Michael O'Brien is a member of Lancashire & Cheshire WFA. His main military interests are the USA in the First World War and the War in the Adriatic. The title of his talk at this meeting is;
"Before the Music Sounded"
Baron Georg von Trapp became famous as the head of the family which inspired the hit film and stage production, "The Sound of Music". However, before that, as Korvettenkapitan Georg Johannes Ritter von Trapp, he served in the Austro-Hungarian Navy during the First World War. Mike looks at his distinguished career, which earned him numerous decorations.
