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[Servicemen Playing Instruments in Front of Hut]

Photograph of U.S. servicemen in uniform playing instruments in front of a palm roofed hut. On the left stands several clarinet players with music stands, in the center are the horns and conductor. Standing on the left with their backs to the camera watching the men are three small children in knee length dresses. One of the children holds a baby in a collared onesie on her hip.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[131 AGF Band in Sendai]

Group photograph of the 131 Band on Christmas day in Sendai, Japan. The men are in two rows behind wooden music stands that read "131 AGF". The men wear long sleeved collared uniform shirts and pants. Handwritten in black ink below, above or beside each man is his name. In the from row from left to right is Joe {illegible}, George Kaplan, Arthur {illegible}, Alan Bogues, Clinton Phillipe and Jesse {illegible}. The back row is Larry Glaser, Tom Powers, Bob Brinker, Bob Bust, Bill Murphy, {illegi… more

Date: December 25, 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[131 AGF Band on Stage]

Group photograph of the 131 AGF Band in two rows on a stage. The men are wearing dark long-sleeved collared uniform shirts and pants. In the front row sitting behind wooden music stands are four flute players, four saxophone players, a French horn player, and five trumpets. The men standing in the back row include one flute player, a clarinet player, five players with their instruments down, two tuba players, six trombone players and a trumpet player. Below the stage is a small stairway down to… more

Date: [1941..1945]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[131 Dance Band in Sendai]

Group photograph of the 131 Dance Band on stage in Sendai, Japan. The men are in three rows except for a trumpet player standing on the left and the pianist sitting at the piano on the right. The back row consists of six men, from left to right there are four trumpet players, a drummer and cellist. In the second row there are three trombone players. In the front row there are seven men, five saxophonists, and a guitar player all sitting behind wooden music stands. The seventh man in the front r… more

Date: December 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Marines Hold a Funeral Service]

Photograph of U.S. Marines holding a funeral service at a cemetery. The marines stand on the left separated from the cemetery by a fence made of wood logs. The ones closest hold instruments, the rest of the men stand at attention with bayonets. On the right are the graves marked by wooden crosses and covered with palm fronds.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Marine Plays Trumpet at Funeral Service]

Photograph of a uniformed marine standing profile on a large platform playing trumpet at a funeral service. There are two megaphones on either side of the platform. Behind the trumpet player is a covered table with a wooden cross. Below and behind the platform on the left is a group of marines standing with their helmets over their hearts beside graves covered with palm fronds.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Play Around a Piano]

Photograph of soldiers gathered around playing instruments. A man sits at a dark piano in a white t-shirt and light-colored pants. To his left is a group of men in uniform standing behind a seated guitar and a saxophone player. On the left is a man holding sticks to a wooden block and on the right is a clarinet player.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Band Plays to Crowd of Soldiers]

Photograph of a band of U.S. soldiers on a stage playing instruments for a crowd of soldiers. At the front a man stands at a microphone in a long-sleeved button down, a black belt and light-colored pants. Behind him the musicians sit in a line, a drummer, a cellist, a saxophonist, a clarinetist, a trumpet player and a trombone player. There is another man crouched down on the stage on the right by an amp.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Military Band Performance, #1]

Photograph of a military band on wooden risers giving a performance to a small crowd of soldiers. The performers are on multiple levels, with visible saxophones in front and trumpets above and behind them. The crowd sits to the right on the ground below the raised platforms. The image is dark with a bright light source coming from the right, most likely taken at night.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Military Band Performance, #2]

Photograph of a military band on wooden risers giving a performance to a small crowd of soldiers. The musicians sit on different levels with saxophones, trumpets and clarinets. The crowd sits on small crates or the ground below the performer's platform.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Performer on Stage]

Photograph of a man on stage with a guitar. he is wearing a collared button up, belt, pants and calf length boots. There is a standing microphone in front of him, and a man sitting at a piano to his left. There is a crowd behind them as well as several palm trees. Handwritten in the upper right-hand corner is "2/27/43 "Saig" Sprinkle Johnny Marino"

Date: February 27, 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Read Musical Score around Piano]

Photograph of a group of soldiers crowded around a piano, a few hold open music scores. The men are in collared shirts, white tees, or shirtless and some wear hats. One man sits and plays the piano in a long-sleeved collared shirt.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Watch Small Performance]

Photograph of soldiers on the left sitting on or around a porch watching as a man plays piano and another guitar to the right. The men are wearing long pants over boots and either white t-shirts or long-sleeved button downs. Another man sits in front of the piano on a folding stool with his back to the camera. There is a button down placed on top of the piano, presumably belonging to the pianist who sits in his white t-shirt. Behind the men is a clothesline hanging between the trunks of palm tr… more

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Soldiers Gather Around a Piano]

Photograph of A man in long-sleeved collared shirt sitting at a small black piano. Around him is a large group of soldiers in either the same collared shirt, white t-shirts or shirtless. A man on the left stands with a book open as another man holds a microphone out.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Military Band Practice]

Photograph of a military band in uniform rehearsing. The men sit on wooden benches playing instruments while looking at sheet music on the music stands in front of them. In front of the sitting men is another man singing into a microphone with sheet music in his hand. On the right a man sits at a dark piano, and a conductor standing in front of the first section. The first row is made up of saxophones, the second trumpets and the third trumpets and a cello.

Date: 1942~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

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