[Dixielandjazz] Glenn Miller

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Norman Vickers wrote regarding Glen Miller:

> I spoke with
> clarinetist Peanuts Hucko about the situation when the Air Corps Band
> under
> Miller's direction was in London during the blitz.  There was no need for
> them to be housed in London directly.  Miller secured quarters for them in
> the countryside.  He spoke to the American forces about the need for
> trucks
> to transport them to new quarters outside London proper.  Americans said
> that, because it was the week-end, they'd do it early the next week.
>
> Miller got the Brits to move them out during the weekend.
>
> Hucko said that there was a direct hit on the dormitory building on Sunday
> night where they would have been sleeping.  Hucko was complimentary toward
> Miller for care and concern of his men.


That backups what Zeke Zarchy said.

--Bob Ringwald