OTHER HISTORIES - PAGE SEVEN 



                            THE 398TH ASF BAND                               

         

                        By Rollo Fullmer, band member

         

              The Band started as a National Guard Unit in Ephraim.

         Utah and was inducted into National Service at the end of

         1940. The Band was the Reqimental Band of the 1157th Combat

         Engineers of the 40th Infantry Division, composed of Utah

         and California National Guards. About 1/3 Utah and 2/3

         California.

         

              The Dlvision assembled at Camp San Luis Obispo,

         California early in 1941.

         

              When Pearl Harbor occurred we were moved to the Los

         Angeles area for Area Defense. After about 2 months the

         Band was transferred to The Presidio of Monterey, California

         as the Post Band.  The Presidio was a Reception Center for

         the West Coast and that is where they acquired some of their

         finest musicians - many out of the biq name orchestras

         (Sammy Kaye, Woody Herman., etc. )

         

              After 6 months at the Presidio the hand was sent to

         Camp White, Oregon as the 353rd Enqineer Band

         

              The Band remained with the 353rd General Service

         Regiment until the 11177th Engineer Construction Group was

         activated on New Caledonia.  At that time the Band was

         redesignated as the 398th Armed Service Forces Band.

         

              The Band was shipped to Guadalcanal with the 1177th

         Group.

         

         [For the Band history with the 353rd Engineer General Service

         Regiment and with the 1177th Engineer Construction Group -

         visit those links]



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