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
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 BANDY Wayne L. MUS2c"Buck" Age 21, Waynesville, MO |
 BRABBZSON, Oran M. MUS2c"Buttercup" Age 19, East Meadow, Long Island, NY |
 BURDETTE, Ralph W. MUS2c"Chowhound" Age 20, Plainfield, NJ |
 CHERNUCHA, Harry G. MUS2c"Cherry & Mad Russian" Age 19, North Merrick, Long Island, NY |
 COX, Gerald C. MUS2c"Jerry" Age 19, East Moline, IL |
 FLOEGE, Frank N. MUS2c"Flat-Foot Floogie" Age 20, Harvey, IL |
 HAAS, Curtis J. MUS2c"Curt" Age 21, North Kansas City, MO |
 HUGHES, Bernard T. MUS2c"Bee" Age 19, Athens, PA |
 HURLEY, Wendell R. MUS2c"Lady-killer" Age 22, Marion, IN |
 LYNCH, Emmett I. MUS2c"Rusty" Age 25, Louisville, KY |
 MCCARY, William M. MUS2c"Swede" Age 17, Shades Mountain, AL |
 MOORHOUSE, William S. MUS2c"Killer" Age 19, Wichita, KS |
 NADEL, Alexander J. MUS2c"Alexander the Swooze" Age 20, Astoria, Long Island, NY |
 RADFORD, Neal J. MUS2c"Brick" Age 26, Newark, NE |
 SANDERSON, James H. MUS2c"Sandy" Age 21, Lindsay, CA |
 SCRUGGS, Jack L. MUS2c"Scrooge" Age 22, Long Beach, CA |
 SHAW, Robert K. MUS2c"Peepee" Age 19, Pasadena, TX |
 WHITE, Charles W. MUS2c"Whitey" Age 21, Bountiful, UT |
 WHITSON, Ernest H. Jr. MUS2c"Ernie" Age 23, Cincinnati, OH |
 WILLIAMS, Clyde R. MUS2c"Oklmugee" Age 19, Okmulgee, OK |
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