On December 15, 1944, Major Alton Glenn Miller, commanding officer
of the Army Air Force Band (Special), boarded a plane in England
bound for France with Lt. Col. Norman Francis Baessell. Somewhere
over the English Channel, the plane vanished; no trace of the
aircraft or any of its occupants was ever found. To this day,
Miller, Baessell, and the pilot, John Robert Stuart Morgan, are
classified as MIA. In Glenn Miller Declassified, Dennis M. Spring
tells the story of musical legend, Glenn Miller, and his military
career as commanding officer of the Army Air Force Band during
World War II. After a brief assignment to the Army Specialist
Corps, Miller was transferred to the Army Air Forces Training
Command where he was assigned to build a network of radio
production units, base bands, and other musical and entertainment
activities. He was soon transferred to the UK to be a house band
for the Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme (AEFP) broadcasts and
to entertain allied service personnel in the European Theater at
live concerts. Later that year, Miller and his band were to be
transferred to Paris to expand the AEFP, but Miller never made it.
Glenn Miller's disappearance resulted in a number of conspiracy
theories, especially since much of the information surrounding his
military service had been classified, restricted, or, in some
cases, lost. Spragg has gained unprecedented access to his family's
archives as well as military and government documents to lay such
theories to rest and to prove the lasting legacy and importance of
Glenn Miller's life, career and service to his country.
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