#Maxwell Air Force Base

[carbone14]

B-24D Liberator de l'école de pilotage de la base aérienne de Maxwell – Alabama – Etats-Unis – Août 1943 – Janvier 1947

[stupidphototricks]

Some quotes I like from Johnny and the Dead. I'll again recommend the Johnny Maxwell trilogy for any Terry Pratchett fans, it's a bit dated, and lacks witches and wizards, and takes place on a boring spherical planet, but still there's good stuff.

And the sky above it was a glorious blue, which was pretty unusual for Blackbury, where most of the time the sky was that odd, soapy color you'd get if you lived in a Tupperware box. -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

"My greatest trick involved getting out of a locked sack underwater while wearing twenty feet of chain and three pairs of handcuffs." "Gosh, how often did you do that?" said Johnny. "Nearly once," said Mr. Vicenti. -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

Wobbler was banned from the computers because of an incident involving a library terminal, the telephone connection to the main computer, another telephone line to the computer at East Slate Air Base ten miles away, another telephone line to a much bigger computer under a mountain somewhere in America, and almost World War Three. At least that's what Wobbler said. The Assistant Information Officers said it was because he got chocolate in the keyboard. -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

There was a feeling, like-- --like on an airplane when it's about to land, and his ears went "pop." But it was happening with his brain, instead. -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

You never knew about people, like you never knew how deep a pond was because all you saw was the top. -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

"It's wrong to think that the past is something that's just gone. It's still there. It's just that you've gone past. If you drive through a town, it's still there in the rearview mirror. Time is a road, but it doesn't roll up behind you. Things aren't over just because they're past." -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

"Of all the forces in the universe, the hardest to overcome is the force of habit. Gravity is easy-peasy by comparison." -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

Time passes everywhere. But days and nights are little local things that happen only to people who stay in one place. If you go fast enough, you can overtake the clock... -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

"I believe it's very hard to have fun in Iceland without fish being involved in some way." -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

Making a fuss about cards and heavy metal and going on about Dungeons and Dragons stuff because it's got demon gods in it is like guarding the door when it is really coming up through the floorboards. -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

"Anyway, there's four of us, after all." "That just means something bad can happen four times," said Wobbler. -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

"Did I see them waving?" said Mrs. Liberty. "And particling, I shouldn't wonder," said the Alderman. -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

Johnny blinked. And looked around at the world. It was, not to put too fine a point on it, wonderful. Which wasn't the same as nice. It wasn't even the same as good. But it was full of... stuff. You'd never get to the end of it. It was always springing new things on you... -- Terry Pratchett, Johnny and the Dead

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

Mechanic : The last of the V8 Interceptors... a piece of history!

Mechanic : Would've been a shame to blow it up. 

The Pursuit Special, also referred to as the Last of the V8 Interceptors, is the iconic black GT Falcon muscle car featuring a distinctive supercharger driven by the title character Mad Max during much of the Mad Max franchise, where it appears in Mad Max, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and in Mad Max: Fury Road, as well as both video games.

The first car shown in the film with the title of Pursuit Special is a 1972 HQ Holden Monaro[V8 coupe stolen by Nightrider (played by Vince Gil), an escaped cop killer, who dies in an accident that destroys the vehicle. The more famous Pursuit Special is a heavily modified Ford Falcon XB GT, built on a vehicle originally assembled stock at the Ford plant in November 1973. Maxwell "Mad Max" Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) is offered the black Pursuit Special, as an incentive to stay on the force as their top pursuit man after he reveals his desire to resign. Although Max turns the offer down, he later uses the black car to exact his revenge on an outlaw motorcycle gang who killed his wife and son.

The vehicle started out as a standard white 351 cu in (5.8 L) Australian built 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT Hardtop when in 1976, filmmakers Byron Kennedy and George Miller began preproduction on Mad Max. The movie's art director Jon Dowding designed the Interceptor and commissioned Melbourne-based car customizers Graf-X International to modify the GT Falcon. Peter Arcadipane, Ray Beckerley, John Evans, and painter Rod Smythe transformed the car as specified for the film.

The main modifications are the black paint scheme, roof and boot spoilers, wheel arch flares, and front nose cone and air-dam designed by Arcadipane (marketed as the "Concorde" style). Also, eight individual exhaust side pipes were added (only two of them being functional, others appeared to be working because of the vibrations the first two created). The most famous feature of the car is a Weiand 6-71 supercharger[5] protruding through the bonnet. The impressive looking supercharger, in reality, was nonfunctional; functional superchargers are typically driven constantly by the engine and cannot be switched on and off, as portrayed in the first two Mad Max films.

1973 Ford XB Falcon GT 351

Pursuit Special, when the term is used, generally refers to Max's more famous V8 Interceptor Pursuit Special, a 1973 Ford XB Falcon GT 351, commissioned at great expense by Police Commissioner Labatouche and the Main Force Patrol's (MFP) commander, Fifi Macaffee.

[siremasterlawrence]

The Sweet Stuff Hits The Senses

Thomas Maxwell Raymond Bates is my best friends dad who I am madly and extremely in love with since I was a kid and today is the day that all changes when I decide to makes a cup of coffee to say thank you for inviting me.Unfortunately! I had bought a huge can of it that it would need to be used frequently so I had a idea of sorts and left the kitchen to go retrieve my bag which wicked intentions on my mind for a hot minute I thought I would try and chicken out.I flip the top up poking a hole in to the sheet of foil covering up the can letting the aroma fill the room with such a sweet bitter taste and I unload the vial in to the contents of the can as the mixture completely sinking deep in to the room.I shut the can tightening the cover as lift it up on the air shaking it up as it mixes all of them together the aroma getting stronger then before and it is crazy when the smell is so wonderful filling up to the brim of the home.The coffee pot is washed and on top of one counter as I fill it up with the beams with a volume of water and pour in a huge amount of my new coffee mix and place it on to the stove as it begins to leave a intoxicating stench.Exiting through the glass screen door as the notes of Hypnotic coffee buds thriving as they are getting stronger and bolder slipping under the Master bedroom and in to it diving deep through both of his nostrils making his shiver then wake up.

“Oh Hey Lawrence!”

“Mr Bates”

“Call me Tom”

“I’ll grab some coffee “

“Sure Tom”

“Agreed “

“Mmmmmm…..”

“This taste so sweet”

“But it’s bitter “

“Why don’t you just drink it?”

“I’ll take a sip”

“Gulp it up “

“All of it?”

“Be a big brave man”

“Ok Lawrence “

“Call me Master Lawrence “

“Yes Master Lawrence “

“Mwahahahahaha “

“What is so funny?”

“Because you just submitted “

“Wait! What no?”

“Drop to your knees”

“Oh My God!”

“You at enjoying this just admit it”

Kneeling next to him cupping his chin and lift it up forcing the cup down his mouth as he pours it in to his throat it is descending into his bloodstream becoming one with him as it all fades into nothingness because I am all powerful.I glass watching Tom look like a damn pussy because he has lived a life based on how he looks, attitude and uber masculinity but now all that world is differently because he is all mine for a lifetime no going back as he is my slave.He reaches his arms around my waist holds on very tight wrapping them as he grows on me even tighter then I can imagine and he is digging my knees in to my pants inhaling all of my scent through his nostrils and he loves it.

“Oh Master Lawrence!”

“Will you serve me willingly?”

“All do my life “

“Give me everything you are “

“You already have it “

“Everything you own “

“It’s yours”

“I am your life “

“You absorb me in to your soul”

“You exist for me”

“Nothing else but me matters”

“I am all you know “

“I am all you are aware of”

“You give yourself willingly to me”

“You have no power”

“No need and desire “

“I am your life “

“Stand up “

“Yes Master Lawrence “

“Disrobe “

“Let’s go to your room”

“Take these clothes and get dressed”

“Yes Master”

“You love me completely in all ways”

“Yes! I love you “

“God! I do Master”

“We have lost of plans today “

Heading in to his bedroom the door close behind us as I pin him to the wall before he enjoys my gaze upon his massive body go limp when he gets undressed and he quickly gets dressed.I command him to stare in to the long length mirror his reflection is beautiful to behind he of course is no longer admiring himself only me and he loves me truly so I grab his ass and pat him tightly.

“Today is the day of great change”

“You are a new man”

“You were born to be better “

“Used by me”

“You will be better “

“A man worthy of notice “

“Assholes are all over l

“You will learn to be better”

“You will learn to grow “

“You will be so much more improved “

“People are evil “

“You will be a beautiful golden light “

“You will shine above them “

“You will dress to perfection “

“Enjoy work”

“Take care of me”

“Worship me”

“Learnt to be it all”

“I hate others”

“I will train you to be the most likable”

“Kind and caring “

“Supportive and hardworking “

“Giving me life “

“Breathing in to a new you “

“You will forget all else “

“Love me”

“Protect me”

“Care for me”

“Be all mine”

The end

[doomandgloomfromthetomb]

The Amps - Maxwell's, Hoboken, New Jersey, July 1, 1995

I was watching this recent video of the Breeders in Big Sur a couple weeks back — and however great it is (it's great!), it got me thinking about the Amps, the one-and-done mid-90s Kim Deal project. Kind of a weird moment for Kim. She had climbed to the top of the Alternative Nation after the release of Last Splash, opening for Nirvana, playing Lollapalooza, hitting the late-night talk shows, etc. But by 1995, she was blowing it all up and starting again. Kinda. Here's the rundown from a very 1990s Spin magazine cover story written by Charles Aaron way back when. Those were different times, kids!

Kind of sweet, kind of pathetic. That’s how Deal has viewed her life following Last Splash‘s surprising success, propelled by the Top 40 single “Cannonball,” one of the most unlikely mosh notes ever penned. What was meant to be a well-deserved rest for the band after opening Nirvana’s last national tour, headlining gigs with Luscious Jackson, and joining Lollapalooza during the summer of ’94, became a boring winter exile for Kim in her childhood home of Huber Heights, the planned community outside Dayton that thrived in the ’50s with the opening of Wright Patterson Air Force Base, where Kim’s dad worked as a physicist. Instead of catching up on laundry and bad TV, she learned to play drums, patched together a batch of songs, and agreed to help produce the next album by her drinking buddies Guided By Voices (of which her fiance and SPIN Senior Contributing Writer Jim Greer is now a member).

Meanwhile, the other Breeders were plenty busy. Jim Macpherson finally spent some time with his kids and renovated a new house. Bassist Josephine Wiggs fell in love (with Luscious Jackson drummer Kate Schellenbach) and out of the closet (courtesy of a November ’94 Advocate story titled “Luscious Lesbians”), eventually moving from London to New York to be near Schellenbach. Kelley Deal made the most publicized move, out of Kim’s place and into a nearby house where she was arrested in November for receiving an Emery Worldwide package containing heroin. Her trial is set for July. Considering the circumstances, Kim’s desire to record a solo album made more than a little sense, for everybody concerned.

