Glenn Miller, at the height of his popularity, gave up a lucrative recording and touring career to enlist in the United States Army during World War II. He felt an obligation to do all he could for the war effort, and that meant joining the service. Assigned to the Army Air Forces, Glenn modernized the band program, replacing the antiquated Sousa marches of WWI with jazzed up marches and brought popular music to the soldiers. The music of his Army Air Force Band boosted the morale of the troops. On December 15, 1944, Miller was to fly from the United Kingdom to Paris, France, to make arrangements to move his entire band there in the near future. His plane disappeared while flying over the English Channel

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