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September 1967 ~ Battalion Timeline
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At the start of the month Battalion HQ Detachment, its organic letter companies and the 615th MP Company were headquartered subordinate to the 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, III Corps Tactical Zone, Bien Hoa Provence, Long Binh Post,  South Vietnam.
18th MP
Brigade
89th MP
Group
720th MP
Battalion
1 September

     Approximately ten members of C Company received the Army Commendation Medal for Meritorious Service: SP/4 James W. Burant for service September 1966 to September 1967.

     Members of the company also received a Certificate of Achievement in recognition of Meritorious Performance of Duty from the 18th MP Brigade. SP/4 James W. Burant for service 19 October 1966 through 30 September 1967.

Wanted: If you were part of these awards presentations, or can provide a copy of the original orders, please contact the History Project Manager at the Email Link at the top of this page.

CPT Arnold "Arnie" Daxe, Jr. assumed command of the 615th MP Company, 720th MP Battalion, from CPT Alfred A. Alexander who was reassigned to Headquarters Detachment as the Battalion Motor Officer.
7 September
     The following HQ & HQ Detachment personnel were promoted from Private First Class (PFC E-3) to Specialist Fourth Class (SP/4 E-4), under Special Orders No. 172: Alexander Bennett, MOS95B Military Police, Duane J. Carr, MOS36K Tactical Wire Operations Specialist, Fred D. Clark, MOS36K Tactical Wire Operations Specialist, Richard C. Davis, MOS36K Tactical Wire Operations Specialist, John E. Mathieu, MOS71C Executive Administrative Assistant, and Thomas J. Publiski, MOS36K20 Tactical Wire Operations Specialist.
8 September
   CPT Roger J. Gaydos assumed the duties as Battalion Adjutant.
11-15 September
Operation CORRAL

TAOR: Counterinsurgency operations within the new Tactical Area Of Responsibility began with Operation CORRAL a seventy-two hour cordon and search of the four primary villages within the TAOR. It was conducted by the Battalion’s organic companies to include the 615th MP Company, with assistance from elements of the 2nd Battalion, 39th Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, their 9th MP Company, local and regional Vietnamese National Police, their specialized National Police Field Forces (NPFF), and the local village Popular Forces (PF) militia supported by their Regional Forces HQ, ARVN and U.S. Military Intelligence units.

9th Infantry
Division
Popular
Forces

   The 9th Infantry Division (Bearcat base camp) was called upon to assist because the new TAOR was carved out of their original Area of Operations (AO).

   The villages of An Hoa Hung, Long Binh Tan, Long Hung and An Xuan were cordoned off and thoroughly searched. The Battalion provided a total of ten officers and 229 enlisted men for the three-day operation. It began at 1800 hours after the return of the transient populace at the end of their workday.

   The troopers of the 9th Division cordoned the entire area and performed perimeter security, as the Battalion MP’s established roadblocks and water borne checkpoints leading into and out of the TAOR. The MP's and their Vietnamese allies conducted joint sweeps of each village and the surrounding jungle and rice paddies in search of the VC, their weapons and supplies. It continued throughout the night under the light of artillery flares and the spotlights of supporting helicopter gunship's. Over sixty suspected VC guerrillas and sympathizers were apprehended and turned over to the U.S. and ARVN military intelligence teams for interrogation. Weapons, documents, food and medical supplies, including a variety of back market contraband items were seized. The mission was successfully conducted without suffering any casualties, and once the initial searches were completed some of the Battalion assets remained in place while plans for Operation STABILIZE, were initiated.
   The 212th MP Company (Sentry Dog) (subordinate), was also called upon by the 89th MP Group to organized and train a Scout Dog Unit that would be used to augment the Battalion ambush and recon teams throughout Operation STABILIZE.
16 September
   Operation CORRAL ended and the remaining elements utilized for the initial phases of the cordon and search in the Battalion Tactical Area Of Responsibility (TAOR) were reassigned and the first stages of Operation STABILIZE were initiated.
18 September
Operation CONDOR
   The Battalion provided personnel for convoy escort and security in support of the 9th Infantry Division for the transport of the 1,200 troops comprising the main body of the 1st Royal Thai Queens Cobra Regiment from the ports of Saigon to the Base Camp at Bearcat.  The operation named CONDOR lasted through 21 September.
9th Infantry
Division
Queens
Cobra
21 September
Operation RICHMOND
     The six day engineer security mission Operation RICHMOND, took place during the period 22-28 September. The 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment secured engineer road and bridge repair efforts north of Dinh Quan along Highway #20.
regional map
area map

     The Battalion provided one officer and ten enlisted men to support the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment on Operation RICHMOND from 21 through 29 September. During this road clearing mission the MPs provided convoy control, traffic accident investigation, control of indigenous personnel while escorting and securing vehicles to and from, and at the site.

Wanted: Names, photographs and personal stories of the Battalion MPs who participated in this operation. Please contact the History Project Manager with your information via the Email Link at the top of this page.
11th AC
Regiment
     The 3rd Squadron also conducted Reconnaissance-in-Force operations in close cooperation and coordination with the 52nd ARVN Ranger Battalion. There was no enemy contact during the operation. Upon the termination of Operation RICHMOND the 3rd Squadron returned to Blackhorse.
     The Battalion elements assigned to operation CONDOR on 18 September, completed their convoy escort at mission at Bearcat.
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