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Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 September 2012

1st ARMORED DIVISION BAND

  • Constituted 1 December 1943 in the Regular Army as the 1st Armored Division Band and activated in Italy
  • Inactivated 25 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
  • Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas
  • Inactivated 23 December 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
  • Consolidated 3 February 1962 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Armored Division Trains (active) (organized in 1942), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, Headquarters and Band, 1st Armored Division Support Command
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1968 as Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 1st Armored Division Support Command
  • Band element withdrawn 21 August 1972 from Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 1st Armored Division Support Command, and consolidated with the 501st Adjutant General Company; consolidated unit designated as the 501st Adjutant General Company
  • Band element withdrawn 1 October 1984 from the 501st Adjutant General Company and reorganized and redesignated as the 1st Armored Division Band

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Rome-Arno
  • North Apennines
  • Po Valley
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  •    Iraq:
  • National Resolution
  • Iraqi Surge
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • New Dawn

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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