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Organized and Federally recognized 16 June 1921
in the Delaware National Guard as Band Section, Service Battery, 198th
Artillery Regiment, Coast Artillery, at Wilmington
Redesignated 16 August 1924 as Band Section, Service
Battery, 198th Coast Artillery Regiment
Redesignated 15 December 1939 as Band, 198th Coast
Artillery
Inducted into Federal Service 16 September 1940
at Wilmington
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1944 as 287th
Army Band
Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1944 as 287th
Army Ground Forces Band
Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan
Redesignated 17 May 1947 as 287th Army Band
Reorganized and Federally recognized 23 July 1947
at Wilmington
HOME STATION: Wilmington
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
(Band has no way to display honor)
World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Theater, but not in a
named campaign
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
/s/
KENNETH G. WICKHAM
Major General, USA
The Adjutant General
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