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Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 May 2011

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300th ARMY BAND

 

        Constituted 1 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 300th Army Band and activated in England

        Reorganized and redesignated 29 May 1944 as the 300th Army Ground Forces Band

        Inactivated 30 November 1946 in Germany

        Redesignated 17 May 1947 as the 300th Army Band

        Allotted 24 November 1967 to the Army Reserve

        Activated 20 January 1968 at Bell, California

        Location changed 31 October 1969 to Torrance, California; on 24 April 1972 to Los Angeles, California; in 1984 to Bell, California

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                            World War II
                                            European-African-Middle Eastern Theater,
                                                     Streamer without inscription


DECORATIONS

None

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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