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BAND LEADER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1904

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Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – MIA on December 15, 1944) 

The Swing bandleader, composer, and arranger went Missing in Action 
while on plane flight when performing for U.S. troops in France during
World War II.

 

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Miller was a passenger in plane similar to the above UC-64 Norseman

Glenn Miller military photo
Army Captain  Miller

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ACTOR ROBERT CONRAD IS 79 TODAY

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Conrad was a recording artist of pop/rock songs in the early 1960s as
Bob Conrad before he began his acting career. He has hosted a weekly
two hour national radio show (The PM Show with Robert Conrad) on CRN
Digital Talk Radio
.

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The Wild Wild West was on NBC television from 1965 to 1969

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The NBC series aired from 1976 to 1978

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D-DAY HERO HAS DIED AT 92

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Staff Sergeant Ehlers

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Walter David Ehlers
(May 7, 1921 – February 20, 2014)

Ehlers was the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor to
participate in the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War
II. He died Thursday, Feb. 20 at a veterans’ hospital in Long
Beach, Calif. His passing leaves a total of only seven surviving
World War II Medal of Honor recipients.

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Ehlers Medal of Honor

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ALAN ALDA IS 78 TODAY

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ALAN ALDA YNG

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Alan Alda (Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo)

Alda is a actor/director, screenwriter, and author. The six-time Emmy Award and
Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his starring roles as Hawkeye
Pierce
in the TV series M*A*S*H (1972-1983) and Arnold Vinick in The West
Wing
 on NBC (1999-2006), and his supporting role in the 2004 film The Aviator.


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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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                                         Mike Gracia

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