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History of USAF "Mitchell" Tartan
Left to Right are: Mel Ross, Jerry Cashion, Dick Rau, George Lucas, Ward Willis,
Leroy Carroll, John Bosworth, Bob Fulton, Sandy Jones,
John Ryan and Jack McGillvary with Jim "Seamus" Neary out front.
circa 1963
USAF Drum & Bugle Corps and Pipe Band at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The Pipe Band became a separate unit of the USAF Band in 1963,
when the D&B corps was re-assigned to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Co.
The Pipe Band
was a favorite of the Kennedy White House
President John F. Kennedy shakes hands with members of the Pipe Band.
Band members wore Saffron Kilts in honor
of the White House visit of Sean Lamass, Prime Minister of Ireland.
LtoR: Jerry Cashion, Tom Kirkpatrick, John Bosworth and Sandy Jones.
(date uncertain)
Thank to Jim "Seamus" Neary for his submittal of these three poignant and very historic photographs.
The Pipe Band playing at the burial of President John F. Kennedy
