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: