Major A. Glenn Miller - New Haven, CT
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A cenotaph honoring band leader, trombonist, composer and lyricist Major Glenn Miller is located in Grove Street Cemetery at 227 Grove St. in New Haven, CT.
Waymark Code: WM10BY2
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/10/2019
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A polished black granite, cenotaph, monument honoring Major Glenn Miller was placed in Grove St. Cemetery by fans on December 13, 1998, fifty-four years after the military plane he was riding in disappeared on route from the United Kingdom to France during World War II. The cenotaph is laser inscribed with a picture of Major Glenn Miller in military uniform and has the following inscription:
IN MEMORY
Major A. Glenn Miller
0505273
U.S. Army Air Force - W.W. II
Born - Clarinda, Iowa -
March 1, 1904
Missing in Action-
Europe Dec. 15, 1944
1943 - 1944
418th A.A.F.T.T.C. Band-
Yale University- New Haven, CT.
I SUSTAIN THE WINGS
Sustineo Alas
Born Alton Glenn Miller on March 1, 1904 in Clarinda, IA, Glenn Miller went on to become one the best known musicians of the swing era, 1935 to 1946. He recorded 35 Billboard top 10 hits including 7 that reached #1 on the Billboard charts. Miller composed the music and lyrics to many of his songs.
His credits as a lyricist include:
"Basin Street Blues" (an additional verse in 1931)
"Annie's Cousin Fannie" (1934)
"When Icky Morgan Plays the Organ" (1935)
"Tomorrow's Another Day" (1935)
"Doin' the Jive" (1937)
"Community Swing"(1937)
"Sold American" (1938)
"I Swung the Election" (1939)
"Sometime" (1939)
"Boom Shot" (1942)
"I Sustain the Wings" (1943)
"The Technical Training Command" (1943)
"I'm Headin' for California" (1944)
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When the United States entered World War II, Miller at age 38, enlisted in the United States Army as a captain to help with the war effort by entertaining the troops. He was promoted to major in August 1944. During this time he wrote "I Sustain the Wings", which is the English version of the Latin motto, Sustineo Alas, of the his unit U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command.
Glenn Miller's Army Air Force plane, a UC-64 Norseman, disappeared on a flight from the UK to France on December 15, 1944. The mystery of his death has never been solved and he was declared missing in action.