23rd Military Police Company was constituted April 3, 1943 as the Military Police Platoon, Americal Division. For its participation in World War II, the unit received three campaign ribbons, one with arrow head. The Platoon was inactivated following the armistice and remained so except for a short period in the mid 1950's. The Americal Division Military Police perform not only the well publicized police functions with which they are usually associated, but also a variety of other essential combat tasks. Specialists in the field of physical security survey units continuously advise commanders of their findings. The military policemen provide general security of the division command post and the detaining and processing of enemy suspects. In coordination with local authorities they monitor and suppress black market activities. In the final result, the military policeman is called on to be a soldier, diplomat, detective and clerk.

Click on the links below to see some of the history concerning the 3rd platoon 23rd Military Police Company, Americal Division. The 3rd platoon was one of the sub units of the 23rd Military Police Company attached to the 198th Light Infantry Brigade all which where subordinate to the Americal Division one of the more interesting units in American military history.