Since the Revolutionary War, America's military bands have entertained troops who were deployed far from home to play at funerals ... your trumpet sound won me over. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) M GREEN ...

Today, a love story that began in a military band. Since the Revolutionary War, America's military bands have entertained troops who were deployed far from home to play at funerals for fallen veterans ...

As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Air Force veterans Linda and Mark Green who met as trumpet players in a military band and are now celebrating 45 years of marriage.