# My Dad was with Glenn Miller in his final moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [July 9, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509 "2009-07-09T23:57:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/41 "2010-08-21T08:09:43Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > > [@erynnsmama](#): > > > > . > > You mean they planned to follow the Americans home during the war and kill them in the United States? The Americans sitting on one of the greatest stories of the decade? Or was it because the Americans were AWOL since Miller’s plane took off from England in 1944 and then disappeared? > > Or was it really … A [different than the one mentioned in the column] Government Cover-Up? > > Perhaps your brother read the recently published [The Glenn Miller Conspiracy: The Never-Before-Told Story of His Life – and Death, by Hunton Downs](http://www.amazon.com/Glenn-Miller-Conspiracy-Never-Before-Told-Story/dp/0977913163/), which claims: > > > [@](#): > > > > It is Downs’s theory that Miller was captured in France by Nazi spies who both tortured and killed him during an unsuccessful interrogation in which they tried to get him to give them information about the plan. Furthermore, Downs maintains that some American troops saw Miller’s body being dumped outside of a brothel in Paris. Downs maintains that the high command of the American army made up the story of Miller’s disappearance to stop the Nazi claim that they had broken Miller. > > I’m also curious when your father played with Miller. There’s a “Red Lacky” who played drums for Django Reinhardt during the war, but that’s a different spelling. No Lackey of any spelling turns up in association with Miller’s band that I can find, although the Army band is harder to trace. Do you have more information on him? Maybe he wasn’t a musician. Just some sort of lackey. ---
**Author:** ![Halfbrokensorow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Halfbrokensorow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Halfbrokensorow)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/42 "2011-04-05T03:04:04Z")
I have recently found out my grandfather was in the army and ended up finding Glenn millers body ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/43 "2011-04-05T03:14:20Z")
My uncle was in the Army and found Glenn Miller’s body stuffed in a brothel closet in Paris. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/44 "2011-04-05T03:19:22Z")
My grandfather’s uncle once found a 6-pack of Miller Lite and drank it in a whorehouse in Paris, TX… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/45 "2011-04-05T09:03:45Z")
My grandfather once found Glenn Miller. They were playing hide-and-seek at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/46 "2011-04-05T11:52:58Z")
Oh Yeah, my Dad could beat up Glenn Miller’s dad. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/47 "2011-04-07T04:01:49Z")
My sister Lacey Red was at doing the horizontal tango with Glenn Miller when he was stabbed by a horde of Franch grandfathers. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/48 "2011-04-07T04:53:57Z")
My great-great-great-Grandfather killed Mozart… Oops…wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mornac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mornac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mornac)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/49 "2011-04-08T02:40:27Z")
My sister-in-law’s uncle was once charged with delivering a ham sandwich from Mama Cass to Karen Carpenter but took it to Jimi Hendrix instead. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/50 "2011-04-08T15:48:57Z")
A Møøse once bit my sister … ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/51 "2011-04-08T18:21:52Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > My grandfather once found Glenn Miller. They were playing hide-and-seek at the time. > [@Sparky812](#): > > Oh Yeah, my Dad could beat up Glenn Miller’s dad. > [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > My sister Lacey Red was at doing the horizontal tango with Glenn Miller when he was stabbed by a horde of Franch grandfathers. > [@user\_hostile](#): > > My great-great-great-Grandfather killed Mozart… > > Oops…wrong thread. > [@Mornac](#): > > My sister-in-law’s uncle was once charged with delivering a ham sandwich from Mama Cass to Karen Carpenter but took it to Jimi Hendrix instead. Mine was much better than any of these… ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/52 "2011-04-08T19:31:19Z")
The thread that would…not…die… ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/53 "2011-04-08T20:25:26Z")
My Grandfather once participated in a thread with Glenn Miller and it … would … not … die … ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/54 "2011-04-08T21:31:23Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Mine was much better than any of these… Yeah, it really was. ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/55 "2011-04-08T23:22:42Z")
> [@Daithi\_Lacha](#): > > A Møøse once bit my sister … If you give a moose a muffin… ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/56 "2011-04-11T07:13:59Z")
Glenn Miller choked on a spam sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/57 "2011-04-11T12:01:10Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > Glenn Miller choked on a spam sandwich. Hey, gang, there was a spam-post in here, and it got reported. I banned the source and moved the post into the netherworld. There were also several very cute posts “responding” to the spammer; I’ve also moved them, since they make no sense out of context. Just a friendly reminder: a spam post and comments thereupon get disappeared. So, please use your witticisms somewhere else, so they’ll be appreciated? I mean, this ain’t an official nothin’, it’s just that I hate to vanish a good joke. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/58 "2011-04-11T17:59:53Z")
Obviously we need a Spam Joke Forum. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/59 "2011-04-12T03:02:34Z")
How do we know that was not Glenn Miller speaking to us from the Other World? ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-was-with-glenn-miller-in-his-final-moments/502509/60 "2011-04-12T06:11:41Z")
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