Da Lat Detachment ~ 212th MP Company
Da Lat Convoy Mission ~ 720th MP Battalion
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Da Lat... located in the mountains of the Central Highlands 124 miles northeast of Saigon, was founded in 1912 as a resort to escape the heat and humidity of the lowlands, it’s nickname was “Paris of the East.”

        The Da Lat Detachment, an element of the 2nd Platoon of the of the 212th MP Company (Sentry Dog), 95th MP Battalion, was under the command of 2LT John Milligan. The detachment lived in a villa in Da Lat but their duty station was located on top of Lang Bien Mountain, providing physical security for a major communications compound. The men worked there on rotating shifts of 3 to 4 days.

        It is not know how long the detachment was staffed by the 212th MP Company, however the communications compound was there well into 1972 and continued to have sentry dog security.

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