honors. including two uniformed officers to present plags and play taps. the problem was the military only had 500 buglers. so they sent someone to play a recorded taps on a boom box or an electronic device inside a bugle. tom day who played for the marines in the 50s. >> i call it in stolen dignity, that these veterans can't have live taps when we were out there to perform live taps. >> so he started his organization, recruiting 400 horn players within a year. >> we have 260 horn players. we're doing 2,200 funeral a month. >> it becomes quite a an operation that day runs from his office. families can get on his website to ask for a bugler.