Glenn Miller Omaha on October 8, 1942, to the Seventh Service Command as a captain in the Army Specialist Corps. Miller was soon transferred to the Army Air Forces. Captain Glenn Miller served initially as assistant special services officer for the Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1942. He played trombone with the Rhythmaires, a 15-piece dance band, in both Montgomery and in service clubs and recreation halls on Maxwell. Miller also appeared on both WAPI (Birmingham, Alabama) and WSFA radio (Montgomery), promoting the activities of civil service women aircraft mechanics employed at Maxwell. Miller
Glenn Miller discography to the creation of be-bop, which was the predominant style of jazz in the late forties, see "Glenn Miller: The Godfather of Bop?" by Richard Jessen. Mr. Jessen says that Miller's recording of "Wham" from August 1, 1939, predates the same phrasing used in "Salt Peanuts" by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie in 1944. Jessen points out though that "Wham" was arranged by Eddie Durham. Songs that were in the civilian band and Army Air Force band libraries include: A disc released in 2010 is called "The Final - His Last Recordings" and collects Miller's last known recorded performances (November,