THE DEFINITIVE FACTS Glenn Miller, the legendary American bandleader, disappeared seventy-nine years ago over the English Channel. The Army Air Forces Major was an unauthorized passenger aboard a flight from RAF Twinwood Field, Bedfordshire, to USAAF Station A-42, Villacoublay Aerodrome, France. I originally posted the following statement about the Glenn …
INACCURATE REPORTS During August 2020, The Daily Express of London published a report about Glenn Miller’s disappearance with the headline “World War 2 Mystery: Glenn Miller’s plane could be found within a three-mile radius.” The article says that the team at the aviation archeology group TIGHAR “and Dennis Spragg, who …
AMERICANS ASCENDANT JUNE 6, 1944 D-Day had arrived. Following a furious naval bombardment by the largest fleet ever assembled and supported by air forces with complete control of the sky, our fathers and grandfathers stormed the beaches of Normandy at 6:30 a.m. on June 6, 1944. Meanwhile, highly trained Rangers …
THE EXCEPTIONAL AMERICAN “I Like Ike” was the successful 1952 presidential campaign slogan for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the World War II Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force, and Cold War commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. On September 17, 2020, the United States of America honored the exceptional American …