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Realignment of Drug Violation Enforcement

26 May The responsibility for drug violations reverted from CID to the road MP’s, including processing all evidence and reports. One additional clerk had to be added to the Vung Tau PMO to handle the additional workload.

4 July As a result of a crackdown black marketing activities the Battalion was required to position one MP at the entrance and exit to the post exchange facilities at Vung Tau to insure that only authorized personnel used the exchange and that customers did not abuse their rations privileges.

21 July 1LT Edward L. Pledger, A Company, assumed the duties of 720th MP Battalion Provost Marshal [PM], Vung Tau, III Corps, from CPT Gary R. Gracon.

22 August Discipline, law and order patrol and convoy escort activities were curtailed at the detachment due to the assignment of forty Battalion enlisted men and one officer in support of the Drug Abuse Treatment/Holding Center (DAHC) on Long Binh Post.

29 August The 720th MP Battalion Harbor Patrol waterway security mission in the Vung Tau Harbor was transferred to the Vietnamese Navy. The preparation of the Boston Whalers [skimmers] and Patrol Boat Riverine [PBR’s] for turnover commenced from June to 15 August.