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Battōtai抜刀隊. Recording made on August 8, 1939 by the Imperial Japanese Army Band conducted by Ōnuma Satoru [ja]. The B and C sections of the march use the "Battōtai" melody. " Battōtai " (抜刀隊, Drawn-Sword Regiment) is a Japanese gunka composed by Charles Leroux [ja] with lyrics by Toyama Masakazu [ja] in 1877.
The Army decided to use much of the melody from Sousa's "U.S. Field Artillery March" with new lyrics. Harold W. Arberg, a music advisor to the Adjutant General, submitted lyrics that the Army adopted. [6] Secretary of the Army Wilber Marion Brucker dedicated the music on Veterans Day, November 11, 1956. [7]
The following text may date back to the War of Spanish Succession (1702–1713), since it refers to the grenadiers throwing grenades and the men wearing "caps and pouches" (i.e. the tall grenadier caps, [10] worn by these elite troops, and the heavy satchel [11] in which grenades were carried) and "loupèd clothes" – coats with broad bands of 'lace' across the chest that distinguished early ...
United States Army soldiers calling cadence, during Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson (South Carolina) in 2008. In the United States armed services, a military cadence or cadence call is a traditional call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching. In the United States, these cadences are sometimes called ...
The 4th Infantry Division is a division of the United States Army based at Fort Carson, Colorado. It is composed of a division headquarters battalion, three brigade combat teams (two Stryker and one armor), a combat aviation brigade, a division sustainment brigade, and a division artillery. The 4th Infantry Division's official nickname, "Ivy ...
The Alexandrov Ensemble with Iosif Kobzon as soloist The Alexandrov Ensemble, Bielsko-Biala, 2006.Victor Sanin on the left, Dmitry Bykov on the right (soloists) The Alexandrov Ensemble (Russian: Ансамбль Александрова, romanized: Ansambl' Aleksandrova; commonly known as the Red Army Choir [1] in the West) is an official army choir of the Russian armed forces.
400th Army Band; 401st Army Band; 402nd Army Band; 403rd Army Band; 404th Army Band; WAAC bands were later redesignated and officially activated in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in January 1944. For a long time, the only Army Band made up of women, was the 14th Army WAC Band, which reported to the Women's Army Corps Training Center at Camp Lee ...
United States military bands include musical ensembles maintained by the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Air Force, and United States Coast Guard. More broadly, they can also include musical ensembles of other federal and state uniformed services, including the Public Health Service and NOAA ...