Colonel Hartley Allen Moon (5 February 1877 – 9 April 1946) was the

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from 1919 to 1927. Moon was born in

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. At the rank of major, Moon commanded the US Infantry 167th 2nd Battalion during

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; they arrived in

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in late 1917 and saw action in the

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region in early 1918. Moon was wounded in the action. After the war, he helped World War I

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in the transformation of the Birmingham Flying Club into the 135th Observation Squadron, which was assigned to the state of Alabama in 1922. In the late 1920s, he had a house built in the

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neighborhood of Montgomery, a house which was later inhabited by

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. In the 1930s he served as colonel in the

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. He died in

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in 1946, aged 69.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moon, Hartley Adjutants general of the United States Army United States Army personnel of World War I Military personnel from Montgomery, Alabama People from Goodwater, Alabama 1877 births 1946 deaths United States Army colonels