Pacer, that "solo record," hit shelves in the fall of '95 and — compared to Last Splash, anyway — was fairly low-profile. But it's a killer album, and somewhat forgotten these days, I think? If Kim had just called it a Breeders record, people might be more aware, I don't know. Anyway! The Amps toured a bit in '95 (I saw 'em open for Sonic Youth that October), and here's a nice audience tape of the band at Maxwell's that summer, playing a bunch from their then-unreleased debut, alongside a rambunctious closing cover of the Tasties' "Like A Briar." Take a trip down to Tipp City ...

[lboogie1906]

Lieutenant General Stayce D. Harris (August 19, 1959) is the first African American woman to hold a three-star General rank, the first Air Force Reservist to be promoted to the three-star rank other than the chief of the Air Force Reserve Command, and the first African American woman to serve as Inspector General of the Air Force, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.

She was born in Los Angeles to Clyde Bruce Harris, a career airman in the Air Force, and Alice Mae Tabourn Harris, a banker. She graduated from the 71st High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and received her commission in the Air Force via the USC Air Force ROTC program, where she received her BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering.

She received her MS in Aviation Management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and completed Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base. She served in active duty until 1990 when she began working for United Airlines as a commercial pilot.

She made history by becoming the first African American woman to command an Air Refueling Wing. She served as the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director, Air Staff at the Headquarters.

She was promoted to Brigadier General, Major General, and Lieutenant General. She was appointed Inspector General of the Air Force. She was responsible for two field operating agencies: the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Air Force Inspection Agency.

Her recognitions include the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Aerial Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Award, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with three oak leaf clusters, Combat Readiness Medal with bronze star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and Armed Forces Reserve Medal with bronze hourglass.

She retired from the Air Force Reserves in 2019. Her portrait hangs in the Pentagon. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[ragingphantom666]

DC Dimensions project plan - The Flash: Runs in the Family (Vol. 1)

This series is not an assured project. It is a concept that can still be changed or scrapped.

Synopsis

The heroes and villains of Central City have been behaving irregularly. They seem to be in a hypnotic trance. The Flash and Impulse investigate the suspect, a content creator going by "Spin."

Characters

Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen/The Flash - The second hero to take on the mantle of the Flash.

Bartholomew William "Bart" Allen/Impulse - The son of Barry Allen and Iris West.

Iris West - The wife of Barry Allen and mother to Bart and Joan Allen.

Joan Allen - The daughter of Barry Allen and sister of Bart. She seemingly has no superpowers.

Jay Garrick/The Flash - The first superhero to call himself "The Flash." He acts as the voice of wisdom for the Flash Family.

Maxwell Crandall/Max Mercury - A speedster from the 19th century and mentor of Impulse.

David Lloyd/Spin - A young content creator with aspirations for the big time. When he goes out to collect heroes and villains for his social media, he wears special gloves and an LED mask to hypnotize them. Little does he know that he is only a pawn for a villain called "The Puppeteer."

Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash - The arch nemesis of Barry Allen. He is a speedster connected to the Negative Speed Force.

Leonard Snart/Captain Cold - The leader of the Rogues and an occasional ally of Barry Allen.

Mick Rory/Heat Wave - Member of the Rogues. He is a close friend of Captain Cold. His weapon is a flamethrower pistol.

Lisa Snart/Golden Glider - Member of the Rogues. She wears special skates that allow her to travel at superspeed.

Sam Scudder/Mirror Master - Member of the Rogues. He has the power to move through mirrors.

Roscoe Dillon/Top - Member of the Rogues. He can spin at superspeed.

Hartley Sawyer/Pied Piper - Member of the Rogues. He uses sound-based weaponry.

James Jesse/Trickster - Member of the Rogues. He loves playing pranks on the Flash.

Jordan Weir - The therapist of Joan Allen. There is a secret dark side to him.

Other Information

Golden Glider's skates are based on Shadow the Hedgehog's air shoes.

[maximumwobblerbanditdonut]

Have you seen 'A Bridge Too Far? 🎬

In the reel, you can see a legendary scene from the famous 1977 film 'A Bridge Too Far'. This film is about Operation Market Garden, which started exactly 80 years ago today. The plan of the Allies was to cross the German border via the Netherlands so that the war could be ended in 1944. For this, all bridges across the Dutch rivers had to fall intact into allied hands. It would be a combined air and land operation of English, American, Canadian and Polish troops. The air operation was known under the codename Market and the land operation under the name Garden.

A Bridge Too Far is a historical war film that was directed by Richard Attenborough and was released in 1977. It stars a big ensemble cast including Sean Connery, Ryan O'Neal, Michael Caine, Paul Maxwell, Dirk Bogarde, Edward Fox, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Sir Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford and many other renowned actors. The film is based on Operation Market Garden, an unsuccessful attempt by the Allied forces to seize control of key bridges in Nazi-occupied Holland, and is adapted from Cornelius Ryan's book of the same name.

General James M. Gavin, left, (RYAN O'NEAL) confers with Lt. Col. "Joe" Vandeleur (MICHAEL CAINE), commander of the Irish Guards tank unit, about the desperate plight of the British 1st Airborne soldiers in the Arnhem sector, isolated and vastly outnumbered by German forces on the ground in Joseph E. Levine's "A Bridge Too Far", a United Artists release.

Behind the scenes on A BRIDGE TOO FAR (1977)

Sean Connery with Ryan O'Neal and Gene Hackman on the set of A Bridge Too Far (1977).

In this photo we see (from left to right) Paul Maxwell as the American Major General Maxwell Taylor, Sir Sean Connery as Major General Roy E Urquhart, Sir Dirk Bogarde as Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning, Edward Fox as Lieutenant General Sir Brian Horrocks, Ryan O'Neal as Major General James Gavin and Gene Hackman as the Polish Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski.

Sean Connery as Major General Robert Urquhart in the film 'A Bridge Too Far' (1977) in this World War Il epic, here is photographed on set with the real General Urquhart (both Scots 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) who also served as a military consultant for the film.

#RichardAttenborough #DirkBogarde #Bridge #SeanConnery #Film #Movie #WW2 #actors #PaulMaxwell #EdwardFox #MichaelCaine #MajorGeneralRoyEUrquhart #AnthonyHopkins #GeneHackman #OperationMarketGarden #80thAnniversary #abridgetoofarfilm #1977 #SirLaurence Olivier #RobertRedford #Arnhem #CorneliusRyan #book

The true story of the greatest battle of World War II and the basis of the 1977 film of the same name, directed by Richard Attenborough.

The Battle of Arnhem, one of the most dramatic battles of World War II, was as daring as it was ill-fated. It cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day.

This is the whole compelling story, told through the vast cast of characters involved. From Dutch civilians to British and American strategists, its scope and ambition is unparalleled, superbly recreating the terror and suspense, the heroism and tragedy of this epic operation.

'I know of no other work of literature of World War II as moving, as awesome and as accurate in its portrayal of human courage.' - General James A Gavin

‘A Bridge Too Far’ is available to watch and stream, download, and buy on demand at Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Amazon, and Google Play online.

Posted 23rd September 2024

[unwelcome-ozian]

"Exploring the mind frontier is essential and the key to successful exploration is a greater psychic awareness. The mind is rich in unfathomed resources ripe for exploration, a limitless source of treasures for advancing all mankind, and a serious threat to those who ignore its potential. We must overcome our psychic inhibitions, stop denying the existence of paranormal events, and start trying instead to understand the nature of these phenomena."—Dolan M. McKelvy, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, May 1988

[usafphantom2]

Walter L.Watson, Jr was an SR -71 RSO. He was the first and only African-American to fly the SR-71. I didn’t know him because he was stationed at Beale Air Force Base after my family left. BUT, I have watched videos of him. Check out YouTube. m.youtube.com/watch?embeds_r…

Watson was born in Columbia, South Carolina, he was the oldest of four children of Walter L. Watson, Sr. and Mildred Platt Watson. After graduating C.A. Johnson High School, he attended Howard University in Washington, D.C where he earned a Mechanical Engineering degree and commission as an Air Force Officer through the ROTC program. Watson later obtained a master’s degree from Chapman College of Orange, CA in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

He entered the Air Force as an avionics maintenance officer, but in 1973, he was selected for aviation training, beginning a diverse and distinguished flying career in the Air Force. His first assignment was flying the C-130E in Southeast Asia. He later became a flight instructor, flight examiner, and flight commander in tactical fighter and strategic reconnaissance squadrons that flew F-4C/D/E, F-111D, and SR-71 aircraft. Watson was the first African American and only one to qualify as a crew member of the SR-71.

After completing his flying career, Waston continued to serve in the Airforce in production and training. As Commander and Professor of Aerospace Studies at North Carolina A&T State University, his leadership helped his unit to achieve the following production milestones: 1) 20% of all African-American Second Lieutenant Pilots, 2) 50% of all African-American Second Lieutenant Navigators, and 3) 25% of African-American female commissioners in 1993. These accomplishments led to assignments to a number of leadership positions at HQ Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (AFROTC at Maxwell AFB, AL). As the Chief of the AFROTC Scholarship branch, he supervised all scholarships for over 5,000 students across the nation with an annual budget exceeding $22 million.

Colonel Watson also served as a key decision-maker for Air Force Relations with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). He received numerous awards and medals over his career time. He was awarded the Brig Gen Noel F Parrish Award which is Tuskegee Airmen Inc.’s highest national award for service and impact.

