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70 Years of the 709 th Military Police Battalion Slide 2 The Early Days Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Omaha Beach Slide 6 On to Paris!!! Slide 7 709th MP BN Paris, France WW II Pictures of the Battalion Officers during 1945. LTC Harry Gustafson was the Battalion Commander Nov 1943 to 1946. Assigned officers when the unit departed for England in 1944: LTC Harry Gustafson, CO; MAJ David Sigourney, XO; CPT Donald McIntire, S2/S3; LT Alfred Levine, ADJ; LT Fred Deyesso, S4; CPT Pierce, CO, Co A; CPT Ralph Philpott, CO, Co B; CPT Shephard, CO, Co C; CPT Marchand, CO, Co D; W/O Murphy, Personnel Off; CPT D. Schorr, Surgeon; CPT H. Teague, Dentist; LT B.J. Wall; LT H.G. Orton; LT G. Dugas; LT Norman Applebaum; LT C. Porcelli; LT Chas Echols; LT Geo Moore; LT Fred Vigil; LT Geo Morehouse; LT Cushman; LT Geo McCombs; LT F.A. Mac Donald; and LT Robert Collier. Slide 8 Protecting the family jewels NOTE: The Hesse Crown Jewels were discovered by an American soldier and a civilian in November 1945 in a castle used by Allied Soldiers. The two turned the jewels over to the Soldier's company commander, Capt. Kathleen Nash, after which the jewels disappeared. After an extensive investigation, Capt. Nash and another officer were convicted of smuggling the valuables out of the American Occupational Zone. In 1951, the collection of 270 diamonds and other jewels was returned to the Hesse family. Slide 9 Headquarters 709th Military Police Service Battalion, Frankfurt, 1952 Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Desert Shield Slide 13 Slide 14 Joint Endeavour Slide 15 Slide 16 Operation Iraqi Freedom Slide 17 Slide 18 Slide 19 Slide 20 Present Day 527th Redeployment Slide 21 Operation Enduring Freedom Slide 22 615th Recertification BLOOD HOUNDS Slide 23 630th Recertification Mavericks Slide 24 527 th MP Company COP 360 Slide 25 554 th MP Company War Dogs Slide 26 HHD Guardians Slide 27 Partnership Slide 28 Slide 29 Slide 30 Slide 31 Slide 32 Slide 33 Slide 34 Honor the Fallen Slide 35 Slide 36 Slide 37 Slide 38 SSG. Shane M. Koele Slide 39 Gregory Rodriguez SFC Slide 40 SGT Paul Rivera Slide 41 SPC Jordan Schumann Slide 42 PFC Kasper Dudkiewicz Slide 43 SSG Paul Pabla Slide 44 1LT Ashley Henderson Slide 45 PFC William Farrar Jr. Slide 46 SSG Errol James Slide 47 SGT Bruce Horner Slide 48 SPC Roberto Hernandez Slide 49 SSG Joshua Throckmorton Slide 50 SPC Preston Suter Slide 51 SPC Jonathan ONeill Slide 52 SPC Matthew Murchison Slide 53 SPC Thai Vue Slide 54 SGT Travis Burkhardt Slide 55 SSG Bobby Franklin Slide 56 1LT Timothy Price Slide 57 PFC Rachel Bosveld Slide 58 SSG Aaron Reese Slide 59 BUT THE BRAVEST ARE SURELY THOSE WHO HAVE THE CLEAREST VISION OF WHAT IS BEFORE THEM, GLORY AND DANGER ALIKE AND YET NOTWITHSTANDING, GO OUT TO MEET IT. -THUCYDIDES Slide 60 70 Years of the 709 th Military Police Battalion