Publisher Desc.  "December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy..." Those words by President Franklin D. Roosevelt are deeply etched into the fabric of American history. Remarkably, the comeback from that incredible disaster at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii occurred only months later, June 4 - 7, 1942, during the Battle of Midway. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz described Midway as "...the most crucial battle of the Pacific war, the engagement that made everything else possible." Turning Point was commissioned by the United States Navy Band, Captain Ralph M. Gambone, Jr., Conductor, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. Opening and closing with a poignant trumpet solo, Turning Point draws its musical structure from the sequence of events of June 4 - 7, 1942, capturing the emotion, tension and triumph of this momentous and consequential battle.