Original works and transcriptions for band of special significance to the Marine Band from World War II.

"The President's Own" United States Marine Band ; Colonel John Bourgeois, conductor.

Recorded Sept. 8-10, 1992 in John Philip Sousa Band Hall, Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C.

Armed Forces medley / arranged by Thomas Knox (3:39) -- March, Franklin D. Roosevelt / William H. Woodin ; arr. by Mayhew L. Lake (2:16) -- March, Semper fidelis / John Philip Sousa (2:46) -- Esprit de corps / Robert Jager (5:08) -- Commando march / Samuel Barber (3:31) -- Song of the Marines / Harry Warren & Al Dubin ; arr. by R.L. Halle (2:00) -- March, The man behind the gun / John Philip Sousa (2:18) -- March, Marine Corps Institute / Taylor Branson (2:39) -- Selections from South Pacific / Rodgers & Hammerstein ; arr. by Erik Leidzén (12:38) -- Guadalcanal march from Victory at sea / Richard Rodgers ; arr. by Erik Leidzén (2:41) -- Waltzing Matilda / Marie Cowan ; arr. by Erik Leidzén (2:33) -- March, Invercargill / Alex Lithgow ; arr. by L.P. Laurendeau (2:21) -- March of the women Marines / Louis Saverino (2:33) -- Symphonic scenario from Victory at sea / Richard Rodgers ; transcribed by Robert Russell Bennett (10:31) -- Eternal Father, strong to save : (the Navy hymn) / John B. Dykes ; arr. by Claude T. Smith (2:19) -- Bugle call, Taps / Daniel Butterfield ; orchestrated by Thomas Knox (:53) -- The Marines' hymn : Apotheosis / Sammy Nestico (2:14).