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| A tribute to the Military Police who served in Vietnam |
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| BABIN'S PAGE |
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Jacob Babin Jr., "A" Company of the 504th MP Battalion, Phu Bai. Killed in action during an ambush of a convoy on March 26th, 1971. |
| ....In Memory of..... |
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| The flag of our Australian friends. |
| I can't tell you why. I can only look back and remember. I know this place happened, but was it really 30 some years ago? It seems like yesterday. Were there regrets? Sure. Can we change what happened? No. Were we different than the great guys from the Korean War? WW2? No. We were just soldiers. Plain and simple as that. Can I tell you why I, or any of the other guys on these pages made it home and Jacob didn't? No. I can just tell you that we should be grateful and never forget. And never forget Jacob B. Babin, Jr. |
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| "I have never fought with a finer group of men" Visit these friends of America by clicking on the above banner. |
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| 46,558 troops were killed due to hostile action in America's longest war. Not too many know that 10,390 more troops were killed due to non-hostile action. 454 died as the result of illnesses, including hepatitis and malaria. 354 tragically committed suicide. 199 troops were murdered at the hands of others. 208 died from heart attacks and strokes. |
| Above MPs Gaskin and Griffin from the 23rd Americal MPs. Tony Wood, from the island of Lombok near Bali sent this pic that he had of unknown MPs of "C" Company of the 504th MP BN. Anyone recognize them? Below, Peter Hill of the 4th Inf. Div. MPs |
| In 1968, 16,511 troops died, That is an average of 46 a day. The number of troops wounded during the war was 208,576. Below John Schembra with some war orphans. Another tragedy of the war. The MPs provided security for medical teams who went to these orphanages in and around Bien Hoa. The orphanages were run by French Nuns. Right, Steve Crump, "C" CO 716th MP BN ontop of a tank in Saigon with an Vietnamese MP (QC). An unknown MP from the 196th MP Platoon. |
| Jacob extended his tour of duty in Vietnam past the required one year.. He was killed with 11 days to go. |
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| Only soldiers know the real price that was paid |
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| Ron Herrick sent in this photo of a 716th MP BN jeep pulling next to an ARVN tank during the TET offensive in Saigon. Lewis Shull, 615th MP CO (Bloodhounds). |