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Arnald Gabriel of Arlington, Virginia, took an enlistment oath to defend his country during World War II, where he saw combat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 100-year-old Gabriel, who also served in the U.S. Army, was once the conductor of the U.S. Air Force Band, and under his leadership, it became internationally renowned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 1992, one of his biggest fans, Bruce Moss \u2014 conductor of the Wheaton Municipal Band in Wheaton, Illinois \u2014 invited Gabriel to be a guest conductor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He did not know me,&#8221; Moss told CBS News. &#8220;He did not know the band. 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