The documented story
The official lineage credits World War II and Korean War campaigns. The 1955 photo documents an Oklahoma-to-Washington trip during the 45th Infantry Division Band period.
People and leadership
A March 1955 Oklahoma newspaper photograph identifies Milburn Carey as director when members prepared for a Washington trip.
Community and organization
The band was an Oklahoma National Guard and U.S. Army unit whose designations changed with military reorganizations.
Reading the evidence
The 145th Army Band is the designated successor in the official lineage; it should be cross-linked, not treated as an unrelated namesake. Milburn Carey’s Phillips University affiliation must not be confused with the band’s military sponsorship.
Questions for further research
A complete commander and warrant-officer chronology is optional enrichment; the official lineage resolves the core organizational history.
People named in related records
Names are retained as recorded in their source contexts.
- Milburn E. Carey — director (1955)
Dated evidence in this record
- 1955
A 1955 Oklahoma Historical Society photograph documents the 45th Infantry Division Band preparing to travel to Washington, D.C., confirming active military-ensemble activity during the period.
- 1955
The 1955 Oklahoma Historical Society caption identifies Milburn E. Carey as director of the 45th Division Band.