One of the station’s most popular morale boosters is the band, officially known as the “Fireballs”Under the able direction of Sgt.
Phill Falappino, who also doubles as vocalist, the boys gained much acclaim in the surrounding communities as well as here at our station.
The regular engagements of the band consist of enlisted men’s dances held on alternate Fridays and the Officers’ and NCO parties. One of the most memorable
events in the collective opinion of the “Fireballs” occured on the night of 3 July when they played a dance engagement at St. Ives. Their hep-cat jive and smooth,
soothing rhythm literally swayed the crowd into near frensy. Even the girls began to sigh and get that swooning look when Sgt. Falappino let loose with the voal strain.
As for the future, it is the band’s ardent hope to be able to “get another sax man” into the happy family
(Group History Report of July 1944)
