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Cruise Band Alpha On April 12, 1957, three groups were formed at the Navy School of Music. A 30 piece band was formed under the direction of WO George Mariniak to perform throughout the summer at the Jamestown Festival. Cruise Band Alpha and Cruise Band Bravo were two 17 piece bands assigned to go on board the USS Iowa and the USS Wisconsin for Midshipmen Cruises to South America and to the International Naval Review in Norfolk. Both bands were aboard the USS Canberra (the review ship) to play honors as they passed ships from 14 countries in Hampton Roads Harbor.
Iowa Band Front row, L to R: Bob Shuck (Accordian), Ron Beckwith (Drums), Chris White (Tbone), Bob Phillips (Tbone), Larry McClary (Tbone), Jerry Weakley (Trpt), Ted Gearhart (Trpt), Don Fugate (Trpt), Ron Towell (Trpt); Back row: Eli Moral (Bass), Bill Sisson (Euph./Tbone), Tom Giezentanner (T Sax), MUC George Hertzog (Leader), J. D. Christopher (A Sax), Rick Dizon (Sax/Clar), Virgil Atangan (Bari Sax/Clar), E. H. Mitchell (TSax/Clar) Basic Music School Class No. 2, 1957
Front Row, L-R: Stuart Marks, French (?), Dennis Neifert, LeRoy Saba, Don Dimick (?), Thomas Grimes (?), Norman Major 2nd Row, L-R: Anthony Streno, Allan Yeager, Jim Snyder, Robert Watkins (?), Howard Frostman (?) Bob McClure (?), Lane, Herbert Anderson, Jr. 3rd Row, L-R: Louie Maddox, Larry Harrington, Ira Robbins (?), Hubert Ferguson, Harry Rauch (?), David Zehner Yokosuka Band, 1953-1955
Left Photo: Back row, L-R: Maxwell, Baxter, unk., unk. Front row, L-R: Schopper, Snyder, Congialdi Center Photo: Vince Congialdi, guitar; John Caughman, piano; Julian Porritt, bass Right Photo: John Caughman, piano; Jerry Moore, Bass; Tink Schopper, tbone; Don Brown, drums; Bob Zirnheld. tenor Photos submitted by John Caughman (Click on thumbnail to see full size) Unit Band 155, 1957
Left to right; Willie Wilson (actually a trombone player), Moose Krause, Sam Self, Grady Oder, George McNabney and Charlie Kelly. Comments by Grady Oder: "We were playing at a club called the Shanghi Bar in Hong Kong. Our regular piano player was in the hospital in Japan with appendicitis and most of us wound up in sick bay with ptomaine poisoning from eating a bunch of fresh vegetables." (Above photo submitted by Grady Oder) Unit Band 155 (NAVAIRSTA San Diego), 1958-1959
Piano, Verne Drace; Drums, Fred Schluter; Bass, Ray Williams Saxes, L-R: Charlie Weyant, (?), Jack Rodway, Ray Brayton, Roger Devereaux TBones, L-R: Don Fuller, Dave Oliver, Bill Watrous, Skip Poole Trumpets, L-R: Roger Sieze(sp?), (?), Dave Gallery, John Schnick, Rich Finley Also in photo, standing MU1, Jones (French Horn) Unit Band 155, Aboard USS Ranger
L-R: Seated, Dave Oliver, (?), Skip Poole, Roger Devereaux, MUC Shaha Standing: Bill Watrous, John Schnick, (?), Charlie Weyant Unit Band 198, 1956
This is a picture of a combo from that band playing at the LaAcarte Club in Naples, Italy for a Marine Corps birthday party. Left to right are Phil Pruitt, Roland Krause, Vernon Wilson, Jack Rodway, Robert Frappia, and Malcom Pennock. (Above 3 photos submitted by Jack Rodway) Unit Band 106 Rangoon, Burma 1959
Conductor is Max Ring, trombones, L-R Bob Uthe and Randy Fendrick Reeds- L-R Tom Jensen, Jack McConville, Bill Daily and Larry Reglin. Temp was about 105 degrees. Unit Band 106 in Calcutta, November 1959
Marty Conley, Bob Uthe, and Bill Daily dancing to the Saints at a dance and show at the Grand Hotel in Calcutta in November 1959. Others in the photo are Mike Paine, Larry Oliver, piano; Larry Sullivan, D K Wilson, Jim Africa, and Max Ring. (Above 2 photos submitted by Randy Fendrick) SOM, Band 2, 1957
Left to Right Back Row - Schroupher, Bloom, Bittle, Halbone, Ledbetter, Everitt, Kendal Cent Row - Riley, Ceranino, Spencer, MacFetters, Reider, Carnacy Front Row - MacGaeha, Phillips, Manor, Barnes, Ferguson, Williams, McNabney
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submitted by George McNabney) Unit Band 175 Aboard USS New Jersey (BB-62)
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