14 August through 31 December 1972
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The 720th Military Police Battalion Is Reactivated at Fort Hood, Texas

14-30 August The 720th MP Battalion was inactive.

III Corps

5th Army

720th

31 August After 18 days of inactivation since leaving South Vietnam on 13 August 1972, the 720th MP Battalion was reactivated when the 518th MP Battalion was redesignated as the 720th MP Battalion, 5th Army, III Corps, LTC Gerald G. Gibbons, Commanding, during ceremonies at Fort Hood, Texas.

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