US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Dix, NJ)

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HE DQUARTERS COIVIPAN l J Cap? James T. Carey Commanding ls1fSgf Bernard Taylor MfSg+ Troy L. Brannon Mfsgl' Mfsgf Alberi' J. Volpe H. W. VanVallcenburgh SFC Eric T. O. Alm SFC Charles C. Brow SFC George W. Pohl SFC Frederick J. Shunl Sgi' Ralph I. Druen Sgf Milfon C. Gallagher Sgf Roberi' K. Hellman Sgl Howard J. Kammerlo Cpl Fred W. Browning Cpl John B. Hallman Cpl Edward F. Knowlfon Cpl Vernon F. MacDonald Cpl Ralph W. O'Bryan Cpl James Perri 716th MILITARY PULIBE HEADQUARTERS GUMPANY

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716th MILITARY POLICE B TT LID Mai E. A. HuTchenson Bn Commander Mai M. M. WheaTIey Sl I S2 8: S3 S4 MorTor TransporTaTion lsT LT Jacob Brown WOJG Leon D. Laffal CBPT IsT LT IsT LT William F. GiITiIIan, Jr. Edw. J. Feeley, Jr. R. E. Doeblin A SHORT HISTORY OF THE 7I6Th M.P. Bn The 7I6Th IvIiIiTary Police BaTTaIion was acTivaTecI on I5 January I942 aT I:orT WadsworTh, New York, and has seen conTinuous service since ThaT daTe. The primary mission OT The baTTaIion during The war years was To provide securiTy Tor docks, piers, ships, warehouses and oTher viTaIIy im- porTanT insTaIIaTions in The New York Area. In addiTion, uniTs oT The baTTaIion were engaged in a wide varieTy oT duTies ranging Trom assisTing Uncle Sam To deliver mail during The ChrisTmas rush, To operaTing an O'ITicer's SchooI in TacTics aT EasTview, New York. Members oT The baTTaIion aIso were used exTensiveIy on Tiring squads aT The buriaIs oT deceased miIiTary personneI, aT numerous oTher ceremonies and parades, in escorTing generaI prisoners To piaces oT conTine- menT and supervising prisoner-oT-war movemenTs To all parTs OT The UniTed STaTes. On 23 January I946, The 7I6Th M.P. BaTTaIion moved To iTs presenT sTaTion aT ForT Dix, New Jersey. Ini+iaIly The Ba++aIion carried ouT securiTy and inTeIIigence duTies aT I:orT Dix and parTicipaTed in numerous ceremonies and parades ThroughouT The FirsT Army Area. AT The presenT Time The 7I6Th MiIiTary PoIice BaTTaIion has one Company on OperaTionaI DuTy wiTh The ProvosT MarshaI, ForT Dix. One Company is aT ForT Devens, Mass., perTorming all The normaI MiIiTary PoIice duTies aT ThaT sTaTion. The re- maining Two Companies, and I-IeadquarTers and Head- quarTers Company, are in Training aT ForT Dix, New Jersey. During The approaching summer, as They have done Tor The pasT Two summers, one Company will be senT To Camp Edwards, Mass., and one Company To Pine Camp, N. Y., To perTorm IvIiIiTary PoIice duTies aT Those sTaTions in connecTion wiTh The summer Training of civiIian componenTs. One oT The permanenT duTies perTormed by The baTTaIion is The Turnish- ing oT a burial deTaiI, consisTing oT a Tiring squad, paII- bearers and a bugler aT BeverIy NaTionaI CemeTery, Beverly, New Jersey. The burial deTaiI renders honors aT The Tunerals oT deceased veTerans and miIiTary personnei. The moTTo oT The IoaTTaIion is Lex eT Ordo -Law and Order. The 7I6Th MiIiTary PoIice BaTTaIion is a ReguIar Army uniT, and is iusTIy proud oT iTs repuTaTion as one oT The ouT- sTanding MiIiTary PoIice baTTaIions in The UniTed STaTes Army.

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CP CP Thomas P Regan Burion W Saiierfiel James C. Simmons Cpi Benjamin C. Redmerski I . I . d I I CP CP Pfc Pfc Pfc Pfc Pfc Pfc Pfc Pfc Pfc Roberi A. Wamboidi' Frank J. Caiena Clifford A. Golembiesky Harry W. Ledger Marfin J. Leonard Donald MacGuigan Donald G. Marker Roberf C. O'NeiII John R. Sabina Joseph Sasaia Pfc Roberf H. Schrecengosr Pv'I' Pvf PV? Pvi .Pv'l' Paul W. Huckabone Tony S. Jardin, Jr. James L. Keiiy David L. Money Emmefi L. Morley 715th MILITARY PULICE HEAIJIIUARTERS IIUMPANY