Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 September 2011
2d Infantry Division Band
Constituted 2 August 1943 in the Regular Army as the Band, 2d Infantry Division
Activated 10 August 1943 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin
Redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 2d Infantry Division Band
Consolidated 20 February 1963 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Infantry Division Trains, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, Headquarters and Band, 2d Infantry Division Support Command
Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1967 as Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 2d Infantry Division Support Command
Band element withdrawn 30 June 1972 from Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 2d Infantry Division Support Command and assigned to the 2d Adjutant General Company
Band element withdrawn 30 September 1988 from the 2d Adjutant General Company and redesignated as the 2d Infantry Division Band
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Korean War
UN Defensive
UN Offensive
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HONGCHON
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the Ardennes
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Elsenborn Crest
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History