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The 716th MP Battalion and the Bien Hoa Air Base Prisoner

The history of the 716th Military Police Battalion belongs to the less familiar side of the Vietnam War. Infantry actions, aircraft losses and major offensives…

Military police and CIA base security in Saigon

Saigon during the Vietnam War was a city of crowded streets, military compounds, government offices, hotels, markets and informal networks of information.…

The 188th MP Company in Quang Ngai

The 188th Military Police Company operated in a part of South Vietnam where the war could change character within a few kilometres. Quang Ngai Province…

MPs and the Viet Cong Rocket Attack on Saigon

The story of military police in Saigon during the Vietnam War is often reduced to the dramatic first hours of the Tet Offensive, when Viet Cong commandos…

The 212th MP Company And Convoy Protection At Long Binh

The 212th Military Police Company operated within one of the Vietnam War’s most demanding logistical environments. At Long Binh, east of Saigon, military…

An MP's Stand at Fire Support Base Mary Ann

The scrubby ridgelines west of Tam Ky in Quang Tin Province looked unremarkable from the air, but the firebase that engineers carved out of that scrub became…

The 545th MP Company and the Xuan Loc Village Ambush

The story of the 545th Military Police Company at Xuan Loc Village stands as one of the lesser-known but deeply significant engagements of the Vietnam War.…

Military police and the water convoy escort mission

In the steam-baked hills and rubber plantations of the Republic of Vietnam, a campaign without water was a campaign that could not move. Every division, every…

Guardians of the wire: the 95th MP battalion and the Tuy Hoa alert

In the opening weeks of 1968, as intelligence reports hinted at a major communist offensive, the 95th Military Police Battalion stood watch on the wire at Tuy…

Guarding the An Khe Pass: The 720th Military Police Battalion

The 720th Military Police Battalion carved a distinctive chapter in the long history of American military policing during the Vietnam War. Stationed in the…

A tribute to the Military Police who served in Vietnam
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Military Police pause to reflect after the battle for the American Embassy during the 1968 Tet Offensive.