USAF Band, In The Mood - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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- In June 2004 to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Allied D-Day Landings, the US 3rd Air Force were granted the freedom of the Borough of St Edmundsbury, Suffolk. In addition to a flypast by four F-15 Strike Eagles from RAF Lakenheath and the attendence of many WWII Veterans, the USAFE Band based in Germany were flown over especially for the occasion and gave a stirring performance on Angel Hill.
I had no idea they were going to be there so had made no provision to film it, but it didn't come out too bad considering. It certainly captures the atmosphere of the day very well. I can't help wonder when the last time a US military marching band strode into Bury St Edmunds playing the theme tune of the Army Air Corps 'Off we go into the Wild Blue Yonder,' if ever. In WWII the USAAF 94th Bomb Group were based at nearby Rougham and many GI's of the Eighth Air Force would have spent many of their off duty hours in the town. It certainly was nostalgic hearing the military music played live in the streets for all to enjoy. - เพลง
Aside from a really, really great performance by this band, I want to point out that they played "In The Mood" for a purpose. Not just because it was of the period of World War II, but because the fella generally associated with it, Glenn Miller, was a U.S. Army Air Force band leader when he died over the English Channel in 1944. The US Air Force band honors it's own in the place he died to preserve. A very emotional performance. Well done to the band - he would be proud. I am proud of you all. Ya'll wanna come visit: I'm buying.
Glenn Miller did not write it, nor was he the first to record it.
@@drcthru7672, thank you, I stand corrected and have edited the above.
3:55 and im still waiting for in the mood ; 3 other toons instead ; 5 minutes in it started. I grew up listening to my dad play Glen Miller on record this toon! Love the toon!
Major Glenn Miller went missing on December 15, 1944. The ETO would have a very busy month starting from 16 December to 28 January 1945.
Very well said, Tom Madden.
My Mum and Dad loved dancing, and they loved Glenn Millers music.
Dad was a pat-time musician too, but he was called up to the RAF in '41, and ironically, was posted to the US (briefly) and then to The Bahmas for 18 months, shortly after he, Mum, and their infant son were bombed out in The Clydebank Blitz.
They always felt grateful for all that Americans gave to us.
My mother is British (from Sussex) and my father is American (from Boston). I'm proud to be the embodiment of the 'special relationship' between the US and the UK.
As a proud United States Air Force veteran and I was proud to play the trumpet in the United States Air Force God Bless America
Lucky you...........I am a vet myself, served as radio intercept operator eavesdropping on the Russians from Istanbul, Turkey during the mid 60s. God bless America and the whole world. Since He is impartial. Maybe we could take a lesson in brotherhood and get along well, with a live and let-live attitude..
@@eugenegauggel1000 that will be easy once we stop worshipping invisible psychopaths in the sky
Patriotic. music from the past , Glen Miller's in the mood.
The Stars and Stipes.Forever . John Phillips Sousa
Carlos, I’m proud of you too...thank you for your service.
The bond of two nations who faced down tyranny and triumphed. May it ever be so. God Bless the USA.
My dad loved glen miller when serving with the royal artillery during ww2, so much so he named me after him!!
How can you not dance to this awesome piece of music!!! Love it!!!!
A fine tribute to Glenn Miller . U . S . A . A . F. 1942 to 1944/ 1945 . Thank you from a Canadian citizen 🍁🇨🇦👍✌️.
Did you notice how the crowd got into it once they started playing In the Mood. Great performance.
Their military discapline was no where to be seen in that number. Good times.
Because they relate to that... they don't relate to John Philip Sousa and the Marches that are associated with our INDIPENDENCE from them and the "The Stars and Stripes Forever". Which by the way they ALSO clapped for (interestingly enough).
RAF 1950's in Suffolk. Now in Canada. Met tons of these USAF Boys and enjoyed their company in B St E. Great Performance here - great memories with it. Met my wife of 60 years jiving to "In the Mood" and other wonderful Big Band numbers. Thanks for Posting.
Remembering all who gave up their tomorrows for our todays. My dad was one of them. He flew the P-47 Thunderbolt and gave his life in the skies of Normandy on 24 June 1944 while on a mission against the enemy guns at Ft du Roule in Cherbourg. He never got to meet me, since I was born two months after his loss. He never got to meet my eight children. He never got to have a 29th birthday, celebrate the holidays with family again, never got to do a lot of things we all take for granted. So many of our heroes of D-Day did the same. We must never forget them!
