GLENN MILLER AWARD On October 5, 2024, the Air Force Public Affairs Association inducted Major Glenn Miller into its Hall of Fame. Addressing the annual meeting of the organization in San Antonio, Texas, Dennis M. Spragg accepted the Glenn Miller Award on behalf of his family and many friends. Thanking …
1935-2024 DEAN OF BIG BAND SCHOLARS With the greatest sorrow, the Glenn Miller Collections and the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society regret to inform our worldwide community about the recent passing of the legendary Edward F. Polic. Our brilliant and uncompromising colleague and mentor had a profound influence upon anyone and …
CRITICAL MOMENT In his 1960 Inaugural Address, President John F. Kennedy emphasized the moment had come for America to pass the torch to a new generation of leadership. The younger generation that had fought World War II would succeed the Americans who had led the war effort and establishment of …
BRILLIANT DIPLOMAT The recent passing of Henry Kissinger (1923-2023) reminds us that America’s arguably most brilliant modern diplomatic mind provoked as much criticism as praise. Genius or villain, Henry Kissinger well understood and eclipsed both support and opposition. In other words, he transcended the traditional American foreign policy debate between …
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 …
THE REAL AMERICA November 2023 marks the 403Rd anniversary of the arrival in 1620 by the Mayflower and the Pilgrims at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts. Firstly, this was the beginning of America Ascendant. Their experiment became the independent and progressive United States of America. Their blessed land is truly the land …
ENABLING ISRAEL’S EXTERMINATION “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free” is now the favorite chant of university students in America. Likewise, of youth worldwide across social media led by China’s Tik Tok. Moreover, as proclaimed by Jihadi radicals including Hamas, the slogan clearly advocates the extermination of …
ISRAEL AT WAR Following the deadly surprise attack by Hamas on October 7, Israel is at war. President Joseph Biden has equivocated by simultaneously asserting absolute support for Israel but advocating for a restrained response. Although he has reassured frightened Israelis, Biden is mindful of the danger of an expanding …
SALT OF THE EARTH Laid to rest on January 5, 2023, the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI cannot be allowed to simply pass into history, because his legacy is compelling, if complicated. In 2013, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Munich became the first pope to resign in almost 600 years. To …
PUTIN AT THE ABYSS On Friday, September 30, despotic Vladimir Putin reached the abyss with his disastrous invasion of Ukraine. Faced with humiliation and potential defeat, the dictator brazenly announced his illegal annexation of eastern Ukrainian provinces and arrogantly threatened America and Europe with nuclear war. However, in reality, Putin …