1st Infantry Division Band
Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 April 2007
1st Infantry Division Band Lineage
Constituted 12 October 1943 in the Regular Army as the Band, 1st Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 December 1943 as the 1st Infantry Division Band
Activated 9 December 1943 in England
Consolidated 2 January 1964 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Infantry Division Trains, and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, Headquarters and Band, 1st Infantry Division Support Command
Reorganized and redesignated 10 February 1966 as Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 1st Infantry Division Support Command
Band element withdrawn 21 April 1972 from Headquarters, Headquarters Company and Band, 1st Infantry Division Support Command, and consolidated with the 1st Adjutant General Company; consolidated unit designated as the 1st Adjutant General Company
Band element withdrawn 1 September 1985 from the 1st Adjutant General Company and redesignated as the 1st Infantry Division Band
1st Infantry Division Band Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy (with arrowhead); Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Vietnam: Defense; Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Ceasefire
War on Terrorism: Iraq
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for NORMANDY
Belgian Fourragere 1940
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Mons
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Eupen-Malmedy
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, , Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1970