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1967 ~ 188th MP Company Time Line
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18th MP
Brigade
89th MP
Group
92nd MP
Battalion
Physical Security duty on the Saigon and Newport Docks and Port Terminals
Pershing Field
Pershing Field  CPT John A. Hannon, HQ Detachment S2 & 3, 92nd MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade.

        The 188th continued its physical security assignments under the 92nd MP Battalion at the Saigon  and  Newport Port facilities. The 300th MP Company (Physical Security) also subordinate to the battalion, shared the duty at the docks.

        The two man MP patrols worked at the main gates, foot and motorized jeep patrols inside the docks and warehouses operated by the 4th Transportation Command.  They also pulled guard duty on many of the barges moored in the harbor and on the river.
4th
92nd Battalion HQ
Day Room- Chapel
PX-Movie
Athletics
Motor Pool
Cantonment
Cantonment
Guard Mount
RTT Room
Show Time
300th MP Co.
6 BBQ Photos
Saigon Port
        Not every team of MPs were assigned a jeep to take them to their posts. Those teams without a jeep utilized a military bus provided by the 4th Transportation Command for transport to the docks.

        There was also an assignment for perimeter security patrol at a Women's Army Corps [WAC] Compound and at the MACV Headquarters building in Saigon, and a detachment assigned to conduct barge and dock security at the Cat Lai U.S. Naval Intermediate Support Base on the Dong Nai River in Bien Hoa Province.
        The 188th MPs worked 12 hour shifts seven days a week and days off were a rarity. When they did find free time, their opportunities for relaxation were numerous. Besides the standard U.S. Military sites for off duty activities, the city of Saigon offered plenty of cultural and historical sites of interest to visit.
Saigon

8 March CPT Jacob C. Quickel passes command of the 188th MP Company to CPT David L. Lemon.

June SP/4 Donald W. Parsells is visited by his brother SP/4 Fred Parsells who is serving in the 194th MP Company, Monkey Mountain, Da Nang.               Click on photo for story of the visit >

1 June SP/4 John W. Sprouse was presented a letter of commendation for Outstanding Service.

29 July CPT David L. Lemon passes command of the 188th MP Company to CPT Lawrence J. Laske.

19 November CPT Lawrence J. Laske passes command of the 188th MP Company to CPT Ralph F. Trisko.

3 December CPL George Franklin Antonitis, age 24, from Salisbury, NC, drowned after falling from a barge he was inspecting in the Dong Nai River, at Cat Lai in Bien Hoa Province.
CPL Antonitis
1967 Miscellaneous Photographs
SGT Tibbs and PFC Hittson.
Sign at the Newport Terminal.
SP/4 Dugger after guard mount.
Short-Timers Calendar 1967.
Billboard just outside of Pershing Field.
Thu Duc District of Saigon from Saigon Dock #1.
View of the Newport Bridge.
188th MP Company Compound, Tent City, Pershing Field.
Sign in HQ, "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye."
SP/4's Skinner and SP/4 Parsells at the Newport Docks.
The 188th Compound at Pershing Field.
SP/4 Greer, PVT Kelly, and SSG Logan, chilling the beer.
SGT's Coker and Bass at Pershing Field Compound.
The Tent City latrine in all its splendor.
SP/4's Pheiffer, Moats, Noble, Rowser and CPL Owen celebrate Christmas.
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