And G-d bless your mother, who lived with things no mother ever should. May you ever be a blessing to her.
Harry, I'm not real good at words but I'd like you to know this one thing. Your old man, and hundreds of thousands like him, are , The Greatest Generation , this nation has ever known. And this veteran, salutes you , and every one like you.
Stay Strong and stand tall!
I saw many with claws on their hands, white hair @ 27 or so.winner holds a lot, of in their pocket.
Harry Strahlendorf +
Harry, my sincere condolences for your loss of long ago. All British people of a certain age will never forget. My uncle landed at Normandy. My late mother lived through the Blitz in London as a schoolgirl. My grandparents agreed to take in a refugee even though their eldest son was in the army and their eldest daughter was working long shifts in an aircraft factory. The example of that generation lives on; the hard work we do for the good of others comes from knowing the work they did, and the sacrifices they made.
I am Irish, Scot, Cherokee. This performance makes me proud to be an American citizen!
Long live the ties between the United Kingdom and the United States!
GOD BLESS
Yes but for the love of god get rid of your current president
Adrian Lewis nahhhh we are fine. Thanks for your concern
God Bless America!
From your former Colonial Oppressors.
No Taxation Without Representation and don't brew your tea in salt water!
Serve next to British troops in NATO Rammstein airbase west Germany 1982 to 84 good folks friend and ally
I've watched hundreds of military band videos over the years from countries around the world and this is still my favorite
Just another illustration of how brilliantly cousins relate. Love to all our cousins in the U.K. and throughout the Commonwealth. God Bless the U.S.A. and God Save the Queen.
Almost 50 years ago I marched to the Air Force song at basic training. Today it still gives me pride and chills when I hear it.
I like the boy waving the UK and US flags. Thanks, USAF Guys. Major Glenn Miller is still serving his country.
Along with far too many other Allied Military
@@michaelgary8199 Don't lose heart, there are plenty of young men and women who take the Queen's shilling and do their duty with pride and dedication the equal of their forebears.
Chip chip Cheerio
Michael Gary "
@@michaelgary8199 I am British. My dad used to say (like many old men), "The younger generation are useless, soft. Heaven help us if there's another war." Well, there was another war, the Falklands War, and our young military people performed magnificently, on land, on sea and in the air. Same in Iraq, Afhanistan etc etc.
All gave some.....Some gave All....God bless them, each and every one..
yes indeed
Arden Dorney
Sorry I get to give you only ONE thumbs up!
Love our military bands. 🇺🇸 Cheers to everyone in the UK, it’s a crazy time but we will prevail.
Sometimes men find themselves backed into untenable corners. We are told to love our neighbors which is normally unquestionable, but every now and then, we must stand and fight for what they believe in. I bow my head to all those who've stood against oppression and threats to their families. May we all find the courage to do what we believe regardless.
I love the Brits! I spent 7 years stationed at RAF Mildenhall and loved every second of it. I left my heart there.....
Glad you enjoyed it mate.
Beautiful....I get so chocked up hearing the military anthems......my father was in WWII.....I have so much respect for the military
What a fantastic band. They sound absolutely amazing.
My mother a Brit would have loved this so much Her boyfriend a Yank was killed on D Day she had a real soft spot for a Yanks as I do xx RIP Mam
Cheerio
Her boyfriend was my grandfather
Hold up mate ,it couldn't have been grandpa,he made it home..sorry
FANTASTIC my brothers and sisters. I was in The Royal Navy Band, here in the UK. We also played Glenn Miller music, YOU GUY'S ARE GREAT!!!!!
"In The Mood" by Glenn Miller is ALWAYS a crowd favorite
America and Great Britain United forever.
Beautiful. A touching 'thank you' by the Yanks, and a heartfelt ''We love you" by the villiage. That's what it's all about.
Bloody Hell they sound good. Good Ole American Swing and Jazz
They do sound unbelieveably good.
Always was fun to play
HuddyHud on a crappy video camera 150 feet from the group. Amazing musicians in our service bands.
anybody that disliked this never had anyone close or they never served their country
liberal snowflakes
When I was stationed at RAF Alconbury back in the 80's I got REALLY LUCKY!!! I got to see this band play at RAF Fairford and again at the Bedford Corn Exchange. a little later and I think it was in December of the same year. As It happened, I was living in Bedford at that time, about an eight minute walk from the Corn Exchange.
