Harmon, Lloyd Valensky
Lloyd Valensky Harmon (December 15, 1891 - June 7, 1980) was an American Methodist pastor and a retired U.S. Army chaplain. Born near Browning, Missouri, Harmon was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Chaplain's Corps on September 29, 1927, and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel on February 5, 1952. After he was recalled to active duty in 1942, then Major Harmon was stationed at Camp Adair, Oregon, from its creation in August 1942 until March 1944, when he was sent to DeWitt General Hospital in Auburn, California. He stayed at DeWitt General Hospital until January 1945, when he was sent to Fort Lewis, Washington, to await further orders. In Washington, he was assigned to the 303rd General Hospital and deployed overseas to Tinian in the Marianas Islands. Shortly after his arrival on Tinian, the commanding general asked him to write a short history of the island. He spent 6 weeks writing this history with another chaplain, Charles T. Damp, titled 'Let Us Visit Tinian.' Harmon was also stationed on Eniwetok, Guam, and Saipan while in the Pacific and was on Tinian on V-J Day. He returned to the United States in January 1946 and was discharged from active duty in April 1946. After the war, he became a pastor for a Methodist church in Kansas City, Missouri. He stayed in Kansas City until he retired in 1975 when he moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, where he spent the remainder of his life.
Guide for WWII personnel serving on Tinian.
This is an August 1945 typewritten booklet by Lloyd V. Harmon and Charles T. Damp, two U.S. Army chaplains stationed on Tinian with the 303rd General Hospital. The booklet, created for U.S. personnel stationed on the island, was commissioned by the U.S. commander on Tinian and took Harmon and Damp approximately 6 weeks to complete. It contains a history short history of the island before the war as well as information concerning the Battle of Tinian and the subsequent construction. (more details)