Private First Class Robert J. McKenna

I never met PFC McKenna, but his presence was all over the 140th MP Co. I was assigned a year later, I spent many shifts at McKenna Gate. Because of his death, the Army, and the 140th to be specific, the communications between the Provost Marshall office and the Gates was improved. As was communications beyond the Fort. I was assigned to McKenna one night and a local Augusta Taxi Cab pulled up to the gate. The driver got out and asked to use the bathroom at the gate. The two men in the cab had a BOLO for armed robbery. As he walked pasted me he said he got an emergency message the locals were looking for them. I told him to pick up the hand set in the gate and say MP needs help. I turned to the cab withdrew my weapon and pointed to them. And told them to stay where they were. Within about one minute multiple MP cruisers arrived. That whole reaction was to what happened a year earlier to Bobby McKenna. That stayed with me ever since. And I never told the McKenna family that some out here still remembers Bobby.

The PFC Robert (Bobby) Hogan
140th Military Police Company

July 21, 2024