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746th Far East Army Air Force Band: Sentimental Journey

by Richard J Salvucci
April 26, 2021

Picture this, if you will. You are in a war zone, in the Philippines. You are alone in the jungle. It is so hot that you are naked from the waist up. You are going on your third hour of trumpet practice. Only an occasional tropical bird mars the silence, scaring you half to death. You do have a Marine knife, but you are also 21 years old. Your name is Richard Burt, and you are a Private First Class ...