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Home Town Boone, Iowa
Date of Passing Dec 06, 1965
Location of Interment U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium (VLM) - Annapolis, Maryland
LCdr Max Edward Corrick, USN 11th USNA Bandmaster, Leader of the U.S. Navy Band, died on active duty
In April 1955 Max Corrick became the 11th Leader of the band. Born in Boone, Iowa in 1919, he enlisted in the Navy in 1939 and served as a cornet instrumentalist and then assistant leader in the Pacific area until 1943. He also served as Leader of a Navy Unit Band and as an instructor at the U.S. Naval School of Music and was appointed Warrant Officer in 1951. Mr. Corrick was transferred to the U.S. Naval Academy Band in 1954 and after his appointment as Leader, was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in October 1957.
Mr. Corrick died in December of 1965 while serving as Leader of the band, and is buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery. He was 46. Upon Bandmaster Corrick's death in 1965, the policy governing assignment of band officers to the Naval Academy Band was changed. Officers would no longer be assigned on a permanent duty, non-rotational status. It was felt that the influence of "Fleet Leadership" would be beneficial to the organization. Since 1966, leadership of the band has been determined by the Bureau of Naval Personnel.
In the first 113 years of the (USNA) band, only 11 different men were assigned as leaders. It took only 27 years to get 11 more.
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Membership included: THE AMERICAN BANDMASTERS ASSOCIATION
LCDR MAX EDWARD CORRICK, USN
Director, U.S. Naval Academy Band, Annapolis, Maryland
Elected ABA 1958; Resigned 1962.
Mr. Corrick was a member of the Executive Department at theUnited States Naval Academy as the USNA Band Leader.
Description The plan of the Pacific subseries was determined by the geography, strategy, and the military organization of a theater largely oceanic. Two independent, coordinate commands, one in the Southwest Pacific under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur and the other in the Central, South, and North Pacific (Pacific Ocean Areas) under Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, were created early in the war. Except in the South and Southwest Pacific, each conducted its own operations with its own ground, air, and naval forces in widely separated areas. These operations required at first only a relatively small number of troops whose efforts often yielded strategic gains which cannot be measured by the size of the forces involved. Indeed, the nature of the objectivesùsmall islands, coral atolls, and jungle-bound harbors and airstrips, made the employment of large ground forces impossible and highlighted the importance of air and naval operations. Thus, until 1945, the war in the Pacific progressed by a double series of amphibious operations each of which fitted into a strategic pattern developed in Washington.
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In April 1955 Max Corrick became the 11th Leader of the band. Born in Boone, Iowa in 1919, he enlisted in the Navy in 1939 and served as instrumentalist and assistant leader in the Pacific area until 1943. He also served as Leader of a Navy Unit Band and as an instructor at the U.S. Naval School of Music. Mr. Corrick was transferred to the U.S. Naval Academy Band in 1954 and after his appointment as Leader, was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in October 1957.
Mr. Corrick died in December of 1965 while serving as Leader of the band, and is buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery. Upon Bandmaster Corrick's death in 1965, the policy governing assignment of band officers to the Naval Academy Band was changed. Officers would no longer be assigned on a permanent duty, non-rotational status. It was felt that the influence of "Fleet Leadership" would be beneficial to the organization. Since 1966, leadership of the band has been determined by the Bureau of Naval Personnel.