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 ...

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.

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., ...

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 ...

Spotlight on GordonWhen the Glenn Miller Orchestra played Denver’s Paramount Theatre in September 2012, Dooley’s stepson, Randy Buchanan, and Buchanan’s wife, Carol, offered to take him and ...

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.