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| A tribute to the Military Police who served in Vietnam |
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| CONVOYS |
| I remember my first convoy out of Dian, the base camp for the 1st Infantry Division. I was standing in the back of the jeep looking out over the M-60 machine gun that was mounted on the back. I saw a metal bar on the front of the jeep. It stuck straight up in the air about 6' and jutted out at a 45 degree angle. I asked one of the guys from the 1st MPs what this was for. He told me it was to prevent me from getting knocked out of the back of the jeep from any wire strung across the roadway. Oh! And I volunteered for this? |
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| Sgt. Hobo, below, was not to be mistaken for a sentry dog by any means. He was the lovable mascot of the 720th MPs. Sgt. Hobo stayed at Xuan Loc while everyone else went out and worked. |
| PFC Eugene Garmon, 720th MPs test fires the M-60 machine gun while George Gillespie feeds him. Brose is standing next to him. In the background are Gary Sundt and Jim Bryant. |
| Gary Sundt, t-shirt, and 720th MPs Brose (South Dakota), Robertson (Virginia) , Bryant (Georgia) and Hayes (Colorado) take a break from unloading supply trucks. |
| Bringing up the rear of a convoy. |
| Below, Sgt.Mike Russell of the 720th on a convoy run to Cu Chi and Tay Ninh. Right, Skip Brown from the 720th demonstrates why speed is a dangerous thing, even in Vietnam. This was in the village of Long Bin Tan. Simpkins, with M16, looks on humorously. |
| On the ground are PFC Durdin, West and Martin from "A" Co., 720th MP BN. In the boat are PFC Boring, Henslee, Dedijer and Lane. This is a recon team on the Dong Nhi River in 1967 looking for VC activity. Two ambush squads would return later that night. |
| Robert "Twiggy" Henslee of the 720th MPs leans on an M-60 machine gun. He was part of the river patrol squad. In the background is the Dong Nhi River bridge. |
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| Now this is getting dirty. MPs Peter Hill and Fred Geise, 2nd Platoon, 4th MP Company, 4th Infantry Division at Plei Dejereng (LZ3-Tango) an old French village. This is near the Ia Drang Valley about 5 miles from the Cambodian border. The year was 1967. |
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| Pablo Hernandez with the 3rd Marine Division Armed Forces Police in Danang. With him are a Vietnamese QC and a Korean MP. |
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| Pablo Hernandez today on his bike in his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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| Robert Henslee today. |
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| Henslee, Sundt, Poe, Stockton (back row) Schroeder, Senkovich, Alfeld, Lutz (front row). 720th guys meet again. |
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| Above is Company "B", 720th MP "Bushwacker" Jim Brunotte today of Vista, California. To his left is what remained of his jeep. While on convoy he ran over a land mine Aug. 28th, 1968. Jim's partner, Robert Alicea, was killed. For more on his inspirational story please visit - www.geocities.com/~pointmen/PMIMJimB.htm - Welcome home, Jim. Please click on Robert's name for a tribute from Jim. |
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| Michael Goodwin served from 60-70. |