For those that don't know, the Corn Exchange is one of the venues that Miller's Army Air Force Band played in while they were stationed at Milton Ernest, just a few miles from Downtown Bedford. One of the performances there was attended by a certain Princess Elizabeth who is now Queen Elizabeth. She's up in her 90's now and I'll bet she still enjoys listening to the Glenn Miller Orchestra from back then every once in a while. The Corn Exchange got it's start as a marketplace for farmers selling their corn in the center of town. Now it is an auditorium.
Later on I visited Glenn Miller Hall at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. That is where this band is stationed. They travel all over Europe bringing American music with them wherever they go.
Even later I had the opportunity to work with the USAF Band in Washington, DC at Bolling AFB. They wanted to do a special concert on 15 December, 1994 to mark the 50th anniversary of Miller's Missing in Action status. They told me they never had any of the original sheet music from from that band so there would not be any concert. I asked if they could copy the parts from recordings and they said that was no problem. I told the man to meet me in my office the next afternoon and I would bring him something.
'Something' turned out to be about 50 hours of Miller's music from my personal collection. The guy almost fell over backwards when I told him I had the same again at home. He could have and copy it when he was finished with the the first half.
Anyway we worked together on this project for the rest of the summer and beyond. In return, They took me to the Glenn Miller Festival in Clarinda, Iowa (Miller's birthplace and museum are located there), which was wonderful. Then as it got close to the day of the concert in Washington, they gave me four tickets to the performance. Two of the tickets went to my boss and his wife, both big Glenn Miller fans.
A few years later after I had retired, I got to see the the USAF band when they visited where I was working at the time. Same band and same program. After the show ended I got to talk to several of the musicians that I'd seen back in Washington. Some of them remembered me from the original concert.
PS: I cracked up when I heard the introduction to the first march in the video. The official name of it is The National Emblem March, written by Edwin Eugene Bagley in 1902 and finally published in 1907. Old guys like me remember it as 'Oh, the Monkey Wrapped His Tail Around the Flag Pole'. If you are really curious, you can copy the title from here and paste it into an internet search window. This was often the song we sang in Viet Nam while drinking a local product called 33 Beer.
Wow! Just Wow! What memories.
Glenn miller and his orchestra were regulars at the Bedford Corn exchange, there are recordigns from there too.
My Dad was on his second tour in England, when we were stationed at RAF Station Molesworth. His first was at RAF Station Greenham Common where he flew C-47s and HORSA Gliders out to Normandy during WWII.
He lost a second cousin (Maj. Glenn Miller) who was lost flying to France.
I was in the USAF stationed at RAF Greenham Common from 1982 - 1986. That was the best assignment in my entire 22-year career. The base and surrounding area is steeped in military history. Respect and thanks to your dad and Glenn Miller!
Amazing story.
Honoring "America's Greatest Generation Of Hero's!"
In the country that lead by example
The USAF rocks!!! Bless all who have gone before and all those who will carry on the blessed traditions of the combined services of the United States and Great Britain.
Thank You the Brave and Courageous
Men of D-DAY, You have my Respect.
And mine!
Hey pink shirt, get out of the way!
I am proud and lucky to have been a United States Air Force airman
My dad was 1st seat in the USAF Marching Band in the 1950's
He played the trumpet and he was in the USAF jazz band
God bless the United States people and their armed forces of the Greatest Generation.They certainly took a major role in saving our bacon down under,(Australasia).
To All the Men and Women of any Country,regardless of race and Customs,who Fought and are still fighting for their country and for their people,gambling their lives against its Aggressors,I vow and Salute you.Long Live.
And Glenn Miller smiled....
Thank you for the music and memories of Bury St Edmunds. While in Europe I served at the 48th TAC Hospital at RAF Lakenheath. I now work and proudly serve our veterans at the Oklahoma City VA Medical Center in Oklahoma. Just had to keep my military family around me. I love working with America's Heroes!
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Mike Schuman - Thank you for your service, sir.
Great little town. Served in '69 & 70 at RAF Lakenheath as mechanic on F-100"s in the 493TFS
Great video. God Bless our free world. My father was a US Army Air Corps man!
Today JUNE 6, 2019. We proudly pause to remember the Hero's who never came home from the greatest Invasion in History. This should be the One Day...the Entire World Remembers.
Sworn in a couple of days ago. My dad was stationed in lakenheath and this took place only six months after we got to England.
Outstanding! Enjoy every minute in the Blue, I did!!
Glenn Miller in the mood 1939 so well performed by this band
love this. these guys are the best. love the USAF.