Thank you Walter for your decision to become an SR-71 RSO. Thank you, Harris Wilson for your idea posted on SR-71Blackbird

Linda Sheffield Miller

[casbooks]

Books of 2023

Book 39 of 2023

Title: First In, Last Out: An American Paratrooper in Vietnam With the 101st and Vietnamese Airborne Authors: John Howard ISBN: 9780811766067 Tags: AC-130 Spectre, AUS ADF AA 1st Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), AUS ADF AA Australian Army, AUS ADF Australian Defence Force, AUS Australia, B-52 Stratofortress, C-130 Hercules, CHE Geneva Conference of 1954 (French Indochina War), Cold War (1946-1991), CUB Cuba, CUB Cuban Missile Crisis, FAC, FRA ADT French Ground Army (Armée de terre), FRA ADT Groupement Mobile 100 (French Indochina War), FRA France, GER Berlin, GER Berlin - Checkpoint Charlie, GER Berlin Wall, GER Germany, GER Munich, KHM Cambodia, KHM Cambodian Incursion (1970) (Vietnam War), KOR Blue House Raid (1968), KOR Camp Greaves, KOR Freedom Bridge, KOR Imjin River, KOR Korea, KOR Korean War (1950-1953), KOR Munsan, KOR President Park Chung Hee, KOR ROK Capital Tiger Division, KOR ROK KATUSA Korean Augmentation to the US Army, KOR ROK Republic of Korea Army, KOR ROKMC Republic Of Korea Marine Corps, KOR UN UNC United Nations Command, KOR US USFK US Forces Korea, LAO FSB 31 (Lam Son 719) (Vietnam War), LAO Lam Son 719 (1971) (Vietnam War), LAO Laos, M113 APC, O-2 Skymaster, PHL Philippines, PHL US USAF Clark Air Force Base, PRK Kim Il Sung, PRK KPA 124th Army Unit, PRK KPA North Korean People's Army, PRK North Korea, SA-2 Guideline SAM, SA-7 Strela SAM, SAM, THA Bangkok, THA Bangkok - Nick's #1 Hungarian Inn, THA RTAFB Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base, THA Thailand, U-2, UN United Nations, US Ambassador Maxwell Taylor, US Martin Luther King Jr (Civil Rights Leader), US MOH Medal of Honor, US MSTS Military Sea Transportation Service, US MSTS USNS General Leroy Eltinge (T-AP-154), US OH Kent State University, US OH Kent State University Shootings (1970) (Vietnam War), US OH Ohio, US President John F. 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Description: Fresh out of West Point, John Howard arrived for his first tour in Vietnam in 1965, the first full year of escalation when U.S. troop levels increased to 184,000 from 23,000 the year before. When he returned for a second tour in 1972, troop strength stood at 24,000 and would dwindle to a mere 50 the following year. He thus participated in the very early and very late stages of American military involvement in the Vietnam War. His two tours—one as a platoon commander and member of an elite counterguerrilla force, the second as a senior advisor to the South Vietnamese—provide a fascinating lens through which to view not only one soldier’s experience in Vietnam, but also the country’s. **

Review:   Let me first say that I did enjoy this book - to a degree. That's why it gets 4 stars. But it's important to know that this is not a great book, which with the authors experiences, it really could have been. One of the biggest deficiencies is that he spends more time telling than showing. Good books of this genre give you a first hand view of what happened and what someone experienced. This book is very light on that, especially during his 1965 tour. It gets better with his Korean and Advisor experiences later on, but only just. Instead you get a lot of history of Vietnam, a lot of history of what happened, who went where, what they did. It's all very strategic and 1000 foot level when what this book is supposed to be is very in the weeds at the 1 foot personal experience level. This is a man who participated in a lot of intense operations, worked with incredible people like Foley and Hackworth, and was both a part of ABU and Tiger Recon with the 101st. But you never really get a feel for what it was like to be a member of either. You never get to experience a recon mission, though he was a part of many. You just know that x unit moved to y place, and then this is what happened / this was the outcome. 

You get a good overview of the battles, the war, and even a few of the people, but very little else from his time with the 101st. 

His time in Korea is a bit better and gives you a good understanding of what happened and some incidents and the people. Also his time as an Advisor is also more personal as well. So maybe it's just a memory thing and things from 72 are easily recalled vs 65. 

One thing you'll notice is a lot of ring knocking and naming of generals... so many generals. So just... be prepared for that.  

Overall though, a decent book... he needs to work on the tell vs show more than anything. Up next, going to read Foley's Special Men. I always loved Foley's fictional writing, so I have high hopes for his book about his time with Tiger Recon and other units. I have a feeling it's going to be a good compliment to this book. 

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File: Winter of 83

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SCP#: AWS

Code Name: When Winter Breaks/ Analog Snow

Object Class: Euclid Keter

Special Containment Procedures: Captured samples of SCP-AWS are contained inside metal crates coated with common metals that block frequencies such as aluminum, copper, and nickel. There are 40 creates in total and all are stacked and contained within 40x40x40 meter containment cell at Site-AL. The walls of the containment cell are also made of the same combinations of metals. The wall is double reinforced with space in between the walls. The space in between walls is filled with heaters to heat up the metal in the walls to prevent the room going any lower than 80 degrees Celsius.

Regarding SCP-AWS instances that have yet to be contained. The Foundation company referred to as, Security Computer Protection is responsible for providing better signal protection on all communication devices to all customers. The devices are to have stronger and more secure frequency communication to prevent SCP-AWS from feeding. The Foundation's ally, the Church of Maxwellism have assisted in creating devices or upgrading current household devices to prevent SCP-AWS from evolving and infecting the signals.

The United States Military and the Eight Wings of Mekhane have assisted the Foundations in creating a military company known as Satellites Connections Project. The company is to create, mass produce, and deploy new satellites that target anomalous frequencies and target the source. It is with hopes that with the satellites, the surviving SCP-AWS samples.

Mobile Task Force Poseidon-1: By Analog Sword and Frozen Shield, is tasked with hunting down, culling, and containing SCP-AWS samples. MTF Poseidon-1 is also responsible for analyzing samples of SCP-AWS to see if any mutations have taken place. 

Description: SCP-AWS is a sentient colony of bacteria that is able to live in crystalized formations such as sugar, salt, and snow. SCP-AWS seems to prefer snow and only resort to any other crystalized formation if its survival depends on it. Instances of SCP-AWS are aware of being a colony of bacteria and always refers to itself as "us" or more disturbingly "god".

SCP-AWS is able to manipulate frequencies of 950 MHz or lower but never higher, these frequencies are typically used in analog tv. SCP-AWS is able to use these frequencies to communicate via audio and visual imagery depending on what is available. SCP-AWS can interact and send messages to analog devices from at least 500 feet away from itself and possibly farther. SCP-AWS can not only manipulate frequencies but also produce frequencies when a colony grows large enough. This allowed a colony of SCP-AWS to mimic voices it hears as well as the voices of its victims. SCP-AWS seems to feed on the frequencies it infects to gain sustenance. SCP-AWS not only eats and manipulates frequencies but can also use the frequencies to alter the snow it uses as a colony base. SCP-AWS uses the snow it inhabits to build a seemingly normal snowman body where it creates a mouth with functioning vocal cords and a human face.

SCP-AWS can use the frequencies to alter the snow to look like whatever it wants it to with a 99.9% accuracy rate. SCP-AWS can also use frequencies to manipulate the temperature of the air to turn the moisture into snow that also happens to contain SCP-AWS. This means that SCP-AWS is able to reproduce not via mitosis, but manifestation. How this is possible is unknown. Dr. Malik has taken the liberty of dubbing this process Metadosis. Metadosis being a biological cell process where a living bacterial cell consumes energy to multiply. When the bacteria multiplies its similar to mitosis; however, the bacterial cells uses additional energy to shoot off the new copy along the food source (this case being frequencies). This copy flows with the frequencies and feeds to become fully developed in a new location. Unfortunately, this is only a working theory of Dr. Malik, the captured samples of SCP-AWS are still being tested to fully understand their capabilities. What is known, is that the cells can travel anywhere frequencies can travel. Essentially meaning SCP-AWS can use Metadosis to spread anywhere where its frequencies can reach, and snow cannot be melted.

Despite feeding on the energy within frequencies, SCP-AWS seems to have a hunger for living flesh as well though it gains nothing from doing so. SCP-AWS seems to prefer to mimic humans or at the very least their faces. It has been theorized that SCP-AWS eats humans in order to understand and therefore mimic the buildup of the human body. SCP-AWS as a whole, views itself as a superior being that wants all life to be like it. It often manipulates analog frequencies of both radio and tv to show propaganda stating that the "snow will come for all" and "you will be like us". SCP-AWS is essentially a bacterial colony that is capable of creating Apex hunter snowmen that can create more snow, mimic voices and appearances, and thus lure prey into any trap. However, SCP-AWS is not omnipotent, without frequencies, SCP-AWS is unable to continue breeding and therefore unable to create more colonies inhabiting shapeshifting snowmen. Furthermore, the snow SCP-AWS is non anomalous and thus can easily be melted by extreme heat. Meaning wintertime in areas that use analog frequencies are the only chance SCP-AWS will be able to feed and kill as an apex predator.

Because of this, Dr. Malik has proposed SCP-AWS to be classified as a Avgotheo Hazard. Avgotheo Hazards being anomalies that are typically extremely weak but when the conditions are met can become a powerful or even God-like entity with the power to wipe out all life in its area of effect. In other words, these are anomalies that can be perceived as safe but have the potential to be a Keter class or Apollyon class anomaly, making them twice as dangerous. 

SCP-AWS was discovered on January 3rd, 1983, when the University of Minesota reported hearing strange messages from a laboratory within [data expunged]. Both the FBI: Unusual Incidents Unit and the SCP Foundation was alerted, however only the UIU deployed a squad right away. According to the UIU they lost contact with the squad on the same day after going to [data expunged] located in the town of [data expunged]. Afterwards the UIU was ordered to stand down by both the U.S. government and the SCP Foundation. On January 4th, the SCP Foundation then deployed Foundation Agents with snowplows and Foundation weaponry with containment gear. The Agents reported finding lots of vehicles including police cars and the local news station van but no civilians present. The Foundation has lost contact with them after the reported going into the basement of [data expunged]. One survivor got out of the basement, but the Foundation lost contact with the survivor quickly afterwards. A single survivor managed to get a message out by morse code stating, "weapons do nothing snow dangerous send he00000000000000 send snow send snow send snow send snow".

Because of the message Mobile Task Force Delta-14 was quickly sent in on January 5th. The squad consisted of six units all armed with adaptive temperature protection armor and laser rifles. Because of their weaponry Delta-14 was ordered to avoid the town and instead head straight for [data expunged]. The following is a recording of the encounter.

Begin Recording

D1: Alright weapons hot! We're almost at the [data expunged].

Four of the six units exit the fortified van, two hang back and act as a command.

D1: Command do you copy us?

C1: We copy you D1, your cameras are live, and your health monitors are online. You are free to proceed with the mission. Over.

D1: Copy, over and out. Alright people, remember the mission. Information is the priority! Avoid any and all civilians and don't engage unless you're sure it's an anomaly! Clear? Let's move out!

The four units marched in the middle of the cold snowy forest. They march for about 10 minutes before reaching [data expunged].

D2: Boss! There it is that's the mansion!

D1: Shit! Keep your voice down! There are police cars there, the place looks like its swarming with civilians! D3! Get up here and scope the area for civilians.

D3 does as D1 asks and remains silent for 1 minute while surveying the area.

D1: anything?

D3: No sir, just bad news.

D4: Bad news?

D3: The entire area is deserted no civilians or police and uh, I see FBI cars and by using the specialized vision scope I can see two belong to the UIU and two belong to us. They were all here but now they're just gone.

D1: Shit, so it really did kill everyone and leave no trace. Command did you get all of that? Probability of us entering a suicide mission is high. Over.

