On September 27, 1942, Glenn Miller and his Orchestra gave their last performance. America’s number one band was breaking up because its ... Arnold the commanding general of the Army Air Forces (AAF), ...

THIS week in Looking Back, we remember the time than an American music star performed for troops at Burtonwood Airbase ...

But what few may realize is that the template for that concept may have started 80 years ago today - with the death of a big-band musician. On Dec. 15, 1944, Glenn Miller ... Army to lead the Army ...

Captain Miller conducts the Army Air Forces Band (Special ... my 2017 book, Glenn Miller Declassified. Newly released government documents described the Eighth Air Force’s own investigation ...

The Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band played more than 800 performances, more than half of which were broadcast to millions of listeners. Tragically in December 1944, Miller’s plane disappeared over ...

Glenn Miller was a trombone player ... Miller became a US Army Air Force captain and the leader of an army band, helping to bolster morale among the troops. In June 1944 he was sent to London ...

Glenn Miller (1904 - 1944 ... becoming a Captain and leader of the Army Air Force Band. In 1944, at the height of his fame, Miller flew from England to France, to play another concert for troops ...