Our son was stationed at LackenHeath for several years and we went over on vacation. Was one of the best vacation ever. Loved the people and England. Would great to go back
Was stationed at nearby Cranwich Camp with 53rd Ordnance/33nd AAA Brigade in 1955. Spent a night in Bury jail following too much good Brit beer,
The USAF was called the "Air Farce" by a recruiting Marine sergeant in a movie about the Vietnam War. But we should all remember the losses of the old Army Air Corp during WWII was close to 80,000. % wise... their death rates matched that of the troops who took Iwo Jima.
All arms of the military take the mickey out (make fun) of each other. It's quite normal but not usually understood by civvies.
And remember the dreadful death rate of British airmen. Much greater than the ground troops (no disrespect to them, just a fact).
What a magnificent marching band. I couldn't stop watching.
love these guys....I'm as proud a Brit as you'll find...but....
My Daddy was stationed at RAF Lakenheath from 1966-1968.We visited Bury st Edmonds often.Nice video.
my father was a line chief in maintenance on B-17's at Rougham he married my mother Joyce Wright from Thurston in 1944
I miss my days being stationed in Suffolk.The Brits are the best!
Robert Brown b
Come back Bob, all is forgiven ! , love and respect from the UK.
@@johnbarthram2761 Glad all is forgiven
I love military bands
I had an uncle in the navy during WWll he gave his life fighting Japanese in South Pacific. Never got to meet him. his mother my grandmother always kept his picture for all to see and never forget him.😔😥 GOD bless all families who loved ones gave their life for us.
They sound magnificent!
Thank you. I was in one of the Air Force bands in the early 1980's, and this really brings back some memories!
Spent 14 years in the Air Force Bands. and loved every minute of it. March AFB Ca, Alaska Air command Sac Band Omaha NB Barksdale AFB LA
Never played at that level but playing Big Band was always the best
@@photo1947 I don't know when you were there, but I was USAF on B-52D's at March in the '70s and until we retired the D models in 1982. It was very stressful at times and we were all scary young, but in retrospect those were some of the best years of my life.
Off they go in to the Wild Blue Yonder!
"This video is beyond "Awesome"!!!!!, I am only 65yrs. young, but my Mom loved Glen Miller and I do, I know that he was in the Army Air Force, I wanted to enlist in 1972, but at that time, I was to small, I know how to fly a Piper Cub, that was pretty cool!!!!, I love all branches of our troops!!!!, my dad was a Marine in Korea, my uncle was an artist for the Air Force in WW2, and two of my class mates were killed in Viet Nam at the "Tet offensive", thank you for that great video, God rest Glen Miller and God Bless our troops always"!!!!! 👏👏👏👏💖💞💖💞🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I've been through that gate many times. A great showing by a fine band.
Great job with all the music, but especially with In The Mood. It would've made Glenn Miller smile.
In the Mood is one of my all-time favorite bit of music, And I came along 10 years after the War Ended.
that is what i like good old Glenn Miller
I'm a 76 year old Nam vet and played trombone for many years and have played all these songs and they still leave me all choked up. I especially liked the fun showed "in the mood" because we were also a marching band and did half time shows before they all became crap with "singers" and TV commentary.
Even this old Army veteran loved that...
This WWII Army vet's daughter loved it, too. What's not to love! Very proud and thank you for your service!
@@trixier6505 It was my pleasure to serve ma'am .
Just found this - boy do they sound impressive.
Great, our military bands are our best ambassadors
I am a dual national of usa and uk born in Banbury proud to have served in our usaf and worked alongside the british af
wonderful life!
This is great band,hats off to the U.S. Air Force!!!!
We will never forget they gave their day for us to have ours i respect you all RIP
Wonderdful. I was a marine in the 60s but love that band music. My son did 23 years in the air force.
My oldest brother was Army, my two next oldest brothers were Marines, and I was USAF. We very much respect each other's service. My Marine brother who served in combat was a huge fan of B-52's, whose timely arrival over the battlefield and awe-inspiring contribution to the effort he got to witness on a few occasions. By coincidence, I later served on some of those same B-52's which he witnessed in action as a young Marine. I sent him a B-52 t-shirt and he wore it until it was ragged.
Air Force vet here. Much respect to you and your son, Marine.
I too am a Marine Corps veteran. I've said this before and I'll say it again. I have the greatest respect for all veterans, especially the Air Force. They are the only branch where the enlisted men and women are smart enough to send their officers out to do the fighting.
Awesome, thank you ,
fab band first class good old yanks ...god bless you all x
Thank you, in the sincerest terms.
