Harmon, Hubert Reilly, born 03-04-1892 at Chester, Pennsylvania, 
the son of Millard Fillmore Harmon (1856–1922) and his wife Madelin, born Kendig Harmon (1858–1947) and he had three sisters and two brothers. Margaret Harmon Honeycutt (1882–1979), 
Edith Harmon Lang (1884–1971), Kenneth Bailey Harmon (1886–1967), Millard Fillmore Harmon (1888–1945) and Madelin Harmon, (1890–1892). 
His brother Lieutenant General Millard Fillmore Harmon Jr. 
was also a General in WW2. Aswell as his brother Kenneth Baily, who was a colonel ordnance corps
Kenneth survived the war and died 19-06-1967, age 81, in San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA.
Hubert graduated from the United States Military Academy 
in 1915, as a member of “The class the stars fell on”. Harmon’s first assignment was at Fort Monroe, Virginia, until December 1915, when he was transferred to Fort Andrews, Massachusetts. In 1917, he was assigned to Kelly Field, Texas, 
where he organized and served as commandant of the Ground Officer’s Training School, and later as aeronautical officer for the Southern Department and engineer officer for Kelly Field. In March 1918, he was appointed executive officer at Taliaferra Field, Texas, and a month later was placed in charge of Barron Field, Texas. In 1918, Harmon completed advanced training in pursuit aviation at Issoudun, France, and became Chief of Staff of the Air Service Command of the Third Army at Coblenz, Germany. On 01-07-1920, he transferred to the Air Service. In October 1920, Harmon was assigned as assistant executive in the Office of the Chief of the Air Service at Washington and served as an aide at the White House. In July 1924, he was transferred to Bolling Field, and then to McCook Field, Ohio, where he entered the Air Service Engineering School, from which he graduated in August 1925. He returned to the Office of the Chief of the Air Service in 1926 as Chief of the Information Division and again served as an aide at the White House. 
From 1927 to 1929, Harmon served as military attache for aviation in London. He then was assigned as an instructor at the United States Military Academy. In 1933, he graduated from the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, Alabama, and in 1935, he graduated from the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1936, he was made commander of the 19th Bombardment Group 
, as part of the 1st Wing, commanded by Brigadier General Henry Harley “Hap” Arnold. 
Harmon graduated from the Army War College in 1938, and was then assigned to the War Department General Staff as chief of the Operations Branch, Personnel Division. In 1940, Harmon assumed command of the Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas, and one year later he was named Commanding General of the Gulf Coast Air Corps Training Center at Randolph Field, Texas. In 1942, General Harmon was appointed Commanding General of the Sixth Air Force 
and a month later was promoted to Major General. He was promoted to Lieutenant General on 19-02-1943. In 1943, he was appointed deputy commander for the Air Forces of the South Pacific Area and in January 1944 he assumed command of the 13th Air Force 
. In March–June, Harmon was commander of Air Sols, all Allied air units in the Solomon Islands campaign. In June 1944, he was appointed commander of the Sixth Air Force, in the Caribbean. In 1947, General Harmon was appointed senior Air Force member of the Military and Naval Staff Committee of the United Nations in New York City. The next year, he was given the additional duty of United States delegate to the Inter-American Defense Board, and in 1949 was made special assistant for air academy matters at Air Force headquarters in Washington, D.C.. General Harmon retired from active duty 27-02-1953, but was recalled to active duty the following day with the same duties. He reverted to retired status 30-06-1953, but was again called back to active duty as a Lieutenant General 08-11-1953, at the request of the President of the United States, to become special assistant to the chief of staff for air academy matters. On 14-08-1954, General Harmon became the first superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy at its temporary home in Lowry Air Force Base, Colorado.
Death and burial ground of Harmon, Hubert Reilly.
General Harmon reverted to retired status 31-07-1956, and died 22-02-1957, age 64, at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He is buried with his wife Rosa-Maye Kendrick Harmon (1897–1979), on the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Lot 3, Row C, Site 79, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.
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