C1: Copy that D1, remember the main goal of the mission is information. we no absolutely nothing about this thing. Just find what you can and if you feel you are threatened, get your men out of there. Over.

D1: Copy that Command, over and out. Aright men keep your eyes peeled and if you see so much as a snowman in a place where it shouldn't, don't hesitate to open fire.

D4: Heh, copy that boss.

The four units close their distance toward the [data expunged] but first look around the cars for evidence.

D3: Damn, where did they all go?

D2: Unfortunately, the same place where we're going. To the basement, or at least that's my theory.

D4: You think it's another U.S. government experiment gone wrong?

D3: wouldn't be the first. Wasn't there that like an Era back in the 50's where the government kept nuking the desert and filling it with mutagenetic chemicals.

D2: Oh yeah it was like a giant bug epidemic for like a whole decade. Thankfully the GOC got rid of most of them.

D4: Shit, don't give those UN dogs any praise. We can do anything they can only better. The only reason they're even in the ACPA is because we need the UN to stay close.

D1: Enough with the chit-chat! Anyone find anything useful?

D2: I think I did, over here boss.

D1: a trail?

D3: What kind of trail is that?

D2: I was asking myself that until I realized it's a trail of a body being dragged. there you can see signs of hands thrashing.

D4: Fuck, look at the window it leads too. There's blood all over it.

D3: Wait hold on a sec... yup as I suspected, here's the morse code Messager from the previous agents.

D1: No doubt about it now then, whatever we're looking for is in there. Alright D2 with me, the rest of you stay out here and see if you can find anything else. Make sure nothing gets in and nothing besides us gets out.

D3: Roger that, lucky us, right?

D4: Yeah, sorry you got the short straw Mathews.

D2: Shut up. And stick to the code names idiot!

D1 and D2 proceed into the [data expunged] and observed the interior. They search around the interior for about 2 hours before going back to the floor level. 

D2: Looks like it's been abandoned for decades.

D1: Must be a cover for the lab in the basement. Though not enough to keep stupid teenagers out if you ask me.

D2: I don't know why anyone would want to be wandering around a broken building with the snow outside blowing like it is.

D1: Regardless of the reasoning, we won't find answers unless we get to the basement.

D2: Right, right, sorry.

D1 and D2 continue to stick together and search for the basement. They look around until they find the basement door open after about 20 minutes.

D2: finally, found it!

D1: How many times do I have to tell you to keep your voice down! We don't know what's listening to us.

D2: Alright sorry... hey wait a minute.

D1: What?

D2: This... this doesn't make sense, look at the snow level, its thicker from the basement and thinner and more spread out the father away it is. The snow originated from the basement, not outside.

D1: So, the anomaly is definingly inside. possibly a weather-based anomaly then, like a device of some kind.

D2: I guess. but if that's the case then what the hell dragged those Foundation agents down here?

D1: Like you said, there's unfortunately only one way to find out.

Unknown: Hey can you help me with this?

D1: Fuck! Weapons hot!

D2: Come out with your hands up now!

D1: If you have a weapon drop it or you will be shot!

Unknown: Hey can you help me with this?

Unknown: I'm so cold!

D2: Shit there's survivors, we should get them out of here! Maybe they-

D1: Wait! shut up for a second.

Unknown: Hey Can you help me with this?

Unknown: Please send help! We're trapped!

D2: Boss what's wrong?

D1: Somethings not right here, we checked all around the mansion, but we didn't find anything. Now suddenly there are people calling out for help?

Unknown: Hey Can you help me with this?

Unknown: Please send help! We're trapped!

D1: Also listen to their voices, their repeating everything without a change in tone or shift. They don't even sound like their coming from the same direction.

D2: Shit is this some kind of Cognito Hazard?

D1: I doubt that, Command are you getting this?

C1: Affirmative, we are also receiving a signal interference but it's not strong enough to block us or manipulate our frequencies.

Unknown: Hey Can you help me with this?

D2: What is this? Snow coming from a basement, voices randomly repeating, people being dragged away? How does any of this connect?

D1: Command its possible we've encountered multiple anomalies each with different hazards and threats please advise.

C1: Copy that D1, you've acquired enough information get your men out of there.

C2: D1, can you contact D3 or D4. We are unable to reach them.

D1: Hold Command we're departing now, we should be able to reach the-

Unknown: Thanks for the help, bud. 

D1: Shit! Open fire! Open fire!

Sounds of laser fire can be heard, this goes on for only 20 seconds. Afterwards nothing is heard but silence.

C1: D1 can you hear me? Delta-14 units? Please respond, can anyone hear me?

D2: ... There it is- There it is- There it is that's- the snow- look at the snow- look at the snow- it's been abandoned- wandering around- broken- The snow originated from the basement- The snow- is- outside. what's wrong? there's survivors- the snow- connect? at least- we're going- To- the same place- epidemic- abandoned- broken- sorry-

D3: all- gone- civilians- police- FBI- they all- better- we need- to stay close- we need- to stay close- where did- You- go? where did- You- go? lucky us- the first- I see- an Era- of- filling-

D4: look at the window- give- anything- we need- we need- to stay close- We can do anything- only better- praise- copy- look- because we need- stay close- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay-stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- stay- FOREVER!

C2: ... what the hell was that?

C1: Fuck this shit, we're getting out of here.

C2: Shit we're surrounded by snow!

C1: Calm down, just turn on the tire heaters, I'll start the engines and the security defense system.

C2: Ok I'm sorry your right... ok it working the tires are getting free, thank god we're almost out of here, I... are those snowmen?

Unknown: YOU WILL BE LIKE US.

C1: What the hell? How did they bypass-

The metal walls of the van can be heard bending. C1 and C2 can be heard screaming and begging for mercy as their interior is slowly shrinking.

Recording Ends

The recording eventually breaks while screaming can still be heard, it is assumed C1 and C2 were crushed to death 30 seconds to 1 minute after the recording stops. What remained of the van after the incident was a crumbled ball of metal, with punch and claw marks.

Due to the complete annihilation of the MTF Delta-14 units as well as the information collected when command streamed it all to Foundation satellites, a new plan was made. Instead, a Joint Task Force of Detla-14, Epsilon-9, and Lambda-12 was arranged but not deployed, due to the, at the time, hypothesized overwhelming threat. Instead of collection of information the Joint Task Force was instead sent in to evacuate as many survivors as possible, with the priority of survivors that are aware of SCP-AWS's existence for the purpose of more information. The JTF consisted of four Delta-14 units armed with adaptive temperature protection armor and laser rifles, six Epsilon-9 units with temperature nullification shields, temperature protection armor and plasma throwers, and four Lambda-12 units with flame throwers, laser pistols, and necrosis gas grenades.

The mission was to take place on January 8th and be disguised as a simple blizzard evacuation, however due to the blizzard coming much faster and stronger than expected the JTF was deployed sooner. They were deployed in a MFWF-13 "Mammoth", a truck the same size as a fire engine, with four defensive laser rifle turrets on the sides of the vehicle, and three turret slots on the top which for the mission was placed flamethrowers. The truck was reinforced with three different plating of armor temperature nullification, explosive absorption, and energy absorption. The Mammoth is also able to fit at least 150 people comfortably thought its possible to fit an additional 50 when comfort is disregarded.

The JTF did not prioritize covert status due to the blizzard providing the cover needed and reasoning for "government intervention". The mission was quickly deployed on January 7th, the following is a recording of halfway through the mission.

Begin Recording

JTF-01: Alright that's everyone! Get inside!

JTF-05: Shit! We got snow freaks incoming!

JTF-13: Eat this you fucking monster!

JTF-03: More are coming! Close the fucking hatch!

Scratching and clawing can be heard along with the mechanical noises of a door hatch closing and fire blasting.

JTF-11: Jesus Christ, that was close.

JTF-02: Ok so that makes 61 survivors so far, so where should we go next?

JTF-01: Nowhere! We're have more than enough! We're getting the fuck out of this place now!

JTF-04: Sir? We've only reached halfway through the town; our orders were to get to at least the Town Hall and evacuate the mayor and other town representatives.

JTF-01: Fuck the damn Town Hall, do you have any idea how many times we nearly died getting these civilians to safety?! This thing is fucking everywhere! We're leaving now!

JTF-06: Sorry man but the captain's right, every time we open that hatch more of those things end up being outside. I don't know how, but their multiplying. If we open the hatch again, they'll be an army on the other side.

JTF-01: You heard him, I'm not taking a chance like that. Hey! turn this thing around and get us out of here!

AFA-1 Driver: Acknowledged. Changing direction now.

The MFWF-13 "Mammoth" turned direction and drove for about 20 minutes down the road leading out of town. However, the AFA-1 suddenly stopped driving when sirens could be heard from every direction.

JTF-01: Why the hell did you stop?!

AFA-1: Several pedestrians are in front of the road to run them over would be a violation of Ethics Committee Protocol "Guardian Angel" which states-

JTF-01: For fuck's sake those aren't people! Their instances of the anomaly! Just run them over!

AFA-1: Biological scans indicate they have human DNA and therefore human and therefore are under protection of Protocol “Guardian Angel”.

JTF-01: Well, override the damn protocol!

AFA-1: Are you willing to use your Level 4 Clearance to override the Protocol "Guardian Angel"?

JTF-01: God damn it yes! Do it already!

AFA-1: Acknowledged. Continuing driving.

The SCP-AWS instances can be heard screaming despite them not moving. The Captain, JTF-01, later reported that some even threw themselves onto the front hull of the MFWF-13 "Mammoth" to try and stop it. The JTF units also reported that the impact from the SCP-AWS instances felt like they were being rammed by elephants. After the MFWF-13 "Mammoth" was recovered it did have minor dent damage indicating that it was hit with something of large size and massive weight despite. How SCP-AWS was able to make its snowman instances heavy enough to dent an MFWF-13 "Mammoth" is unknown.

JTF-04: Sir! There's a civilian trying to follow us outside.

JTF-01: If it's just one civilian then leave them, they're not worth it.

JTF-07: Hey wait Sir! That’s a Detla-14 unit with him! It’s a survivor from the first mission!

JTF-09: Someone like that could be useful sir.

JTF-01: damn it, alright fine!  Activate the flamethrower turrets and laser rifle turrets! We're getting those men in no matter what!

Screaming and yelling can be heard along with the sound of a mechanical sound of the hatch opening. Afterwards heavy laser fire and fire blasting can be heard along with anomalous roaring and screaming.

JTF-01: Fuck! Close it now!

Thousands of voices can be heard as the hatch closes and the sounds of fire blasting. Carl Denby enters the MFWF-13 "Mammoth" with D1 from the first mission who was badly injured due to his right leg being broken. 

