Navy Musicians Association
Final Concert
The bonds between shipmates do not break under stress or rust with time, for they are strong, forged in the fire of sacrifice, shaped by service, purified by salt air and polished with laughter.
Neither time nor distance weakens the bonds between shipmates; these bonds reach across oceans, reach across years and, eventually, reach to that place beyond the seas where the storm is stilled and all is peace.
---- 2012 ----
MUC Thomas Dexter Parkhurst, USN (Ret.)
Obituary and condolences
MUCS William Mark, USN (Ret.)
Obituary and condolences
Donald E. Borenstein
----- 2011 -----
CDR Philip H. Field, USN (Ret.)
Obituary and condolences
CDR Donald Stauffer, USN (Ret.)
Obituary and condolences
MUC Gordon Beckwith, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Apolinario Custodio "Paul" Asercion, USN (Ret.)
Served 1954-1976
MUCM Harold "Clem" Skinner, USN (Ret.)
Gallagher, Joseph F.
MUC Charles Warren Kellerhouse, USN (Ret.)
MUC Tony Mazzone, USN (Ret.)
Thomas L. Mentzer
James Avery
John Pfeifer
Steve Dimond
Albert Hallenbeck
Bruce Burrell
Arnie Carruthers
John Cell
----- 2010 -----
MUCS Michael P. Holden, USN (Ret.)
Ron Gooden
MUC Otto Schauble, USN (Ret.)
MUCM Larry M. Brown, USN (Ret.)
Jerry Vaughan
Joseph H. Kreucher
Major Herb Day, USMC (Ret.)
Dean Kreek
----- 2009 -----
LCDR Anthony A. Mitchell, USN (Ret.)
Leader, U.S. Navy Band, 1962 - 1968. LCDR Mitchell served from 1936 to 1968
MUCS Thomas G. Hornbeck, USN (Ret.)
Perry Lipkin
Ainello "Al" Pepe
Served 1950 - 1954
Bob Holtz
MU2 Dwight Cannon, USN
Served on USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA31) 1951-1952
Lt. Andrew G. Szlaga, USN (Ret.) (1928 - 2009)
Served 1947 - 1973; Bandmaster on USS Forrestal and NTC Great Lakes, Assoc. Conductor USNA Band
CWO4 Frank G. Forgione, Sr., USN (Ret.) (1918 - 2009)
Pearl Harbor survivor and a legend of Navy Music
MUCM Philip N. Austin, USN (Ret.)
Served 1948 - 1975
Roland H. Dill
MUC Anthony Giaimo USN (Ret.)
MU1 James Boyd Grafmyer, USN (Ret.)
Jack Estlinbaum (1933 - 2009)
MUCM Leamond L. "Noonie" Wilson, USN (Ret.) (1938 - 2009)
Jerome S. Zadera, Sr.
MU2 Perry D. Hopkins, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Michael R. Masciola, USN (Ret.)
MU1 Harvey Otis Lloyd, USN (Ret.)
----- 2008 -----
Thomas Fredrick Jackson 1937 - 2008
Served with Unit Band 161; A charter member of the NMA
CWO4 Eugene H. "Dutch" Albert, USN (Ret.) 1919-2008
The first Bandmaster appointed Warrant Officer, a Pearl Harbor survivor
MUCS Phillip L. Streit, USN (Ret.) 1938 - 2008
Served as a keyboard instrumentalist in the Seventh Fleet Band, at NAS Pensacola, and in the Naval Academy Band. Also an instructor at the School of Music.
MUC Mike Huskey, USN (Ret.) 1946 - 2008
Served in the Navy Band, including as leader of Port Authority
James O. Exley 1938 - 2008
Served from 1955 - 1964
Robert ("Bob") Buschmann
Joseph Semonich
James D. ("Blackie") Blackford
MUC James F. Mall, USN (Ret.) 1941 - 2008
John Lerma
LCDR C. C. Owens, USN (Ret.)
Abraham Ignacio, USA (Ret.) 1922 - 2008
Pearl Harbor Survivor; the only Army member of the NMA
MUC Charles R. Shoults, USN (Ret.) 1924 - 2008
An instructor at the SOM from 1956 to 1963
MUCM James D. Thumpston, USN (Ret.) 1933 - 2008
Founding member and Secretary of the NMA; Former SOM Command Master Chief
----- 2007 -----
MU1 Donald Fugate, USN (Ret.)
Originated the NMA Website
MU1 Joaquin ("Jack") Miranda, USN (Ret.)
A fine E-Flat clarinetist, served with Cecil Strange at both Philadelphia and Newport
Roderick E. ("Rod") Fout
MUCS John R. ("Rocky") Palombo Jr., USN (Ret.) 1939-2007
"The BEST big band leader I ever worked with." - An NMA member
Harry Conroy
Served with CINCPACFLT Band
----- 2006 -----
CWO4 H. E. (Gene) Huddleston, USN (Ret.) 1919 - 2006
A mainstay of the Navy Music program for many years, Gene served from 1938 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1970, retiring at the rank of CWO4. Gene's duty stations included Band 8 ( serving as President Roosevelt's band and as the 1939 New York World's Fair band), USS Pennsylvania (BB38) (including Pearl Harbor), staff arranger at the School of Music, and Head of Band Training at the SOM.
MUCS David A. Blair, USN (Ret.)
"I have to say that Chief Blair was all the things you look for in an ideal MUC. I spent my time as a chief trying to live up to his example. I never ran into a better chief in my 26 years, 9 months."
- Mike Beegle
Frederick S. Miller
(Served 1948 - 1952)
Charles W. Roop
MUCM Alberto R. Asercion, USN (Ret.) 1936 - 2006
Served as the conducting instructor at the AFSM as well as the Concertmaster / Associate Conductor of the U. S. Naval Academy Band in Annapolis. After retirement from the Navy, he had a distinguished career as a performer, conductor, and educator.
Warren A. Pettie
MUC James W Howard, Sr., USN (Ret.) 1936 - 2006
Served as a trumpeter in the Commodores
Vaun Roylance
Served 1939 - 1966
LCDR Paul D. ("Dan") Clemens, USN (Ret.) 1937 - 2006
Asst. Leader, USNA Band
Leader, Commodores & Sea Chanters
CO, School of Music 1980 - 1984
----- 2005 -----
A dedicated member of the NMA who contributed much time and energy to our organization and especially to the O. L. McMillan Scholarship program.
MUC Richard S. Silva, USCG (ex USN) (Ret.) 1937 - 2005
A fine musician and a true friend.
MU1 Paul Burkhardt, USN (Ret.) 1928 - 2005
Mus 2 Harold Albaugh, (WWII Service) 1921 - 2005
MUC James Allen, USN (Ret.) 1937 - 2005
A member of the United States Navy Band from 1955-1977, and directed the music programs for functions given by the White House, State Department and Joint Chiefs of Staff. Among many honors and awards, Mr. Allen became the first black musician to receive the rank of Chief Musician of the Presidential Navy Band.
A Sailor's Good-bye
We've done this before, we've drank the cup dry.
The one that was leaving, was a hell-of-a-guy.
O'er half of the globe we've sailed at sea,
We've drank to our health and immortality.Your orders have come, your ship has set sail.
We shall meet again to fight the same gale.
The eighth sea has called , hoisted white sails of cloth,
Will a sailor-ship remembered single-up and shove-off?The wind and the waves are now your home.
I'm all by myself to toast alone.
So now my friend, I bid you good-bye;
The one that has left, still a-hell-of-a-guy.Michael P. Holden
MUCS, USN (Ret.)
