If you know the name of the MST, its history can be found.
I remember the “E.D. Patrick” casting off from the Yokohama pier in 1957. I thought all the ticker tape would hold it fast. IIRC, military families of a certain size got to go back by ship.
Found the E.D. Patrick on line. Quite a story.
Anyway, I hope Congress doesn’t restrict military band performances. Our society needs the reminder of what the military does for us.
We made six crossings on five different ships.
The Patrick was one of them.
The last was on the W. A. Mann.
We stopped for a day in Honolulu, toured the Queen’s Palace and came home via Oakland. Dad caught a cab to the local Buick dealer and retuened to the ship with a brand new ‘61 Wagon.
We packed up our stuff and headed east.
California looked damed good to me back then. I was 13 years old.