JTF-12: Alright place him right there, I’ll take it from here.

Carl Denby: Thank you! I thought we were going to die out there! God bless you all, and I’m not even religious.. but I don't understand, how did the military know to come so quickly?

JTF-08: We uh, got a message from the University of Minesota. Anyways do you know anything about the [data expunged]? Or perhaps how it could be related to all of this happening?

Carl Denby: ... take this camera and these tape recordings. They contain everything you need to understand this thing.

JTF-01: Thank you, alright that should qualify for information, maybe then the higher ups will get off our back for not heading to Town Hall.

Carl Denby: Town Hall? I... I think their all gone... my client [data expunged] worked there as a camera operator. Last I saw her she was one of those things... They only turn into people they kill or want to kill.

JTF-01: So, there really is no one left. Alright then let's get out of here. Take us home!

AFA-1: Acknowledged.

The MFWF-13 "Mammoth" continues driving for about 40 minutes until it is announced they made it out of the town. civilians and JTF units can be heard chearing and crying out of joy. However, a loud bang sound can be heard outside the hull as the MFWF-13 "Mammoth" suddenly stops.

JTF-01: What the hell?! What just happened?!

AFA-1: ...

JTF-01: AFA-1 units respond! Tell me what the fuck just happened!

AFA-1: ... YOU WILL RETURN TO THE SNOW. YOU WILL BE LIKE US.

JTF-01: Shit!

Gunfire and screaming can be heard, due to the hull several bullets ricochet and hit civilians and JTF units. unfortunately, among the chaos power is lost inside the MFWF-13 "Mammoth".

Recording Ends

In the following few weeks, the blizzard died down and all the snow melted with the anomalous effects of SCP-AWS. When Foundation forces went into the town, they found the MFWF-13 "Mammoth" on the outskirts of the town. Foundation agents powered it back up it and opened it to see all of the civilians and JTF units alive but in poor health due to starvation and limited resources. The D1 from the first mission and three other civilians ended up being the only casualties. After confirming the absence of an anomalous threat, the town of [data expunged] was turned into a temporary medical emergency center to help the injured Civilians, JTF units, as well as other civilians from surrounding counties attacked by SCP-AWS. It was later discovered that SCP-AWS was somehow able to transmit its offspring onto the processor “brains” of the AFA-1′s allowing them to hack and control the AFA-1′s. Weather this was possible through SCP-AWS’s intelligence alone or through mutation has yet to be determined. 

Once their health was restored the civilians exposed to SCP-AWS were given Class B amnestics, all except Carl Denby. Carl Denby was asked to join the Foundation due to his contributions under the "Sole Survivor" protocol. At first, he refused not wanting to deal with other anomalous threats like SCP-AWS. However when he learned that the Foundation kept the biggest secrets of the world and he would have access to said secrets in exchange for his employment, he accepted immediately.

The destruction of [data expunged] was blamed on the heavy blizzard and the Foundation was actually the red cross sending aid to the injured families. The water puddles from the snow were found to contain small dying samples of SCP-AWS. They were quickly collected and sent to Site-AL for containment. After the civilians were all amnestied and transported to new towns, the area affected by SCP-AWS was sterilized by Lambda-12 to prevent SCP-AWS from running wild again.

Update: December 11th, 1983, a colony of SCP-AWS was found to have survived the sterilization of Lambda-12 forces. They are laying low but feeding on small towns that still utilize analog tv. Mobile Task Force Poseidon-1: By Analog Sword and Frozen Shield, is tasked with hunting, culling, and containing all free SCP-AWS instances. MTF Poseidon-1 is also responsible for analyzing samples of SCP-AWS to see if any mutations have taken place. Thankfully no new mutations have been reported as of late. However, complete eradication/ containment of free SCP-AWS samples have proven impossible thus, Object class has been changed from Euclid to Keter.

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SCP: Horror Movie Files Hub

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160756, Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/R3, NASM Silver Hill, Maryland, 09-08-1974 by Gordon Riley Via Flickr: For many years, the history of the NASM Bf 109G-6 was mysterious. In 1995, Jim Kitchens, an archivist at Maxwell Air Force Base, discovered a report on the defection of René Darbois on July 25, 1944. Darbois was a native of German-annexed Lorraine who claimed he was forced to fly in the Luftwaffe. He took off in the NASM BF 109G-6 on his first combat mission and proceeded directly to the airfield at Caserta, Italy. He landed and walked into the custody of the U. S. Army Air Forces 72nd Liaison Squadron. In 1989 Museum specialist Tom Dietz discovered the Gustav's Werk-Nummer to be 160756. The number falls within the range of airframes manufactured at Messerschmitt's Regensburg plant in summer or fall 1943. Messerschmitt built this particular model specifically to operate in tropical and desert climates. For desert operations, mechanics installed a sand filter but none was found with the NASM Gustav. The Army Air Forces (AAF) shipped the fighter to the United States for evaluation. AAF personnel stripped the aircraft of all unit markings and camouflage and the Air Technical Intelligence Command assigned it an inventory and tracking number, FE-496. The Air Force transferred the Messerschmitt to the National Air Museum (later National Air and Space Museum) in 1948, along with a group of other World War II aircraft, and was stored at the Park Ridge, Illinois, facility. Later, the collection was moved to the museum's storage facility at Silver Hill, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. During the mid-1970s, plans for a new museum building on the Washington Mall became definite. The Bf 109 was one of the first aircraft restored for exhibition. No information was available on the aircraft's original markings so restorers applied the camouflage and markings of aircraft number 2 of 7th Squadron, III./JG 27 (3d Group, Fighter Wing 27) flown in the Eastern Mediterranean in late 1943. Specialists completed the restoration during April 1974.

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LÉGENDES DU JAZZ

GLENN MILLER, LA SYMPHONIE INACHEVÉE (2e partie)

JAZZ DE GUERRE

Travailleur acharné, Glenn Miller avait toujours livré beaucoup plus que ce qu’on attendait de lui sur le plan professionnel. Miller commençait à peine à savourer son succès lorsqu’il avait surpris tout le monde en décidant de s’enrôler dans l’armée à l’automne 1942, ce qui l’avait contraint à renoncer à un revenu assuré de 20 000 $ par semaine (c’est-à-dire l’équivalent de 330 000$ au cours de 2022) avec son orchestre.

Au début, Miller avait d’abord présenté sa candidature pour un poste dans la Marine, mais son offre avait été rejetée. Comme Miller l’avait expliqué en août, son plus ardent désir était de contribuer au moral des troupes en insufflant ‘’a little more spring into the feet of our marching men and a little more joy into their hearts and to be placed in charge of a modernized army band." Même si à trente-huit ans, Miller était trop vieux pour être mobilisé, il était parvenu à se faire confier la direction d’un orchestre avec le grade de capitaine.

À l’époque, la Marine était aux prises avec un scandale impliquant des célébrités qui s’étaient servies de leur statut pour éviter d’être mobilisées. Même si Miller n’était pas impliqué dans le scandale personnellement, cela avait incité la Marine à ne pas donner suite à sa candidature. Miller avait alors décidé de présenter sa candidature à l’armée de l’air. Lors d’une visite à Washington en mars 1942, Miller avait eu une rencontre avec les officiers du Army Bureau of Public Relations et de l’Army Air Forces. Le 12 août de la même année, Miller avait envoyé une lettre de trois pages au général Charles Young des Army Service Forces, dans laquelle il avait exprimé son intérêt pour la musique militaire moderne ainsi que son “sincere desire to do a real job for the Army that is not actuated by any personal draft problem.’’ Le général Young avait fait parvenir la lettre de Miller au général Brehon Somervell, le commandant des forces armées qui avait approuvé sa candidature. L’armée de l’air avait confirmé la nomination de Miller le 8 septembre 1942. On avait donné à Miller un délai d’un mois pour régler ses affaires avant de se reporter à la USAF.

Miller avait fait ses adieux à la vie civile en tournant un dernier commercial pour les cigarettes Chesterfield le 24 septembre 1942. À la fin de l’émission, Miller avait présenté son successeur Harry James à l’équipe de la série, un geste dont James lui avait toujours été reconnaissant. Le 27 septembre, l’orchestre de Miller avait présenté un dernier concert au Central Theater de Passaic, au New Jersey. Le 7 octobre, Miller s’était rapporté au Seventh Service Command à Omaha comme capitaine du Army Specialist Corps.

Après un entraînement d’un mois à Fort Meade, au Maryland, Miller avait été transféré à l’Army Air Forces (AAF) le 25 novembre 1942 sur ordre du général Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold. Miller avait d’abord été affecté à l’AAF Southeast Flying Training Command de Maxwell Field, en Alabama, comme assistant spécial, ce qui lui avait permis de visiter les différences bases de l’Air Force dans la région et de se familiariser avec son rôle de commandant. À Montgomery, Miller avait aussi fait une apparition sur l’émission du réseau NBC “Army Hour”. Miller avait également participé à une émission de la station de radio WAPI de Birmingham. Dans le cadre de cette émisssion, Miller avait fait une prestation aux côtés des Rhythmaires, un groupe de quinze musiciens. Éventuellement, Miller avait été nommé directeur de l’entraînement des groupes du Technical Training Command.

À partir du 1er janvier 1943, Miller avait été assigné aux quartiers-généraux du AAF Technical Training Command (TTC) à Knollwood Field, en Caroline du Nord. Placé sous l’autorité du général Walter R. Weaver, Miller était devenu directeur de tous les groupes du AAFTTC. Affecté au AAF Training Center à Atlantic City, au New Jersey, Miller supervisait le recrutement du personnel des différentes bases de l’AAF à travers le pays. La première unité de production de l’AAF à Hollywood était commandée par le major Eddie Dunstedter et avait comme directeur musical le sergent-major Felix Slatkin. On avait confié le mandat à Miller de former et de diriger la Second AAF Radio Production Unit and Orchestra, qui enregistrait à partir de New York. L’unité de production de Miller avait officiellement été autorisée le 20 mars 1943 et avait été assignée à l’AAF Training School à l’Université Yale à New Haven, au Connecticut, du milieu de 1943 au milieu de 1944. Après avoir contribué à organiser près ce cinquante groupes musicaux, Miller avait éventuellement été autorisé à créer sa propre formation.

Composé de trente musiciens en février 1944, l’alignement du groupe avait été porté à cinquante au moment du départ de Miller pour l’Angleterre à l’été 1944. En plus des soldats proprement dits, l’orchestre comprenait également des membres de l’ancien groupe de Miller comme l’arrangeur Jerry Gray, ainsi que des vedettes d’autres groupes civils comme Ray McKinley, Peanuts Hucko et Mel Powell. Le groupe comprenait aussi des chanteurs comme Johnny Desmond et l’ensemble vocal The Crew Chiefs.

