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147:(National Guard) Band and he is also listed as the Principal Drum Instructor at Bedloe's and the U.S. Army at the Eastern School of Practice on Governor's Island in New York Harbor. See Controversy section below. Bruce was a player of the drums, banjo, violin and mandolin. Bruce served as the drum major for the
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