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This study is a partial biography of Major General Ernest N. Harmon, focusing on his military career from his West Point graduation in 1917 to his assuming command of the 2nd Armored Division in 1942. When Harmon attained division command in July 1942 he was one of the most experienced officers in the army to command an armored division. However, he is overlooked in many histories and leadership studies. The intent of this thesis is to determine what in Harmon's professional military development prepared him to become a successful and widely acclaimed leader of armored forces in the European Theater of Operations (ETO) during World War II. Harmon's career reflected the generation of army officers whose service began during World War I and ended just prior to or during the early years of the Cold War. However, his World War I experience was unique in that, with only eighteen months of service, he commanded the largest U.S. cavalry formation to see combat in France. Harmon's interwar career mirrored that of most of his peers, shifting between command, staff, instructor, and student assignments. Therefore, this study also provides a snapshot era's officer professional development. By the middle of the 1930s, after graduating from the Command and General Staff School and Army War College, he stood in the top ten percent of peers. On the eve of World War II he volunteered for duty with the mechanized cavalry and quickly became part of the small group of officers that assisted Major General Adna R. Chaffee in convincing the army to introduce larger mechanized formations. His more significant contributions to the army in his final two assignments, General Headquarters (GHQ) G-4 (Logistics) and chief of staff of the Armored Force, were critical, playing a direct role in the organizing, training, and equipping of the rapidly expanding army in the months prior to Pearl.
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- Author : Matthew B. Dale
- Release : 21 September 2024
- Publisher : Unknown
- ISBN : OCLC:806059403
- Genre : World War, 1914-1918
- Total Page : 166 pages
- Language : English
- PDF File Size : 9,7 Mb
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