After the war, Lloyd Cullen Harveson became a Sales Office Correspondent selling tin cans for growers in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas - he worked for Continental Can Company.



We did not have much money so fun was to go to Hobby Airport, Houston, TX and sit on the car at the approach end of the active runway and watch planes landing.



Now Dad had all 3 of his boys become military pilots AND Commercial Airline Pilots.



This interest in aviation grew in me - the oldest of Lloyd's 3 boys.

My name is Lloyd Cullen Harveson Jr

I attended the US Air Force Academy, graduating June 3, 1970 and was commissioned

a 2nd Lieutenant. Pilot Training at Webb AFB, Big Spring TX and graduated July 1971.

I flew active duty the C-141A and the C-5A. After separation from active duty I was a

Liaison Officer for the Academy until retirement on October 1,1990. I flew as Captain of

the Boeing 777 and the McDonnell-Douglas MD-80, retiring at age 60 on Nov 30, 2006.



Dad's 2nd son: Walter Preston Harveson also attended the Academy, graduating in 1973.

Walter became a T-38 Instructor Pilot at Williams AFB, Phoenix AZ. After military service

Walter became an airline pilot for American Airlines.



Dad's 3rd son: Lauren Charles Harveson graduated from the University of Houston and

was commissioned in the US Marine Corps. He flew C-130s based in Chicago, IL. Lauren

transferred to the USAF Reserves and then flew the C-5A out of New York. After military

Lauren became a Captain for Northwest Orient Airlines on the Boeing 747.