Famed band-leader Glenn Miller was a superstar of his own and subsequent generations, who previously had accepted the US Military position that Miller had died over the English Channel during World War II.

Pulitzer Prize nominee Hunton Downs discovered hints of a conspiracy and cover-up during his specialized military service throughout Europe just after the war, and embarked on a 62-year search for the truth.

Through RAF and German secret documents he accessed in his military work, and through information since de-classified, Downs pieced together, bit by bit, the amazing story of how Glenn Miller's work for the US Psychological Warfare Division and his subsequent role as a secret envoy for Eisenhower in Ike's attempt to end the war as early as possible, led to his mysterious death.

The subsequent cover-up story is almost as fascinating as Miller's secret life.