Marching to the Music

ID: 2874 ~ Source: “Second Armored Division Band,” photograph. Freedom Fountain Dedication, May 1973. Baylor University Archives, The Texas Collection, Baylor University, Waco, TX; Leatherwood, Art. “Second Armored Divison [Hell on Wheels].” Texas State Historical Association. January 1, 1996. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/second-armored-division-hell-on-wheels
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Marching to the Music

From nearby Fort Hood, the Second Armored Division band performed at the 1973 dedication ceremony. Notably, the Second Armored Division, also referred to as Hell on Wheels, fought in the Vietnam War in the 1970s.

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