B-1 was honored at East Carolina University, where the weekend featured a reception hosted by AKSs from eastern North Carolina prior to a concert in their honor by the U.S. Navy Show Band, led by Chief Musician James Malmgren, and the North Carolina A and T jazz ensemble, directed by Prof. John Henry, Jr., with B-1 vet Huey Lawrence sitting in for a few tunes.

In attendance from B-1: Robert Brower, John Clay, John Gilmer, Wray Herring, Simeon Holloway, Dr. Richard Jones, Roy Lake, Huey Lawrence, John Mason, Calvin Morrow, and Abe Thurman.

Several bandsmen also were interviewed for the university’s special collections B-1 papers.