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89th Army Band at Fort Sill

Unit history identifies the 89th Army Band; individual leadership and roster details were not captured in this pass.

The documented story

1951 report records 89 parades and reviews; 7 off-post parades; 40 concerts; and 18 athletic events including Oklahoma locations.

People and leadership

Individual leadership and roster details were not captured in this pass.

Community and organization

United States Army is the institutional sponsor; Fort Sill is documented as duty and training location during the period.

Reading the evidence

Do not infer Oklahoma base status outside the documented Fort Sill period.

Questions for further research

Recover unit reports programs photographs and Fort Sill archival records.

Dated evidence in this record
  1. 1950 – 1955

    The official 89th Army Band unit history documents Fort Sill as a training and duty station during the Korean War mobilization period.

  2. 1951

    The 1951 activities report records 89 parades and reviews 7 off-post parades 40 concerts and 18 athletic events including Oklahoma locations.

Sources

  1. museum.dmna.ny.gov/unit-history/conflict/korean-war-1950-1953/89th-army-band
  2. museum.dmna.ny.gov/download_file/view/18636/3706