Building a Joint Force on the Fly: The Relationship of Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch and Lieutenant General Millard F. Harmon

Abstract

The Solomons air campaign is an early example of a combined (New Zealand) and joint (Army, Navy, and Marine Corps) air campaign in World War II, led by two flag officers of different services. This campaign was pivotal to the allied advance in the Pacific theater but has inspired little study devoted to understanding how or why it was successful. Both Admiral Aubrey Fitch, as the Commander Air, South Pacific charged with leading all land-based aviation in the theater, and Lieutenant General Millard Harmon, Commanding General, South Pacific, the overall land component commander and an Army Air Forces officer with administrative control over Army aviation, had diverse interests and multiple bosses based on their services and positions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1042200

Entities

People

  • Marc Church

Organizations

  • School of Advanced Air and Space Studies

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Instructors
  • Military Aviation
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • Naval Aviation
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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