Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 October 2010
43d ARMY BAND
Organized and Federally recognized 15 May 1924 in the Nebraska National Guard at Crete as the Band Section, Service Company, 110th Medical Regiment, an element of the 35th Division
Location changed 23 June 1933 to Lincoln
Redesignated 1 December 1939 as the Band, Headquarters and Service Company, 110th Medical Regiment
Inducted into Federal service 23 December 1940 at Lincoln
Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1942 as the Band, 35th Division Artillery
Disbanded 16 August 1943 at Camp Rucker, Alabama
Reconstituted 20 June 1946 in the Nebraska National Guard as the 43d Army Ground Forces Band
Redesignated 17 May 1947 as the 43d Army Band
Reorganized and Federally recognized 3 March 1948 at Lincoln
Ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1950 at Lincoln
(43d Army Band [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 6 May 1953 at Lincoln)
Released from active Federal service 10 October 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 43d Army Band (NGUS)
HOME STATION: Lincoln
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
None
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History