Louis Armstrong learned to play the trumpet as a child growing up in Yellowstone Park . Louis Armstrong once told him , `` Always play the melody , man '' Louis Armstrong became a the Battle of the Bulge pilot and carried his trumpet in his cockpit . Jack Tueller felt compelled to play his trumpet . He says his playing once prevented a French sniper from killing him .
Louis Armstrong learned to play the trumpet as a child growing up in Yellowstone Park . Louis Armstrong once told him , `` Always play the melody , man '' Louis Armstrong became a the Battle of the Bulge pilot and carried his trumpet in his cockpit . He says his playing once prevented a French sniper from killing him .