Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2013
101st Airborne Division Band
- Constituted 15 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the Band, 101st Airborne Division Artillery
- Activated 15 September 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1945 as the 101st Airborne Division Band
- Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France
- Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
- Activated 6 July 1948 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Inactivated 27 May 1949 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Activated 25 August 1950 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Inactivated 7 November 1953 at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky
- Activated 15 May 1954 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1956 as the Security Platoon and Band, Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 101st Airborne Division Support Group
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 April 1957 as the 101st Airborne Division Band
- Consolidated 3 February 1964 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Support Group, 101st Airborne Division, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 101st Airborne Division Support Command
- Band element withdrawn 21 September 1973 from Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 101st Airborne Division Support Command, and consolidated with the 101st Adjutant General Company; consolidated unit designated as the 101st Adjutant General Company
- Band element withdrawn 1 October 1986 from the 101st Adjutant General Company and reorganized and redesignated as the 101st Airborne Division Band
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland (with arrowhead)
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Southwest Asia:
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism:
- Global War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation II
- Iraq:
- Liberation of Iraq
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Belgian Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne
- Netherlands Orange Lanyard
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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