Après avoir été promu au grade de major, Miller avait commencé à enregistrer pour l’effort de guerre. Il avait même enregistré aux studios Abbey Road bien avant que les Beatles ne contribuent à assurer leur célébrité.

L’orchestre de Miller était une combinaison de musiciens talentueux issus tant du domaine du jazz que de la musique classique. Avec son groupe, Miller était parvenu avec succès à réaliser une sorte de fusion du jazz, de la musique populaire et de la musique classique dite ‘’légère.’’ L’orchestre, qui comprenait également une section de cordes, avait permis à Miller d’aller encore plus loin qu’il l’avait fait jusqu’alors dans la vie civile.

En novembre 1943, Miller avait été libéré de ses responsabilités concernant la gestion des autres groupes, ce qui lui avait permis de se concentrer sur le développement de sa propre formation. Miller désirant obtenir un son d’ensemble, l’improvisation n’était pas tolérée. Miller avait également refusé de donner des permissions aux membres de l’orchestre, car il considérait que ses musiciens avaient la vie plutôt facile comparativement aux soldats qui avaient été envoyés sur le front.

Enregistrant et se produisant à la radio depuis New York, le groupe de Miller avait participé à l’émission “I Sustain the Wings.” Diffusée une fois par semaine, l’émission avait d’abord été radiodiffusée sur le réseau CBS à partir du 5 juin 1943 puis sur le réseau NBC du 18 septembre 1943 au 10 juin 1944. L’AAFTC orchestra dirigé par le sergent-major Harry Bluestone avait pris la relève du groupe de Miller lorsque celui-ci avait été affecté outre-mer. Comme la plupart des formations sous contrat avec l’armée à l’époque, le groupe de Miller avait également enregistré des disques de la Victoire (les célèbres V-Discs) et enregistré des émissions pour l’Office of War Information et l’Armed Forces Radio Service. Parmi ces émissions, on remarquait “Music from America” et “Uncle Sam Presents."

Convaincu qu’il était primordial pour l’orchestre de demeurer à proximité des troupes de combat, Miller avait fait transférer son unité à Londres où celle-ci avait été rebaptisée "American Band of the Allied Expeditionary Force." Durant son séjour au Royaume-Uni, l’orchestre avait livré plus de 800 performances devant environ un million de soldats alliés. Reconnaissant l’importance de l’orchestre pour le moral des troupes, le général Jimmy Doolittle avaiy déclaré à Miller: "Next to a letter from home, Captain Miller, your organization is the greatest morale builder in the ETO (European Theater of Operations)."

En plus de l’orchestre proprement dit, l’AAF Training Command de Miller comprenait un ensemble de cors et clairons et un groupe de jazz dirigé par le sergent Ray McKinley, le populaire batteur et chef d’orchestre. Initialement désigné sous le nom de 418th AAF Band, le groupe de Miller avait été rebaptisé la Second AAF Radio Production Unit le 6 décembre 1943. À l’époque, les fonctions de l’unité avaient été transférées au 708th AAF Band, une unité de musiciens distincte de l’orchestre de la radio. L’ensemble de cors et clairons de Miller s’était particulièrement rendu célèbre par l’utilisation de jeeps sur lequels on avait disposé des batteries et des contrebasses dans le cadre des performances.

Lors de son séjour dans l’armée, Miller avait été impliqué dans une controverse avec des puristes de l’armée qui s’étaient opposés à l’utilisation d’arrangements de jazz comme “The Saint Louis Blues” et “Blues in the Night” de préférence aux marches militaires traditionnelles. Par contre, les soldats avaient plutôt apprécié et l’AAF avait éventuellement tranché le débat en se prononçant en faveur de l’approche moderne de Miller. La tentative de Miller d’incorporer des instrument à cordes dans son groupe avait également été bien accueillie. Éventuellement, Miller avait été blâmé pour des propos qu’il avait tenus dans le cadre d’une entrevue accordée au magazine Time en septembre 1943. Dans le cadre de l’entrevue, Miller avait critiqué le traditionnalisme de la musique militaire de l’époque. On avait également cité des propos de Miller dans lesquels il avait critiqué les marches militaires de Sousa, qui étaient considérées comme une sorte de standards pour les groupes militaires de l’époque. Même si Miller avait protesté en déclarant que ses propos avaient été mal cités, le magazine avait refusé de publier une rétractation.

Le 24 mai 1944, le général Dwight D. Eisenhower avait envoyé un télégramme à Washington afin d’exiger le transfert de l’unité de Miller. Avec l’imminence du débarquement allié en Normandie, les quartiers généraux de l’armée et le corps expéditionnaire allié avaient décidé de centraliser leurs opérations dans le cadre d’un réseau de radiodiffusion commun. Très reconnaissant envers Miller, Eisenhower avait même qualifié son unité de seule organisation ‘’capable of performing the mission required.” Anxieux d’être envoyé outre-mer, Miller avait finalement obtenu la permission en juin 1944 de partir pour l’Angleterre avec son orchestre. L’Army Air Force avait approuvé le déploiement de l’unité de Miller à la condition qu’elle continue de demeurer sous son autorité. Miller et son producteur radio, le sergent Paul Dudley, s’étaient envolés pour Londres le 19 juin. Les membres du groupe avaient suivi par mer et avaient pris place à bord du RMS Queen Elizabeth, qui était utilisé comme transport de troupes.

À son arrivée à Londres, le groupe de Miller avait été d’abord logé à Sloane Court, près de Chelsea. Il s’agissait d’une affectation temporaire, car Miller avait déjà pris des dispositions pour que son unité ait ses quartiers permanents à Bedford. En raison des bombardements croissants de fusées V-1 sur l’Angleterre, la Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionnary Force (SHAEF) avait finalement décidé de loger le groupe à l’endroit où la BBC avait transféré ses activités durant le Blitz de 1940-41. À Bedford, l’unité de Miller avait utilisé les facilités qui avaient été mises en place pour Sir Adrian Boult et la BBC Symphony. Peu avant l’arrivée du groupe à Bedford, Miller avait eu une rencontre avec les officiers de la SHAEF et les dirigeants de la BBC. Parmi ces hommes, on retrouvait le directeur du nouveau Allied Expeditionary Forces Programme (AEFP), Maurice Gorham, le Director of Broadcasting de la SHAEF, le colonel américain Edward Kirby, et le Deputy Director of SHAEF Broadcasting, le lieutenant-colonel britannique David Niven). Ce sont ces hommes qui avaient formé la chaîne de commandement de Miller.

L’orchestre de Miller était rattaché à la SHAEF à Londres, et avait ses quartier généraux à Milton Ernest près de Bedford, en Angleterre. Lorsque le groupe était arrivé à Londres, il avait d’abord été logé aux bureaux de la BBC situés au 25 Sloane Court. Ces bureaux étant situés en plein coeur de "Buzz Bomb Alley", comme on appelait le secteur qui était particulièrement visé par les bombardements de fusées V-1, les membres du groupe parvenaient difficilement à trouver le sommeil. Afin de remédier à cet état de fait, Miller avait ordonné le transport de son unité à Bedford le 2 juillet 1944. Il s’en était fallu de peu, car le lendemain, un V-1 était tombé devant les anciens quartiers du groupe à Londres. L’édifice avait été complètement détruit, provoquant la mort de plus de cent personnes, dont soixante-quinze Américains. Heureusement, aucun des membres du groupe de Miller n’était au nombre des victimes. Comme Miller l’avait déclaré plus tard au lieutenant Don Haynes, "As long as [the Miller Luck] stays with us, we have nothing to worry about." Cependant, Miller n’allait pas tarder à se rendre compte qu’il n’était pas vraiment invulnérable.

Le 9 juillet 1944, l’orchestre de cinquante et un musiciens de Miller et le personnel de production avaient commencé à participer à une série d’émissions supervisées par l’AEFP et la BBC. Parmi ces émissions, on remarquait “The American Band of the AEF’” (avec l’orchestre complet), “Swing Shift” (avec l’orchestre de danse de Ray McKinley), “Uptown Hall” (avec le Mel Powell jazz quartet), “Strings With Wings” (avec l’orchestre à cordes du sergent George Ockner), “Song by Sgt. Johnny Desmond” (avec l’orchestre dirigé par le sergent-major Norman Leyden) et “Piano Parade” (avec les pianistes solistes Jack Rusin et Mel Powell). L’orchestre de Miller avait également fait une apparition dans des émissions de l’Office of War Information. L’American Broadcasting Station in Europe (ABSIE) transmettait ses émissions sur une base quotidienne en Europe et en Allemagne. L’une des premières émissions en langue allemande du réseau était “Music for the Wehrmacht’’, dans laquelle Miller avait fait des annonces en se servant de transcriptions phonétiques en allemand. Une annonceuse de langue allemande surnommée ‘’Isle’’ (qui était en réalité l’annonceuse de l’ABSIE, Gloria Wagner) participait également à l’émission. Le sergent Johnny Desmond avait même chanté en allemand dans le cadre de l’émission.

Durant son séjour en Angleterre, le groupe de Miller avait également fait de nombreuses apparitions dans les bases aériennes américaines. Des vedettes américaines de passage en Angleterre comme Bing Crosby, Irene Manning et Dinah Shore avaient même fait des apparitions sur les émissions de radio de Miller. Shore avait également rejoint Miller dans le cadre d’une session d’enregistrement aux célèbres studios Abbey Road où l’orchestre enregistrait ses émissions en allemand.

L’ensemble du personnel de l’armée appréciait énormément l’orchestre de Miller. Le concert du groupe à l’abbaye de Wycombe (qui abritait les quartiers généraux de la Eighth Air Force), avait été enregistré sur vidéo par l’American Forces Network le 9 juillet 1944. Le général James H. Doolittle, le commandant général de la 8e Air Force, avait exprimé sa satisfaction au sujet des performances du groupe en déclarant: "Captain Miller, next to a letter from home, your band is the greatest morale booster in the European Theater.” Le film est maintenant la propriété des Archives nationales à Washington.

Comme chef d’orchestre, Miller avait plusieurs excellents arrangeurs à son service, dont Jerry Gray (qui avait été arrangeur pour Artie Shaw), Bill Finegan (un ancien arrangeur de Tommy Dorsey), Billy May, Norman Leyden, Ralph Wilkinson, Mel Powell, Steve Stecket et, dans une moindre mesure, George Williams et Vic Schoen. Ce sont ces arrangeurs qui avaient écrit pour Miller des compositions originales comme ‘’String of Pearls" (qui avait été écrit et arrangé par Jerry Gray) ou avaient adapté d’anciens classiques comme "In The Mood" (qui avait été arrangé par ddie Durham) et ‘’Tuxedo Junction’’ (qui a été arrangé par Jerry Gray). En 1943, Miller avait écrit un manuel intitulé Glenn Miller's Method for Orchestral Arranging, un ouvrage qui avait été publié par sa propre maison d’édition, la Mutual Music Society de New York. Le livre d’une longueur de 116 pages comprenait des illustrations et des partitions qui expliquaient comment il écrivait se arrangements.

