VOICES OF HISTORY PRESENTS - SSG Joel T Nichols, 504th MP Battalion, Road Runners, 1967-1968 Vietnam 

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Thank you for your service sir, I have a good friend that was an MP in Vietnam....a legend.

My older cousin was an MP in Vietnam, he was never the same after he came home...nice guy . was tough to see, much tougher on him...love ya Jim !!!

Great interview SSG Nichols telling it like is was over there. Thank you for your service to our country., first I have heard about the MP Roadies in Vietnam 👍🏻

Thanks Joel. Dangerous duty,running convoys.

thank you so much Larry and Joel....so informative..... cheers from Florida , Paul

Close Larry-its pronounced DIEnuba. My neck of the woods. I live in Fresno, Ca. Thank you for both of your service.

I like the point of the 4 cylinder jeeps that were beefed up for armor, machine gun , ammo In the worst conditions possible. Dust, mud, floods, very hot and humid weather. Now that I'm older I really appreciate the ruggedness of military vehicles. Thanks for the vid

So sorry we are losing these great men Larry. Thank you for preserving their history.

Really liked this guy. So laid back . Glad to see he can be after some of the horrors he went through. Really liked seeing the MPs version of that place. Awesome work Larry.

I was with the 18th 504 mp from 67 to 68 nah trang,god bless this guy.

As an Australian Veteran of the VietNam war i would like to inform you i also was in an australian transport unit ,and we also had the call sign ROAD RUNNERS.The unit was 85 transp[ort platoon and it was stationed in VietNam for 5 years.

Seems like I don't get to watch these videos very often when I do I just want to thank you for working so hard to bring to light the sacrifice that our heroes gave it also says in the Bible to much is given much is required and some gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country 🙏

Being a teenager during the latter years of the Vietnam War, I can relate to much of the background information Mr. Nichols provided... especially the "Get under the desk and cover". But there were many changes during the Vietnam Era, and I'm glad that Mr. Nichols put those years into the context they were. I am proud of our Vietnam Vets, and all they accomplished. Thank you SSG Nichols for your service.

Great story!

Thank you sir

SUPPORTING the THREE I am the Infantry, follow me. not a foot soldier, we're much more you see. We'll take the fight to the enemy. I am the Infantry, the first of the three. I am the Cavalry, follow me. A modern horse soldier in an APC. Charging straight forward to the enemy. I am the Cav, most daring of the three. I am the Armor, follow me. The arm of decision I'll always be. When the going gets rough, call on me. I am the Armor, the best of the three. Armor, Cav, and Infantry rush headlong into the melee. Braking the lines like an angry sea deep into enemy territory. Approaching a crossroads, what do we see? The area secured by two lonely MPs Directing us forward, how can this be? How long have they been waiting for me? What a crazy person an MP must be. He has no repower or armor like me. And I thought everyone followed the three Armor, Cav, and Infantry. I am the MP, don't follow me. You don't want to be where I will be. Guarding the crossroads, waiting for the three. Just my partner, a sixteen, a sixty and me. With the objective taken, wait and see. No one will remember the lonely MP Who held this ground so they could run free, But that's my job, supporting the three. Written by SGT Allan Perkins, 1982 (an MP)

Thanks and welcome home. From another younger MP. 18th MP BDE.

I worked with an MP in VietNam,Gerard Babski...he became a second father to me...I asked him about his Nam adventure and he told me he probably had the most boring job of "babysitting planes day and night,and he came back home and became a CHiP for 17 yrs......Many,many stories about THAT part of his life-a story for another day,and obviously moved back east,here on the coast of Maine,where we built boats,fiberglass,for the disgustingly wealthy,for the most part,again another story,another day..................Thanx for yet another spine-tingling chapter of another man`s heroic life in that hell of VietNam..........Steve

Wore the same crest. Same road duties, same jeep stories in honduras, el salvador 1983 84. 401 mp co. 720 p bn, 89th bde. Served mp 81-91

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SUPPORTING the THREE I am the Infantry, follow me. not a foot soldier, we're much more you see. We'll take the fight to the enemy. I am the Infantry, the first of the three. I am the Cavalry, follow me. A modern horse soldier in an APC. Charging straight forward to the enemy. I am the Cav, most daring of the three. I am the Armor, follow me. The arm of decision I'll always be. When the going gets rough, call on me. I am the Armor, the best of the three. Armor, Cav, and Infantry rush headlong into the melee. Braking the lines like an angry sea deep into enemy territory. Approaching a crossroads, what do we see? The area secured by two lonely MPs Directing us forward, how can this be? How long have they been waiting for me? What a crazy person an MP must be. He has no repower or armor like me. And I thought everyone followed the three Armor, Cav, and Infantry. I am the MP, don't follow me. You don't want to be where I will be. Guarding the crossroads, waiting for the three. Just my partner, a sixteen, a sixty and me. With the objective taken, wait and see. No one will remember the lonely MP Who held this ground so they could run free, But that's my job, supporting the three. Written by SGT Allan Perkins, 1982 (an MP)