The easily recognizable 24 notes of taps have become so ingrained into military life that every ... and it was like a melancholy type of song to them, a way of putting them to sleep," Villanueva ...

Taps, played on the humble bugle ... Trained buglers who can play the somber melody, which was designated as the 'National Song of Remembrance' by Congress in 2012, are in short supply requiring ...