Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 April 2011
18th ARMY BAND
Organized 6 June 1917 in the Regular Army at Camp Robinson, Wisconsin, as the Band, Headquarters Company, 17th Field Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated in 1921 as the Band Section, Service Battery, 17th Field Artillery
Separated from Service Battery 6 July 1927 and reorganized and redesignated as the Band, 17th Field Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1944 as the 245th Army Band
Reorganized and redesignated 27 June 1944 as the 245th Army Ground Forces Band
Inactivated 5 November 1945 in Italy
Activated 15 June 1946 in Italy
Inactivated 30 April 1947 in Italy
Redesignated 1 June 1947 as the 245th Army Band
Redesignated 19 August 1948 as the 18th Army Band
Activated 15 November 1948 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Inactivated 15 September 1993 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
Transferred 1 January 2011 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Virginia Beach, Virginia
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
Aisne
Aisne-Marne
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Lorraine 1918
Ile de France 1918
World War II
Tunisia
Sicily (with arrowhead)
Naples-Foggia
Rome-Arno
North Apennines
DECORATIONS
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Fourragere
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History