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Budget cuts mean no live 'Taps' at military funerals

Originally published: September 2, 2012 5:30 PM
Updated: September 2, 2012 7:21 PM
By MARTIN C. EVANS martin.evans@newsday.com

Budget cuts to the state's Military Forces Honor

Budget cuts to the state's Military Forces Honor Guard Units have imperiled salaries of ceremonial buglers, leaving "Taps" to be played instead by electronic music devices. Videojournalist: Amanda Voisard (Aug. 31, 2012) (September 2, 2012 10:21 PM)

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A trumpeter drew his horn to his lips and blew a mournful "Taps" at a funeral last week at Calverton National Cemetery for an Army veteran awarded the Silver Star for a World War II raid in Italy.

Relatives of Henry J. Wheller, 96, a Smithtown lawyer who had been an Army captain, choked back tears as the stirring C major triad floated in the noontime air.

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