En novembre 1944, Miller et le Lieutenant-colonel David Niven avaient demandé et obtenu l’autorisation de quitter l’Angleterre pour la France avec l’orchestre. À l’époque, le SHAEF venait d’être relocalisée à Versailles. Il avait alors été décidé qu’un réseau sûr de retransmission devait être mis en place à Paris afin que l’orchestre puisse présenter des concerts dans les hôpitauxet devant les troupes. Le déménagement était prévu pour la mi-décembre. En guise de précaution, l’unité de Miller avait dû pré-enregistrer quatre-vingt heures d’émissions avant d’être relocalisée en France. Le 11 décembre 1944, Niven avait ordonné à Miller de remplacer son officier exécutif, Donald Haynes, et de compléter les arrangements nécessaires pour que le déménagement puisse avoir lieu.

UNE CATASTROPHE ANNONCÉE

Après avoir complété ses pré-enregistrements et ses émissions de radio le 12 décembre 1944, le groupe de Miller s’était préparé à son déménagement en France. À la demande de Niven, Miller avait pris place à bord d’un appareil de passagers de l’Air Transport Command qui faisait la navette entre Londres, Bovington et Paris le 14 décembre. Miller devait initialement s’envoler pour l’aéroport d’Orly le 13 décembre, mais le vol avait été annulé en raison de la mauvaise température qui prévalait en France. Un vol prévu pour le lendemain avait également été annulé. Frustré et de plus en plus impatient, Miller avait commencé à croire que le déménagement ne pourrait avoir lieu au moment prévu. Après avoir téléphoné à Haynes, Miller avait appris que le lieutenant-colonel Norman Baessell du Eighth Air Force Service Command à Milton Ernest s’apprétait à partir pour la France le 15 décembre à bord d’un appareil Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman piloté par le Flight Officer John Stuart Morgan. Baessel avait alors invité Miller à faire partie du voyage.

Les ordres de Miller ne l’autorisant pas à prendre place à bord d’un appareil civil, il n’avait pas dévoilé ses intentions à ses supérieurs, ce qui explique pourquoi la SHAEF s’était trouvée dans le noir complet lors de la disparition de Miller. Même si des avions de combat et des appareils de transport de l’AAF et de RAF s’étaient envolés ce jour-là, la base d’entraînement de la RAF à Twinwood Field, située à Clapham, dans le Bedfordshire, avait été fermée. L’aéroport étant toujours ouvert, Morgan avait atterri à Twinwood à 13h45, avait embarqué Baessell et Miller, avant de redécoller dix minutes plus tard. Le UC-64, un monomoteur de marque Noorduyn Norseman et ses occupants n’avaient plus jamais été revus par la suite. Le lendemain matin, la Bataille des Ardennes commençait.

Le vol ayant été gardé secret, la Eighth Air Force et la SHAE ne s’étaient aperçus de la disparition de Miller que trois jours plus tard, le lundi, 18 décembre 1944. Après avoir réalisé que l’appareil avait disparu avec Miller à son bord, le général Orvil Anderson, le Deputy Commander for Operations of the Eight Air Force, qui avait épousé la cousine de Miller, Maude Miller Anderson, avait ordonné une enquête. Pendant ce temps, l’unité de Miller était arrivée en France à bord de trois appareils C-47 et se préparait à participer à ses premiers concerts et émissions de radio. À l’époque, Paris venait d’être libérée, et Miller devait se produire dans le cadre d’une émission de Noël enregistrée à l’Olympia de Paris. L’émission devant être retransmise aux États-Unis par l’entremise du réseau de micro-ondes, l’annonce de sa disparition ne pouvait être retardée plus longtemps.

Les quartiers généraux de l’AAF à Washington, D.C., avaient informé l’épouse de Miller, Helen, de sa disparition le 23 décembre dans le cadre d’une visite de deux officiers à son domicile ainsi que d’un appel du général H. H. Arnold. Le lendemain 24 décembre à 18h00, la SHAEF avait officiellement annoncé la disparition de Miller à la presse, tout en précisant qu’aucun membre de son unité ne se trouvait avec lui à bord de l’appareil au moment du drame. Miller laissait dans le deuil son épouse Helen et les deux jeunes enfants qu’il avait adoptés. Miller avait seulement quarante ans.

Malgré la mort de Miller, le Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra s’était produit tel que prévu le 25 décembre sous la direction du sergent Jerry Gray. Le groupe avait continué de participer à des émissions de radio et de se produire sur scène à travers l’Europe jusqu’en août 1945 lorsque la capitulation du Japon avait officiellement mis fin à la Seconde Guerre mondiale. L’orchestre avait même été décoré par le général Eisenhower. Après être retourné aux États-Unis, le groupe avait repris son émission “I Sustain the Wings” sur le réseau NBC. Le groupe avait présenté son dernier concert le 13 novembre 1945 lors d’une prestation au National Press Club. Faisaient partie de l’assistance le président Harry Truman ainsi que le premier ministre canadien William Lyon Mackenzie King. Le groupe s’apprêtait à interpréter son grand succès “Moonlight Serenade’’ lorsque le président Truman s’était levé et avait invité les spectateurs à applaudir. Le groupe avait aussi été félicité par le général Eisenhower et le général Arnold. La dernière performance du groupe avait eu lieu le 17 novembre 1945 dans le cadre de l’émission du réseau NBC I Sustain the Wings. L’émission avait été présentée depuis Bolling Field, près de Washington, D.C. Avec la fin de la guerre, l’unité de Miller avait été démobilisée graduellement, et avait cessé officiellement ses activités en janvier 1946.

Lorsque Miller s’était vu décerner la Bronze Star Medal à titre posthume dans le cadre d’une cérémonie tenue à ses anciens bureaux de New York le 23 mars 1945, c’est son épouse Helen qui l’avait acceptée en son nom. On avait aussi rendu hommage à Miller en proclamant officiellement le 5 juin 1945 comme la Journée Glenn Miller.

Lorsque Miller avait officiellement été déclaré mort en décembre 1945, Helen avait reçu une lettre formelle de condoléances du général H. H. Arnold. Lorsque le Major-général Orvil Anderson était rentré d’Europe, il avait visité Helen et l’avait informée des résultats de l’enquête.

Le 20 janvier 1945, une commission d’enquête de la Eighth Air Force en Angleterre avait conclu que l’appareil UC-64 de Miller s’était écrasé dans la Tamise à la suite d’une combinaison d’erreurs humaines, de défectuosités mécaniques et de mauvaises conditions météorologiques. Les résultats de l’enquête avaient été publiés dans le cadre d’une publication de l’armée en 1946. Les restes de l’appareil et de ses passagers n’avaient jamais été retrouvés. En 1985, le plongeur britannique Clive Ward avait repéré les vestiges d’un appareil Noorduyn Norseman au nord de la France, mais l’épave était tellement endommagée qu’elle n’avait pu être identifiée avec certitude. Avrec les années, plusieurs hypothèses avaient été formulées pour expliquer les causes de la tragédie. L’une d’elles prétendait que l’avion de Miller avait été abattu par des bombardiers de la RAF après un raid raté en Allemagne. Les bombardiers, qui auraient été à court de carburant, auraient largué 4000 tonnes de bombes sur un site supposément sûr afin d’alléger leur cargaison. Une autre théorie encore moins crédible reposait sur le témoignage de Fred W. Atkinson, Jr., un vieillard de 75 ans qui avait rapporté en avril 1999, c’est-à-dire cinquante ans après la tragédie, avoir assisté à l’écrasement de l’appareil. Atkinson avait ajouté que certains de ses camarades soldats avaient découvert les vestiges de l’avion ainsi que les dépouilles des victimes. Atkinson avait déclaré: "Our crew also said that the other body definitely was that of Glenn Miller. They said there were identification papers and dogtags that were on his body."

Après la tragédie, le nom de Miller avait été inscrit pour la postérité sur des monuments érigés au Cambridge American Cemetery et au Memorial run by the American Battle Monuments Commission de Cambridge, en Angleterre. Les noms du l’officier de vol John R. S. Morgan et du Lieutenant Colonel Norman Baessell avaient également fait l’objet de leurs propres inscriptions. À l’initiative de la famille Miller et de la Glenn Miller Birthplace Society, une cérémonie de l’US Air Force avait également été organisée au Memorial Run à l’occasion du 50e anniversaire de la mort de Miller et de ses compagnons, le 15 décembre 1994. Une minute de silence avait aussi été observée en l’honneur des victimes au cimetière national d’Arlington, en Virginie. À la demande de la fille de Miller, un monument de marbre a également été érigé dans la section H du cimetière national d’Arlington, en 1992. Un trombone accompagné des mots "Bronze Star Medal" a également été gravé à l’arrière du monument.

Les principaux documents faisant état de la carrière militaire et de la disparition de Miller ont été dévoilés en 2017 dans l’ouvrage “Glenn Miller Declassified” publié par Dennis M. Spragg, le directeur des Glenn Miller Archives. La publication de ces documents avait permis d’étouffer dans l’oeuf toutes les spéculations et les théories de la conspiration qui avaient été formulées à la suite du décès de Miller.

En 2019, on avait rapporté que l’International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) avait enquêté sur une éventuelle découverte de vestiges de l’appareil de Miller à plusieurs miles à l’ouest de sa disparition, mais la rumeur n’avait jamais pu être confirmée. Grâce à la technologie moderne, il sera peut-être possible un jour de repérer les vestiges de l’appareil dans la région s’étendant de Langney Point (Beachy Head) et St. Valery, en France, mais aucun débris n’a encore été découvert à ce jour.

Lors de son séjour dans l’armée, Miller avait remporté plusieurs médailles militaires, dont la Bronze Star Medal, la World War II Victory Medal, l’American Campaign Medal, la European, African and Middle Eastern Campaign Medal et la Marksman Badge with Carbine and Pistol Bars. La remise de la Bronze Star Medal était accompagnée de la citation suivante:

"Major Alton Glenn Miller (Army Serial No. 0505273), Air Corps, United States Army, for meritorious service in connection with military operations as Commander of the Army Air Force Band (Special), from 9 July 1944 to 15 December 1944. Major Miller, through excellent judgment and professional skill, conspicuously blended the abilities of the outstanding musicians, comprising the group, into a harmonious orchestra whose noteworthy contribution to the morale of the armed forces has been little less than sensational. Major Miller constantly sought to increase the services rendered by his organization, and it was through him that the band was ordered to Paris to give this excellent entertainment to as many troops as possible. His superior accomplishments are highly commendable and reflect the highest credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United States."

