 hours, Bunker Phone Out At 6:40 PM, the Battalion radio operator notified this office that the phone between Bunker #1 and Bunker #2 was out of order. SSG Overcash Battalion Communications notified. 1930 hours, Tay Ninh Convoy Drug Incident At 7:30 PM, LT McCurgy, 534th Transportation Company reported to this office in person and asked to talk with the three MP's who were in vehicle C-7 on the Tay Ninh Convoy. He stated that he had found a bag of what appeared to be dope in the possession of one of his drivers upon returning to his unit from Tay Ninh and that the driver informed him he had made an attempt to give it to the MP's at Cu Chi as the Convoy was moving out from Cu Chi for Tay Ninh but they did not have time to take it. Contacted C Company and was advised that SP/4 Roger D. Bowman, SP/4 Charles P. Knowles, and PFC Reynolds were the persons in vehicle C-7. All three arrived at this office and verified the statement that as the convoy was moving out of Cu Chi one driver had a plastic bag and stated he had got it from a Vietnamese boy. Due to the convoy being on the move the MP's continued on to Tay Ninh where they advised LT Anderson by radio of the incident. LT McCurgy confiscated the package and has it in his possession. 1950 hours, Operation RIFLE
At 7:50 PM, SGT Nishomoto, 561st Ambulance Company requested an escort
for medical evacuation patients from the 93rd Evacuation Hospital to
Bien Hoa Air Base at 0630 hours (6:30 AM), 13 May 67. 2220 hours, Patrol Assistance Request At 10:20 PM, CPT Wollering, 179th MP Detachment, Bien Hoa requested that two patrols from the 615th MP Company be furnished armored vehicles to assist in patrolling along the south perimeter road of Bien Hoa Air Base and the Bien Hoa area. MAJ Francis L. Brokaw, Battalion Operations notified. Vehicles obtained from B and C Companies. 2230 hours, Interior Guard Report At 10:30 PM, SGT Donn S. Gilray, B Company, advised this office that he had checked the hospital guards, Long Binh Post MP Desk, and Gate #2 [Main Gate], and all were secure. 2350 hours, Bien Hoa Detachment At 11:50 PM, SFC Ingram, 615th MP Company advised this office that he had inspected the Bien Hoa patrols and all were in order. 2400 hours, Daily Log Closed.
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