Matt Harrison (born c. 1895) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force. He commanded a base near Pusan, South Korea before and after the Korean War became part of World War III. In January 1951, he informed the base that President Harry Truman had authorized the use of atomic bombs against China, and that all of the atomic bombs at the base now had pits in them. He gave the pilots under his command a chance to withdraw if they had qualms of conscience, and promised that their would be no black marks on their record (which was almost certainly an empty promise). He scowled when several flyers left.