JOSEPH CONNOR’S ARTICLE on soldiers’ songs in the February issue (“All Together Now”) brought back memories of my time with the Navy Command Choir in 1972.
The Pensacola-based choir at the Naval Air Station consisted of flight students, instructors, and officers from the surrounding commands. (At the time I was one of the student naval aviators going through basic prop training in the T-28.) The choir provided entertainment for the “Hail” and “Farewell” parties that followed change-of-command ceremonies and other squadron and command social functions at the Mustin Beach Officers Club. We had the usual repertoire of patriotic and service songs, sung a cappella
