The documented story
An official Guard history supplies the 1918 organization date; the selected 1968 photograph documents the band at an Independence Day event. The image is evidence of the depicted occasion or group, not proof of a founding date or continuous operation.
People and leadership
An official Guard history supplies the 1918 organization date
Community and organization
145th Army Band is treated as a military or veterans ensemble under the unit, post, ship, or veterans affiliation stated in its name and evidence. The packet does not infer a different command relationship or uninterrupted unit lineage.
Reading the evidence
No material contradiction is resolved by assumption. For 145th Army Band, Organized and federally recognized August 31, 1918; selected image 1968 is treated as the documented evidence span, not automatically as a founding date, closing date, or proof of continuous operation.
Questions for further research
For 145th Army Band: active span, membership, directors, and later status remain to be researched.
Dated evidence in this record
- 1918 – 1968
The official U.S. Army Center of Military History lineage states that the 145th Army Band was organized and federally recognized at Oklahoma City August 31, 1918, followed the 179th Infantry and 45th Infantry Division lineage, and received the 145th Army Band designation in 1968.
- 1918-08-31
Organized and federally recognized August 31, 1918; reorganized under 179th Infantry in 1940.
- 1968
The official Army lineage document states that the Oklahoma National Guard band received the 145th Army Band designation in 1968.
- 2004
The 145th Army Band traveled to Washington, D.C., for annual training in 2004 and performed at the Pentagon and National Guard Bureau.
- 2026
The 145th Army Band is listed in the current Oklahoma Bands brass-band directory.