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Burial Flags

I occasionally receive questions about burial flags and how someone gets one for a veteran at the time of their death. Basically the funeral home…

Key for Taps

A question has come up as to what the original key was for Taps. Whether or not it was played on a G Bugle, or…

Bugler at Arlington National Cemetery

Master Sgt. Jari Villanueva has spent his entire career playing bugle in the Air Force Ceremonial Brass. In this un-narrated story, he describes his work,…

A Trip to Chanolles France for Taps

In August 2009, I was contacted with regard to a memorial service/plaque dedication ceremony to be held in Chanolles France. I was to be sent…

The Story of the Air Force Song

by Colonel Murray Green, USAF, Retired On July 15, 1939, the U.S. Army Air Corps acquired performance rights to a stirring song that, just two…

Louis Benz (Bentz)-West Point Bugler

Louis Benz (Bentz) was a US Army Musician and Chief Bugler of the US Military Academy for 40 years, 1834-1874. He died in his early…

Bugles on D-Day

D-Day Bugles Were bugles used during the D-Day invasion? It’s a question I get every so often. There is a photo (above) of a US…

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