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Naples Band Photos

Mike Beegle contributed the following photos

CINCSOUTH Band picnic 1966 Carney Park, Naples Italy L to R (Seated) Paul Yodris, Phil LeBlanc, Lou Hinds (standing) Stroub (with cigarette) Diane Kaminski (in front of Lou) Jere Wallace (standing) Romero (behind Jere's Arm Tony DiAnni (far right looking at camera)	1966 In the Piano Bar of the Flamingo Club "The Mike Beegle Jazz Quintet) Johnny Kaminski (guitar) Mike Beegle (tenor) Roland Gilbert (drums) Dick McGuane (alto) Lou Hinds (bass)	1965 Kenitra, Morocco The Navy Ball L to R Johnny Kaminski, Lou Hinds, (back row) Joe Cappdonia, Art Noe, Ed Harris, (front row) ? tenor, ? alto, "Pappy" alto, Mike Beegle tenor, ? bari	1966 Naples, Italy "The Mike Beegle Jazz Quintet" Standing by the "Bagnoli Wall" next to the band room. L to R Johnny Kaminski Roland Gilbert Dick McGuane Mike Beegle Lou Hinds	1966 Ria Roma Napoli Centro The combined 6th Fleet and CINCSOUTH Bands Art Noe, Drum major MUCS Jerry Tanguay, Leader
1966 the Royal Band of the King of Morocco Rabat, Moracco (Beegle, Fantini, Kaminski, Fischer)

1966 Naples, Italy Christmas Dance at the Flamingo Club

Saxes:  Mike Beegle (Leader) tony DiAnni, Dick McGuane, (?), (?), Guitar Johnny Kaminski

Bones: Jack Mittendorf, (?), Bob Boyer, Ed Harris

Trpts: (?), Al Manero, Joe Cappadonia, Jere Wallace

Unit Band 163 Aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63), 1965

More UB 163 Photos

Unit Band 163 left SOM in February 1965;

Personnel: Alexander, Karl; Church, Doyle; Cowl, Robert; Detoy, Norman; Diehl, Ronald; Evacko, Stephen; Foley, Frank; Hanson, Carl; Hostetter, Paul; Jones, Robert; Petruska, Ellery; Saxon, George; Smith, Wayne; Teuber, William; Tussing, Kenneth; Waggoner, John; Weigle, Ray

13th Naval District Band, ca. 1963

Apollo 12 Recovery Mission Band, MUC James Fox, leader, taken in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on board the USS HORNET (CVS-12) in November, 1969.  We are standing by Helicopter #66, which recovered at least 5 sets of Apollo astronauts after they had "splashed down."  (#66 was to have been put on display in the Smithsonian, but was later lost in deep water and never recovered.)  

Naval Training Center Unit Band #86 San Diego

          July 1961   CWO  F.O. LeGrande

COMCRUDESPAC Unit Band #106  1962

       Front Row left to right:

           Joel Hopkins/ Don Fauls/ Flautto ? / Dan Cavallo/ Earl Benge/ Chief Don Kotas

        2nd row left to right:

            ?/ Lester ?/ Bill Case/ Smitty ?/ Neil (Skip) Clarke

        3rd row left to right:

           Bob McCoy/ ?/ Davy Lowery/ Carl Alisa/ Doug Burger/ ?

COM7THFLT Band at Da Nang, Vietnam, 1964

(L-R) Bob Altomondo, trpt; Roger Colbert, Accdn; Tex Waldron, Tbn; Dick Matramullo, Tsax; Tony Elliott, Bass; John Polites, Clar; John Popilaz, Drums

Sitting in with Tony Scott at Hong Kong Hilton, 1964

(L-R) John Polites, Asax; Roger Colbert, Piano; Tony Scott, Clar; Lee Stull, Bass; Tex Waldron, Tbn; Dick Matramullo, Tsax

Backing "The Crewcuts", Yokosuka, Japan, c. 1964 - '65

(Remember "Sh-Boom, Sh-Boom?)

(L-R) John Fluck, Piano & Conducting; Bill Biesecker, Guitar; Reggie Parent, Tsax; John Polites, Asax; Bill Checkan, Drums

(Above photos submitted by John Polites)

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