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Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 April 2014

399th ARMY BAND

  • Constituted 13 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 399th Army Service Forces Band
  • Activated 1 June 1944 at Naples, Italy
  • Redesignated 29 July 1946 as the 399th Band
  • Inactivated 20 January 1947 in Germany
  • Redesignated 17 May 1947 as the 399th Army Band
  • Allotted 13 November 1947 to the Organized Reserves
  • Activated 24 November 1947 at Detroit, Michigan
  • (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
  • Inactivated 5 May 1949 at Detroit, Michigan
  • Withdrawn 14 January 1955 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 7 March 1955 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Rome-Arno
  • Rhineland
  • Central Europe

Decorations

None

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History


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