Then and today, many observers believe that the Miller AAF organization was the greatest big band that ever performed. Historian Dennis Spragg of the Glenn Miller Archive, author of the critically ...

Glenn Miller's "Big Band" sound provided a holiday morale boost to the airmen at Maxwell Field for the ... He managed to obtain a commission in the AAF on Nov. 23, 1942. The AAF first ...

Glenn Miller Holiday Concert: ... Miller wanted to use his musical talents for the war effort, and he managed to obtain a commission in the AAF in November 1942. At Maxwell Field, ...

The Glenn Miller Collections Tex Beneke Resource details the 1946-1950 recording, radio and personal appearance schedule, including personnel listings and tunes performed, trade-press articles, etc., ...

But behind Miller's success, a world war was raging. So in 1942, at the height of his civilian stardom, he traded his suit and baton for a uniform, enlisting as a captain in the U.S. Army Air Forces.

Major Glenn Miller went missing over the English Channel in December 1944. For decades afterwards, much of his wartime orchestra's music went missing as well.

In 1942, Miller joined the military and assembled the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band. The group, which was sent to England to entertain the U.S. troops fighting in World War II via live and ...

The Glenn Miller Memorial Weekend, in Bedford, marked the 80th anniversary of the day he boarded an aircraft at RAF Twinwood Airfield, in nearby Clapham, never to be seen again.

Glenn Miller performed over 500 shows on Armed Forces radio, later known as the American Forces Network, Europe. Mr. Miller was said to have been very excited about an upcoming concert in Paris.

Eighty years ago on Aug. 27th, 1944, the great American bandleader Glenn Miller performed at a base some 60 miles north of London, RAF Twinwood, the hub and airfield he frequently flew in and out ...

Glenn W. Miller, 81 of Las Vegas, Nevada, passed away peacefully in the comfort of his home on Dec. 20, 2023, with Linda, his wife of 39 years, by his side.