Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 May 2011
313th ARMY BAND
Constituted 6 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 313th Army Band
Activated 20 January 1944 in Algeria
Redesignated 15 March 1944 as the 313th Army Service Forces Band
Inactivated 15 November 1945 in Italy
Redesignated 17 May 1947 as the 313th Army Band
Allotted 9 December 1947 to the Organized Reserves
Activated 22 December 1947 at Escanaba, Michigan
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Inactivated 23 March 1949 at Escanaba, Michigan
Activated 1 February 1950 at Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Ordered into active military service 15 October 1950 at Hattiesburg, Mississippi; released from active military service 7 March 1955 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 1 April 1963 to Birmingham, Alabama
Elements ordered into active military service 27 January 2003 at Birmingham, Alabama; released from active military service 26 January 2004 and reverted to reserve status
Elements ordered into active military service 1 August 2005 at Birmingham, Alabama; released from active military service 27 January 2007 and reverted to reserve status
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