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The performance of a lifetime: Army Reserve band plays at WWII site
November 5, 2024 — The 100th Army Band, a U.S. Army Reserve band stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and nicknamed the “Band of the Century,” performed in a series of concerts in France earlier this year to commemorate the 80th anniversary of U.S. forces landing on D-Day, June 6, 1944, in Normandy. U.S. Soldiers stormed the beaches against intense German fire. The performances also marked the first time the 100th AB has traveled overseas since World War II, when the band was the band for the 100th Infantry Division... MORE

PHOTO GALLERY: 80th anniversary of Normandy D-Day
June 4, 2024 — The U.S. Army and members from European allied nations are participating in the 80th anniversary of Operation Overlord, supporting local events across Normandy, from June 1-10, 2024, to commemorate the selfless actions by all the allies on D-Day that continue to resonate 80 years later... MORE

7th MSC honors the people of Periers, France
July 27, 2019 — PERIERS, France: On July 27, 1944, Soldiers of the 90th Infantry Division, known as the ‘Tough Hombres’, rolled into the town of Periers, France just 35 kilometers from where they landed seven weeks earlier to be greeted by the remaining citizens as liberators, and the townspeople have never forgotten them. ... MORE

Color Guard Soldiers assigned to the 7th Mission Support Command participated in the 75th Anniversary of the liberation of the town of Periers, France on July 27, 2019. The 90th Infantry Division, now the 90th Sustainment Brigade, liberated the town during World War II seven weeks after landing on Utah beach just 35 kilometers away. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Capt. Joe Bush)

A legacy to emulate
October 18, 2018 — The legacy of those who served in the “war to end all wars” still resonates today for Maj. Gen. A.C. Roper, deputy commander of the U.S. Army Reserve. Their service and sacrifice has guided him since his youth and continues to inspire him today... MORE

French military hosts 7th MSC for WWI commemorations
October 9, 2018 — Army Reserve Soldiers from the 7th Mission Support Command got a taste of what a different generation of Soldiers faced 100 years ago, helping mark the centennial of the American Expeditionary Force’s campaigns in France during World War I... MORE

WWI Centennial Nonsard, France Bridge Crossing Reenactment

America's Army Reserve - Yesterday and Today
September 4, 2018 — For nearly three years, American president Woodrow Wilson tried to keep the United States out of World War I. He steadfastly refused pressure from all sides to join the European conflict, even though there were repeated instances of German aggression that singularly, and cumulatively, could have brought the Doughboys into battle far sooner than the summer of 1918... MORE

New York City draftee Soldiers made history as the Lost Battalion in October 1918
August 30, 2018 — One of World War I’s most heroic battlefield story features a bookish lawyer, a millionaire who charged up San Juan Hill with Teddy Roosevelt, a carrier pigeon that’s now in the Smithsonian, and draftee Soldiers from New York City who served in the 77th Division... MORE

WWI move of 77th Division of New York draftees, was not so secret in April 1918
August 6, 2018 — The move from Camp Upton, Long Island, to France was supposed to be secret, but when the U.S. Army's 77th Division left in March and April 1918, everybody in New York City-- the hometown for most of the 23,000 men-- seemed to know about it... MORE

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