298th Army Band: A History

Army bands do more than just march and play. They live and they breathe and they take their music seriously. Over 54 years, the 298th Army Band and its various designations came to the fore, played the gigs, and made history. Beginning with the 156th Infantry Band out of New Orleans to the London Base Command to the European Theater of Operations, to the 298th and 300th Infantry Bands, the soldiers that served here did so honorably and with distinction. They served so that America and eventually Berlin could celebrate freedom. Through the Berlin Blockade to the erection of the Berlin Wall and the confrontation at Checkpoint Charlie, those who served know. One hundred ten miles behind the Iron Curtain reveals the truth--that freedom comes with a price. The 298th Army Band served to help pay that price.

Author: Harry F. Reinert, Allen R. Lawless
Publisher: 298th Army Band
Published: 07/26/2014
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780692259382

About the Author
Allen Lawless served a 20-year U.S. Army career as first a cook, and then after one enlistment, as a euphoniumist/trombonist. His two stateside assignments took him to Ft. Devens, Massachusetts and Ft. Hood, Texas. He spent almost 15 years in Germany, however, and almost 9 of those years in Berlin with the 298th Army Band. Allen arrived in Berlin while the scourge of the Wall was still in place and stayed long enough to see it come down. Since his retirement from the Army 20 years ago, Allen has enjoyed a second career as a quality assurance professional in regulated industry. He has also continued his musical work and has added bass trombone and tuba to the list of instruments he plays, and is developing skills as a bassist, which makes his violist/violinist wife Margaret very happy indeed.

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