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\nGlenn Miller
was the most popular bandleader and musician of the big band era of Americ
an popular music. At the height of his popularity in 1942\, he famously en
listed in the armed forces. As an officer in the Army Air Forces Training
Command\, Miller served as director of bands and conductor of his own elit
e radio production unit and concert orchestra. In June 1944\, Miller and h
is personnel transferred to the United Kingdom. There\, assigned to the Su
preme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force\, they broadcast daily and m
ade hundreds of appearances. On December 15\, 1944\, traveling ahead of hi
s unit to prepare broadcasting facilities in Paris\, the airplane with Mil
ler aboard as a passenger disappeared. "Glenn Miller Declassified" is the
true story of what actually tragically happened to Major Miller on that fa
teful day. He had homes in Tenafly\, New Jersey\, and Monrovia\, Californi
a. \; \; \; \; \; \;
Presenter and Aut
hor: As Glenn Miller&rsquo\;s authorized biographer and archivist\, Dennis
M. Spragg coordinates the Glenn Miller Collections at the University of C
olorado Boulder. The historian and author is a veteran media and broadcast
ing executive who hosts "The Star-Spangled Radio Hour"\, a weekly broadcas
t and podcast\, and the author of "America Ascendant\, The Rise of America
n Exceptionalism". Dennis is also the historian of the Glenn Miller Birthp
lace Society in Clarinda\, Iowa. \; \; \; \;
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