21.   During World War II he served as a weatherman for the Army Air Corps, stationed in India.

22.   During World War II he served as an Army Air Corps gunnery officer.

23.   During World War II he served as assistant music officer with the British Council in South America, where he gave recitals and lectures.

24.   During World War II he served in the Army Air Forces as a member of the all-black corps of pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen.

25.   During World War II he served in the Navy.

26.   During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force, flying photographic reconnaissance missions.

27.   During World War II he served as conductor and arranger for the Armed Forces Radio Network, after which he joined Columbia.

28.   During World War II he served as the civilian art director of the Supreme Headquarters of American Expeditionary Forces in London, Paris and Bad Nauheim, Germany.

29.   During World War II he served in the Office of Strategic Services in Washington.

30.   Fort Caswell sits on one end, with its lighthouse that served during the American Revolution and continued to guide ships until World War II.