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Commons.
"Miff" Harmon qualified as a pilot
before the First World War and saw
action with the Punitive Expedition to Mexico and in France. He was Halsey's senior Army
commander
during the South Pacific campaign, where his excellent judgement
and
ability to get along with the Navy made him an effective
troubleshooter. He activated XIV Corps
at
Guadalcanal in January 1943 and took over land
operations at New Georgia
in
July 1943 when that campaign bogged down. In February 1945 his
flight
went down somewhere between Kwajalein
and Johnston Island,
and
he was declared missing and presumed dead on 26 February 1945.
Taaffe (2011) describes Harmon as "a peppery and opinionated man"
who nonetheless got on well with Halsey and gained the respect of
almost everyone in the theater.
| 1888-1-19
|
Born at San Francisco |
|
| 1912 |
Second
lieutenant |
Graduates from Military
Academy,
standing 74th in a class of 95. |
| 1916 |
Aviation Section |
|
| 1922 |
Command and General Staff School |
|
| 1924 |
Army War College |
|
| 1932
|
|
Commander, Barksdale Field,
Louisiana |
| 1932-10-21
|
Commander, 20 Pursuit Group |
|
| 1935-8-1 |
Lieutenant
colonel |
|
| 1936-10 |
Commander, 5 Composite Group,
Luke Field, Hawaii |
|
| 1937-4-1 |
Colonel |
|
| 1938-3 |
Commander, 5 Bombardment
Group,
Luke Field |
|
| 1938-9-19 |
Assistant commandant, Air
Corps
Tactical School |
|
| 1938-11-22
|
Acting commandant, Air Corps Tactical School | |
| 1939-4-1 |
Assistant commandant, Air Corps Tactical School | |
| 1940-7-15 |
Executive officer, Gulf Coast
Air Corps Training Center |
|
| 1940-8-3 |
Commander, Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center | |
| 1940-10-1 |
Brigadier general | |
| 1940-10-25 |
7 Pursuit Wing |
|
| 1940-11-22 |
Commander, Hamilton Field |
|
| 1940-16 |
Commander, 10 Pursuit Wing,
Hamilton Field, California |
|
| 1941-2 |
Acting Assistant Chief of the Air Corps and military observer in England | |
| 1941-6-17 |
Commander, IV Interceptor
Command, Riverside, California |
|
| 1941-8.5 |
Commander, 2 Air Force, Fort
George Wright, Washington |
|
| 1941-8-11 | Major general | |
| 1941-12-19
|
Acting commander, Air Force
Combat
Command |
|
| 1942-1-26 |
|
Chief, Air Staff |
| 1942-5-1 |
Lieutenant general | |
| 1942-7-26 |
Commander, Army Forces, South
Pacific
Area |
|
| 1943-2-2 |
||
| 1944-8-1 |
Commander, Army Air Forces, Pacific
Ocean
Areas |
|
| 1945-2-26 |
Lost at sea between Kwajalein and Johnston Island |
|
| 1946 |
Declared dead |
References
Ammentorp (accessed 2008-3-29)
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