The players: MU3 Joseph Calicari (violin), MU2 Wilfred Batchelder (bass) MU3 Charles Apellonia (accordion).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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A trio of US Navy musicians plays for crewmen in the sickbay of carrier USS Randolph (CV-15), 11 August 1945.
The players: MU3 Joseph Calicari (violin), MU2 Wilfred Batchelder (bass) MU3 Charles Apellonia (accordion).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
The players: MU3 Joseph Calicari (violin), MU2 Wilfred Batchelder (bass) MU3 Charles Apellonia (accordion).
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Wilfred Batchelder later was a bassist in the Philadelphia Orchestra, from 1951 until his death in 1974.
Wilfred Batchelder was my uncle 1915 -1974. Great guy great musician and great American
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