"Ray LaFlamme, 88, says music saved his life. The Jasper resident was drafted into the U.S. Navy after graduating from high school in 1943. After boot camp, all but he and one other person in his company were assigned to the USS Bunker Hill. ""They heard I could play a pretty good trumpet,"" he said. LaFlamme was sent to the U.S. Navy School of Music in Washington, D.C. The aircraft carrier was later attacked, killing many men from LaFlamme's company. LaFlamme still plays his horn as he did in his room at St. Charles Health Campus in Jasper."
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