56th Army Band
Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 February 2007
56th Army Band Lineage
Constituted 28 October 1938 in the Regular Army as the Band, 41st Engineer Regiment
Activated 18 November 1940 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the Band, 41st Engineer General Service Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 24 July 1944 as the 419th Army Service Forces Band
Redesignated 11 June 1946 as the 419th Band
Inactivated 10 February 1947 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
Redesignated 17 May 1947 as the 419th Army Band
Redesignated 22 January 1948 as the 56th Army Band
Activated 15 March 1948 in Japan
Inactivated 24 June 1958 in Japan
Activated 1 November 1962 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas
Inactivated 24 March 1965 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas
Activated 20 July 1965 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Inactivated 25 May 1970 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
Activated 16 November 1994 at Fort Lewis, Washington
56th Army Band Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II - EAME: Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno
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
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1953