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), ...

Alton Glenn ... records, including one for his “Moonlight Serenade” theme song. At the height of his career, Glenn Miller enlisted in the service in 1942 with the intent to modernize the military ...

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 ...