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Millard Fillmore Harmon Jr. (January 19, 1888 – February 26, 1945) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaign in World War II. He was presumed to have perished in February 1945 on a flight when the plane carrying him disappeared in transit.
On Jan. 26, 1942, he became Chief of the Air Staff, Army Air Forces. With 30 years combat and command experience as a ground and air officer, General Harmon was well qualified to command Army Forces in an area of increasing strategic importance where air power was to play a dominant role.
Jan 1, 2009 · One such officer was Lieutenant General Millard F. "Miff" Harmon, the senior Army Air Forces officer serving in an Army--not an air forces--billet during World War II, whose service has hidden in the shadows for far too long.
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Lt. General Millard F. Harmon. U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) Commander of SOPAC and AAFPOA. Passenger C-87A Liberator Express 41-24174 MIA February 26, 1945. Background. Millard Fillmore Harmon, Jr. was born on January 19, 1888 in at Fort Mason near San Francisco in California. Nicknamed “Miff”.
It wasn't long before Maj. Gen. Millard Harmon was a commander of Army air forces in the South Pacific during WWII. He was assigned that role as part of the shake-up in management that took place after Pearl Harbor.
Millard Harmon graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1912. He was missing in action late in World War II when his staff airplane went missing at...
One such officer was Lieu-tenant General Millard F. “Miff” Harmon, the senior Army Air Forces officer serving in an Army—not an air forces—billet during World War II, whose service has hidden in the shadows for far too long.
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