At 103, Local Pearl Harbor Survivor Breaks His Own World Record As 'The World's Oldest Conductor'

From the November 7, 2021, North Escambia.com  (Florida).

Two years ago, Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Emond  set a Guinness World Record as "World's Oldest Conductor."  Saturday night, he broke his record leading the U.S. Air Force Band's Airmen of Note playing Glen Miller's "In the Mood."

He was wearing a Hawaiian print shirt with a Pearl Harbor Survivor patch.

Originally from Rhode Island, Emond enlisted in the Navy in 1938 as a musician.  He played the French horn for the ship's band and even got to perform at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.

He was on the stern of the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) preparing to play the morning colors on his French horn when the Japanese attack came on December 7, 1941.  He went into action, evacuating the dead and wounded.

--GreGen