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The Vincent Melillo, Merrill’s Marauders Story

 

What does a pebble from Burma in 1944 have to do with discovering another WWII Melillo vet on 1 July 2024?

 

 

Upon returning from Luxembourg after recording Chapter 89, I didn't unpack. Instead, I composed "In You I Live Again,"

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Father's Day, a Timestorm Epitaph


Alone Again… Naturally
Father's Day
A Timestorm Epitaph

 

"I remember I cried when my father died, never wishing to hide the tears."

In 1971-72, I was the smallest, youngest player on Iona Prep's undefeated, un-scored upon "Fighting Irish" Frosh football…

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Never Forgotten… Forgotten?


Dedicated to "SSIM" and a much larger Story, that one day, must be told.  This article appeared in the June 2019 Issue of "The Journal of the Association of Concert Bands".

“Never Forgotten” has been played around the world.  People…

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