I was at RAF Alconbury and RAF Bentwaters in the mid 70's. My daughter was born at RAF Lakenheath. Lakenheath had the hospital and every American GI and their dependents got there many times, through Bury St Edmonds......
Jim Rathbun Sadly Alconbury is now an industrial zone for business.
Thanks for publicizing this performance. My Dad, who passed last year, was part of USAFE band in the late 50s and 60s. It is a good reminder of him and the music he loved.
Concert is now over! Over to the PUB, don't ya know?
Stars and Stripes Forever great song, thanks to the USAF Band
I am extremely impressed. It was a great rendition of the song, and the The Stars and Stripes Forever. I wasn't expecting the piccolo. I am impresses with the Air Force band, They even marched well, nigh a miracle for them!
my uncle was a door gunner on B17 with the 8th Air Force
What a treat St.Edmonsbury Suffolk got that afternoon. That's a lot of orchestral musicians in uniform.
I really love this video. I was stationed at RAF Lakenheath from '86-'88 and Bury St. Edmonds was one of my favorite places to go.
+ArlingtonRV I was there in the early '80s. Loved Bury ST. Edmunds!
ArlingtonRV I'm headed to RAF Lakenheath.
Never quite made it to USAFE, I was PCS'd at Kadena AB, Japan around the time you were in Europe!
ArlingtonRV qs
I’ve been to bury st Edmunds, just to have a look at ruins of the abbey, and the cathedral, so beautiful
Proud to be American and from the USA. Love all our allies too. Love, In the Mood!
Oh man, goose bumps, wish every one would have gotten up and danced on 'In the Mood. Thank you.
Fantastic Band !
Every time I think about how the band at Buckingham Palace played the Star Spangled Banner on 9/11... I fall apart.
Me too. I'm born 1950, but I see this clip and I still cry. I'm Australian, yet, we three, England, America, and Australia, despite our 'irritations', NEVER FORGET.
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Sweet God it gets me in the soul!
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Lest We Forget , and the British people NEVER will
From the other side of the pond, the American People will never forget the sacrifices of the British people, we share more then a history and traditions, we share the same fight for freedom.
And love to the Aussies! Our Pacific England!
@Richard E. Miranda Jr.
The GIs gave us the urge to do it .
The Tommies recognised it.
The whole gang made a team and made mince meat of the Wehrmacht.
Pity we couldn't get there in time to stop Ivansky in his tracks.
Churchill said "The Russians should be stopped as far East as possible, even at the cost of re-arming the Germans.
It didn't happen!
We Australians also NEVER will!.
You’re a precious mob that understands the price we have to pay for our liberty; always amongst the 1st into a fight too ;)
Thanks guys!
God bless the USA !!!
Thank you for this video. It brings back memories when I was in the 215th US Army Band.
Beautiful
My old band teacher was an old Korean War vet. Came to listen to in the mood, but hearing some of those other marches really took me back. Haven't heard some of them in 20 or more years since I was in Jr high
My dad was a Logistics officer with mcarthur...mom was a rosie riveter, my brother Gary was killed in action in Vietnam...love and miss them!...
Ahh, the music of the Glenn Miller Band. It brought back pleasant memories to many of the military personnel during World War 2. To some, it made them think of their lives with their families before the war. For others, it allowed them to forget about the war for at least a little while. And yet for others, it offered some entertainment before they gave their lives far away from family and home. As a US Navy and US Army National Guard veteran and a former professional musician, I salute our Allies both living and dead.
If that doesn't give you goose bumps nothing ever will.
'In The Mood' starts at 5:50.
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!! USA UK 🇬🇧🇺🇸 forever brothers!!!!!!!!
2024 and I'm mos def still In the mood!💯👍🏽
I'm in the USAF. Roll on boys!!!
Clayton DeBoard b
Stay high! LOLOL
Clayton DeBoard so you are a part of the imperialistic war machine
Good for you Clayton, love and respect.
This video makes be so proud to be an American. I shed tears the first time I saw it.
I love the Air Force with all my heart!
My hat is off to anyone who served in tbe military!!!
I am born in 1982 in France and I would like to thank all the soldiers who saved my country and the juives from the Hitler's tyrany during the WW2. Thanks so much to all these mens which have been sacrified for my country's freedom. The french people will never thank USA enough.😔😘
¿Y quién los salvará ahora del islam y de los mahometanos?, ¿Dónde quedaron los batallones que enfrentarían la sangre impura, como dice La Marsellesa?...