| Date | November 9, 2014 |
| Publication | The San Diego Union-Tribune |
| Writer | Jeanette Steele |
| URL | http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2014/nov/09/artillery-arts-semper-sound-band/ |
| Title | Making Music Soothes Combat-Hardened |
A thin, young Marine dressed in desert camouflage appears at the door of the Wounded Warrior Battalion music room.
Politely, he waits to get the attention of the music therapist, a young woman holding a fiddle and a bow.
“Can I come play with you guys?” the Marine asks, somewhat shyly.
His real question—phrased somewhat differently by Don McLean in 1971—is: Do you believe in rock and roll? / Can music save your mortal soul?
The answer is “yes”—at least here at the Camp Pendleton band room.