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À la suite de la disparition de Miller, ses descendants avaient autorisé la formation d’un groupe en son honneur, qui serait bientôt connu sous le nom de Glenn Miller Orchestra. Le groupe était dirigé par Tex Beneke, qui avait été saxophoniste ténor et chanteur avec l’orchestre civil de Miller. Disposant d’une configuration analogue au groupe militaire de Miller, le groupe comprenait une importante section de cordes. À l’origine, les deux tiers environ des membres du groupe étaient des anciens des formations civiles et militaires de Miller. L’orchestre avait fait ses débuts officiels au Capitol Theatre de Broadway, où il avait entrepris un contrat de trois semaines le 24 janvier 1946. Le futur compositeur de musique de films Henry Mancini avait été pianiste avec le groupe ainsi qu’un de ses principaux arrangeurs.

Très populaire, le groupe avait énormément d’admirateurs d’un bout à l’autre des États-Unis. Le groupe s’était même produit à quelques reprises au Palladium d’Hollywood en 1947, où le groupe original de Miller avait joué en 1941. Un site web consacré à l’histoire du Palladium écrivait: "[even] as the big band era faded, the Tex Beneke and Glenn Miller Orchestra concert at the Palladium resulted in a record-breaking crowd of 6,750 dancers." Malheureusement, la baisse de popularité des big bands à la fin des années 1940 avait obligé le groupe à abandonner sa section de cordes en 1949. Le "Glenn Miller Orchestra Under the Direction of Tex Beneke" avait finalement changé de nom pour devenir "The Tex Beneke Orchestra". En 1950, Beneke et les héritiers de Miller avaient éventuellement décidé de se séparer. D’autres chefs d’orchestre avaient dirigé le groupe au cours de sa longue histoire, dont Ray Mckinley, Buddy DeFranco, Peanuts Hucko, Buddy Morrow, Jimmy Henderson, Al Porcino et Dick Gerhart.

Très influent, l’orchestre de Miller avait fait plusieurs émules du vivant du compositeur, dont le chef d’orchestre Bob Chester. Au début des années 1950, plusieurs groupes continuaient toujours d’imiter le style de Miller, dont Ralph Flanagan, Jerry Gray et Ray Anthony. À la suite du succès du film The Glenn Miller Story (1953), une adaptation très romancée mettant en vedette l’acteur James Stewart, les héritiers de Miller avaient demandé à Ray McKinley de diriger un nouveau groupe-hommage appelé le Glenn Miller Orchestra. Le groupe existe toujours et continue de faire des tournées à travers les États-Unis. Il est présentement dirigé par Nick Hilscher. Pour sa part, l’héritage militaire du Major Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Orchestra avait été transmis par le groupe Airmen of Note, une formation de la United States Air Force. Principal groupe de jazz de la USAF, l’orchestre est stationné à la base d’ Anacostia-Bolling de Washington, D.C. et constitue un des six groupes musicaux de la USAF. Fondé en 1950 afin de poursuivre la tradition du Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces Dance Band, le groupe comprend un total de dix-huit musiciens, dont un vocaliste. Fondé à partir de petits groupes de la Bolling Air Force Base de Washington, D.C., le groupe continue encore aujourd’hui d’interpréter de la musique de jazz à l’intention de la communauté de la USAF et du public en général. L’héritage de Miller est également bien vivant au sein du groupe de la USAF en Europe stationné à la base de Ramstein, en Allemagne. De nos jours, chaque branche des forces armées dispose de son propre big band. Parmi ceux-ci, on remarque The Ambassadors in U.S. Army Air Forces Europe, The U.S. Army Band's Army Blues, the U.S. Army Field Band's Jazz Ambassadors et le U.S. Navy Commodores. La Garde côtière dispose aussi de sa propre organisation musicale qui interprète tous les genres de musique. Le Coast Guard Band et les groupes de l’Université Yale ont d’ailleurs présenté un concert conjoint à l’occasion du 75e anniversaire du décès de Miller. Glenn Miller est considéré de nos jours comme le père de tous les groupes de l’armée américaine.

Plusieurs centres d’archives, musées et monuments ont aussi été établis aux États-Unis et en Europe afin de rendre hommage à Miller. Le frère de Glenn, Herb, a d’ailleurs dirigé son propre groupe aux États-Unis et en Angleterre jusqu’à la fin des années 1980. Des festivals annuels ont également été fondés en hommage à Miller dans les deux villes qui avaient marqué sa jeunesse: Clarinda, en Iowa, et Fort Morgan, au Colorado. Depuis 1975, la Glenn Miller Birthplace Society tient un festival annuel en l’honneur de Miller à Clarinda. Parmi les faits saillants du festival, on remarque des performances du Glenn Miller Orchestra dirigé par Nick Hilscher ainsi que d’autres groupes civils et militaires, des visites à la résidence nouvellement restaurée de la famille Miller (devenue le Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum), des expositions d’archives organisées par l’Université du Colorado, des lectures et des présentations illustrant la vie et la carrière de Miller, et un concours de bourses à l’intention des jeunes musiciens de jazz et de musique classique.

En 1989, la fille de Miller avait racheté la maison natale de Miller à Clarinda. La Glenn Miller Foundation avait été fondée expressément pour superviser la restauration du bâtiment. La maison fait aujourd’hui partie du Glenn Miller Birthplace Museum. À chaque été depuis 1996, la ville de Fort Morgan, au Colorado, tient un événement appelé le Glenn Miller SwingFest. Miller avait complété ses études secondaires au Fort Morgan High School, où il avait joué au football et à d’autres sports, joué avec l’orchestre de l’école et formé son propre groupe avec ses camarades de classe. Parmi les activités tenues dans le cadre de l’événement, on remarque des performances musicales, des soirées de danse, des pique-niques, des lectures et des récoltes de fonds destinées à financer le bourses d’études de la School for the Performing Arts, un programme d’études couvrant des disciplines aussi variées que la danse, la musique et le théâtre. Environ 2000 spectateurs assistent annuellement au festival qui permet de familiariser les jeunes générations avec la musique de Miller ainsi qu’avec les danses et l’habillement typiques de l’époque des big bands. Le International Glenn Miller Festival of Swing, Jazz & Jive est également tenu en août de chaque année à l’aéroport de Twinwood au Royaume-Uni où Miller avait été vu vivant pour la dernière fois.

Les Archives Glenn Miller conservées à l’Université du Colorado à Boulder possèdent plusieurs enregistrements de Miller, des copies de ses disques d’or et d’autres documents inestimables. Les archives sont également accessibles aux chercheurs et au public en général. Fondées par Alan Cass, le Archives possèdent notamment le manuscrit original de la chanson-thème de l’orchestre de Miller, "Moonlight Serenade". En 1957, lorsque le nouvel édifice de l’Association des étudiants avait été érigé à l’Université du Colorado, la salle de danse du bâtiment avait été baptisée le Glenn Miller Ballroom en l’honneur de Miller. En 2002, le Glenn Miller Museum avait ouvert ses portes en Angleterre dans le anciens bâtiments de la RAF à Clapham, dans le Bedfordshire. Un admirateur de Miller appelé Peter Cofrancesco a acheté un site dans le Grove Street Cemetery de New Haven, au Connecticut, et y a fait installer un cénotaphe de granit noir en l’honneur de Miller. Cofrancesco n’avait aucun lien de parenté avec Miller.

Le Service des Postes des États-Unis a émis un timbre en l’honneur de Miller en 1996. Miller s’est également vu accorder une étoile sur le Hollywood Walk of Fame. Les quartiers-généraux de la United States Air Forces in Europe Band à la base de Ramstein, en Allemagne, ont été rebaptisés le Glenn Miller Hall. Le 25 juin 1999, la Nebraska State Highway Commission avait accepté à l’unanimité de renommer la section de la Nebraska Highway 97 entre North Platte, où Miller avait fait ses études élémentaires, et Tryon, où la famille Miller avait vécu pour une brève période, la Glenn Miller Memorial Highway.

Même s’il n’avait jamais remporté de prix Grammy lui-même, trois des enregistrements de Miller, "Chattanooga Choo Choo’’, ‘’In the Mood’’ et “Tuxedo Junction” ont été intronisés à titre posthume au sein du Grammy Hall of Fame, un prix spécial qui avait été établi en 1973 afin d’honorer des enregistrements vieux d’au moins 25 ans et dotés d’une importance historique ou qualitative majeure. En 2003, Miller avait également remporté un Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award pour couronner l’ensemble de sa carrière.

Résumant la contribution de Miller au monde du jazz, le critique Ralph De Toledano écrivait dans la National Review qu’il avait "synthesized all the elements of 'big band' jazz and gave a generation of young people the apotheosis of dance music: smooth, sophisticated, and with a patina of sentimentality.’’ Miller avait également contribué à éliminer certaines barrières raciales en intégrant certains musiciens afro-américains dans son orchestre. Considéré comme un des plus célèbres chefs d’orchestre de l’ère du swing, Glenn Miller avait récolté plus de grands succès que Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford et Harry James réunis. Même s’il avait souvent été dénigré par les critiques et les puristes de jazz, seize des pièces de Miller s’étaient classées au premier rang du Hit Parade. Soixante-neuf autres de ses chansons s’étaient hissées dans les dix premières positions du palmarès. Miller avait réalisé tout cela en à peine trois ans et demi.

Miller avait influencé de nombreux musiciens de jazz au cours de sa carrière, dont Louis Armstrong, qui avait fait transférer ses enregistrements sur des rubans de sept pouces afin de pouvoir les écouter en tournée. Le quintet du pianiste britannique George Shearing avait également été très influencé par Miller. Les chanteurs Frank Sinatra et Mel Tormé avaient aussi énormément d’admiration pour l’orchestre de Miller. Tormé avait même déclaré que Miller lui avait donné de précieux conseils lorsqu’il avait commencé sa carrière de chanteur et de parolier dans les années 1940. Dans une entrevue accorde à l’écrivain George T. Simon en 1948, Sinatra avait déploré la faible qualité de la musique qu’il avait enregistrée à la fin des années 1940 comparativement à "those great Glenn Miller things". Plusieurs sessions d’enregistrement de Sinatra de la fin des années 1940 et du début des années 1950 mettaient d’ailleurs en vedette d’anciens membres de l’orchestre de Miller. Le clarinettiste Buddy DeFranco, qui avait dirigé un groupe en hommage à Miller à la fin des années 1960 et au début des années 1970, avait également louangé certains aspects du style musical de Miller. DeFranco avait déclaré: "I found that when I opened with 'Moonlight Serenade', I could see men and women weeping as the music carried them back to years gone by." 

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