218th MP Co On Duty

Right CPT Jim Blankenship, CO, Cam Rahn Bay, 1967.>

MP Desk SGT Dick Reiter (Top photo) and SP4 John Stanton, MP Desk Clerk (Left Photo) worked together, in Nha Trang, 1968.

<Left, Roy Hammond (?) with locals inspecting dead Viet Cong.

Many Military Police operations were combined with local VN Police like this checkpoint at the Duy Tan Hotel (L) and (R) photo combined Military Police and VN civilian police town patrol.

218th Military Police patrols covered many areas outside military bases. (L) SGT Dick Reiter and VN Police combined patrol at the Buddah shrine, outskirts of Nha Trang, 1968. This huge buddah could be seen from all around Nha Trang. During Tet the VC fired rockets into the city and US compunds from here. US forces action was limited for a time because the local government didn't want this shrine damaged. Eventually the VC were killed or captured.

CPT Jim Blankenship beside Mike Papa Xray 16 with an M-14, the 218th issued rifle until mid 1968.

Unknown 218th MP at checkpoint outside Tuy Hoa, '68.

Above, Walt Stevens ready for patrol in Tuy Hoa, '68.

<Left Daniel Keller, Traffic Accident Prevention Section (TAPS) looks over pin map of traffic accident sites.

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