All Capital ships had bands and at 0800 every morning they played the National Anthem. This is what the bands aboard the ships at Pearl Harbor were about to do on 7 December 1941, but at 0750 everything changed ~ forever ~ and all 21 members of the USS Arizona's band were lost at, or on their way to, their battle stations below decks.

The USS Arizona Band is the only US Navy band which was formed together, trained together, transferred together, reported aboard a ship together, fought together, and died together.

BANDMASTER, FREDRICK WILLIAM KINNEY, MUS1c Age 31, Ashland, KY NADEL, Alexander Joseph MUS2c "Alexander the Swooze" Age 20, Astoria, Long Island, NY MOORHOUSE, William Starks MUS2c "Killer" Age 19, Wichita, KS BANDY, Wayne Lynn MUS2c "Buck" Age 21, Waynesville, MO WILLIAMS, Clyde Richard MUS2c "Oklmugee" Age 19, Okmulgee, OK BRABBZSON, Oran Merrill MUS2c "Buttercup" Age 19, East Meadow, Long Island, NY BURDETTE, Ralph Warren MUS2c "Chowhound" Age 20, Plainfield, NJ RADFORD, Neal Jason MUS2c "Brick" Age 26, Newark, NE SHAW, Robert Kar MUS2c "Peepee" Age 19, Pasadena, TX SCRUGGS, Jack Leo MUS2c "Scrooge" Age 22, Long Beach, CA HUGHES, Bernard Thomas MUS2c "Bee" Age 19, Athens, PA WHITSON, Ernest Hubert Jr. MUS2c "Ernie" Age 23, Cincinnati, OH MCCARY, William Moore MUS2c "Swede" Age 17, Shades Mountain, AL HAAS, Curtis Junior MUS2c "Curt" Age 21, North Kansas City, MO HURLEY, Wendell Ray MUS2c "Lady-killer" Age 22, Marion, IN FLOEGE, Frank Norman MUS2c "Flat-Foot Floogie" Age 20, Harvey, IL SANDERSON, James Harvey MUS2c "Sandy" Age 21, Lindsay, CA COX, Gerald Clinton MUS2c "Jerry" Age 19, East Moline, IL CHERNUCHA, Harry Gregory MUS2c "Cherry & Mad Russian" Age 19, North Merrick, Long Island, NY WHITE, Charles William MUS2c "Whitey" Age 21, Bountiful, UT LYNCH, Emmett Isaac MUS2c "Rusty" Age 25, Louisville, KY

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