~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~

Photo K0032: 1LT Colleen Watson (left) the 1st Platoon Leader and Executive Officer of the 401st MP Company, 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, checks the area around an abandoned Panama Defense Force vehicle in the Panama Canal Zone, Panama 19 December 1989 at the start of Operation JUST CAUSE. The PDF vehicle had fled the fire-fight at Checkpoint-12 in Diablo Heights in which PFC Scott L. Roth of the 401st was killed in action by Panamanian Defense Forces. The MP brassard on the right arm was part of the OPLAN security, and the white band on the left arm was for fratricide prevention. Courtesy of Steven S. Rathburn Commanding Officer, 401st MP Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Brigade, III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas, 1988-1990.

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