I love this time of year. With only three weeks to go until the NMA reunion, the scuttlebutt--who's definitely coming, who's maybe coming, who can't come--starts flying.This year it looks like we'll have a lot of first-timers (and "first-time-in-a-long-timers") in attendance.
Some are old shipmates I haven't seen in decades. Chuck Harris, Dale Vanderpool and Ed Henson, friends from my first duty station, Navy Band San Francisco, are rumored to be coming, as is John Pastin, a shipmate from my tour on staff at the School of Music.
I'm especially glad to hear that my Newport and SOM shipmate, Max "G.F." Murray, is coming. Because the families of MUs visit this site, the explanation of what "G.F." stands for cannot be given here. It will, no doubt, be explained at the reunion.
Frank Mullen's very unofficial source of poop, skinny and bitching for present and former U.S. Navy Musicians.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Anybody know these guys?
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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