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Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 August 2012

296th ARMY BAND
(UNITED STATES ARMY JAPAN BAND)

  • Constituted 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the Band, 96th Coast Artillery
  • Activated 24 April 1941 at Camp Davis, North Carolina
  • Reorganized and redesignated 12 December 1943 as the 296th Army Band
  • Reorganized and redesignated 12 May 1944 as the 296th Army Ground Forces Band
  • Redesignated 1 June 1947 as the 296th Army Band
  • Inactivated 1 March 1948 in Japan
  • Activated 7 March 1955 at Fort McClellan, Alabama

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Western Pacific

Decorations

  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2011

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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