~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~

Photo A0178: A Military Policeman of the 720th MP Battalion directs traffic at the intersection of Avenue Z and Ginza in Tokyo, Occupied Japan, in 1946. The MP is facing North on Ginza, the tracks on his right eun to the Tsukiji Fish Markets, and to his left towards the Provost Marshal Office located at A & Z Avenues. This intersection at Ginza is very famous in Japan, equal to the Times Square in New York City. Courtesy of the family of PFC Stephen Francis Lydon, Sr., (deceased) C Company, 720th MP Battalion, 8th U.S. Army, Nakano, Tokyo, Occupied Japan, 1946-1947.

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