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), ...

The medley format was also used on "American Band ... for record and CD reissues culled from Glenn Miller's broadcasts. Here are detailed histories of the medleys arranged and performed by Glenn ...

On 15 December 1944, the hugely popular musician Major Glenn Miller boarded ... drawn into the war, Miller became a US Army Air Force captain and the leader of an army band, helping to bolster ...

There, he organized and led the famous Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band that went to Europe to entertain servicemen. On Dec. 15, 1944, Miller, an Army major, took off in a single engine plane from ...

There's something about Glenn Miller's holiday broadcasts that seem timeless. Miller, of course, fronted two bands: His stateside orchestra from 1938 to early fall 1942 and then his Army Air Force ...