Billy Mitchell
| William "Billy" Mitchell | |
|---|---|
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| Lahir | 29 Desember 1879 Nice, Prancis |
| Meninggal | 19 Februari 1936 (umur 56) New York City, New York |
| Dikebumikan | Forest Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Pengabdian |  Amerika Serikat |
| Dinas/cabang |  United States Army |
| Lama dinas | 1898–1926 |
| Pangkat |  Mayjen (anumerta) |
| Komandan | Air Service, Third Army – AEF |
| Perang/pertempuran | Perang Spanyol–Amerika Perang Dunia I |
| Penghargaan | Distinguished Service Cross Distinguished Service Medal World War I Victory Medal Congressional Gold Medal (anumerta) |
William Lendrum Mitchell (29 Desember 1879 – 19 Februari 1936) adalah seorang jenderal United States Army yang dianggap sebagai bapak Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat.[1][2]
Mitchell bertugas di Prancis pada masa Perang Dunia I dan, saat konflik berakhir, mengkomandani seluruh unit serangan udara Amerika di negara tersebut.
Referensi
Catatan
- ^ Ott, USAF, Lt Col William. "Maj Gen William "Billy" Mitchell: A Pyrrhic Promotion" (Winter 2006). Air and Space Power Journal.
Of course these so-called adversaries did not impede Mitchell's reception of a medal of honor, but the initial efforts to promote Mitchell posthumously did come to a standstill. Senator Bass explained his motivation for reintroducing the bill years later: "He [Mitchell] was the father of the modern Air Force. ... This should be done."
- ^ http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/mitchell-william-lendrum-1879-1936 http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/mitchell-william-lendrum-1879-1936
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- Borch, Fred L. "Lore of the Corps: The Trial by Court-Martial of Colonel William 'Billy' Mitchell". Army Lawyer, January 2012, pp. 1–5
- Cooke, James J. The U.S. Air Service in the Great War: 1917–1919. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1996. ISBN 0-275-94862-5.
- Cooke, James J. Billy Mitchell. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002. ISBN 1588260828
- Davis, Burke. The Billy Mitchell Affair. New York: Random House, 1967. OCLC 369301
- Hurley, Alfred H. Billy Mitchell: Crusader for Air Power (revised edition). Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975. ISBN 0-253-31203-5, ISBN 0-253-20180-2.
- Kennett, Lee. The First Air War, 1914–1918. New York: Free Press, 1991. ISBN 0-684-87120-3.
- Levine, Isaac Don. Mitchell Pioneer of Air Power Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, first edition, 1943. OCLC 254425324
- Maksel, Rebecca. "The Billy Mitchell Court-Martial". Air & Space, Vol. 24, No. 2, 46–49. Also online (as of June 28, 2009) at http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/The-Billy-Mitchell-Court-Martial.html.
- O'Neil, William D. Mitchell, Billy. American National Biography Online, Feb. 2000, Revised Oct. 2007. http://www.anb.org/articles/06/06-00441.html.
- O'Neil, William D. "Transformation, Billy Mitchell Style," Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute 128, No. 3 (Mar 2002): 100–04. Also online at http://analysis.williamdoneil.com/Transformation%20Billy%20Mitchell%20Style%203-02.pdf
- Waller, Douglas C. A Question of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell and the Court-Martial That Gripped the Nation (2004) excerpt and text search
- Wildenberg, Thomas. "Billy Mitchell Takes on the Navy", Naval History (2013) 27#5
- Wildenberg, Thomas. Billy Mitchell's War with the Navy: The Interwar Rivalry Over Air Power. Naval Institute Press, 2013. ISBN 9780870210389
Sumber primer
- Mitchell, William. Memoirs of World War I: From Start to Finish of Our Greatest War. New York: Random House, 1960.
Pranala luar
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai William Lendrum Mitchell.
- "Court Martial", TIME Magazine, November 2, 1925
- "Court Martial", TIME Magazine, November 9, 1925
- "Guilty", TIME Magazine, December 28, 1925
- American Airpower Biography: Billy Mitchell
- (Inggris) "Billy Mitchell". Find a Grave. Diakses tanggal June 20, 2010.
- Film pendek 15 AF HERITAGE – HIGH STRATEGY – BOMBER AND TANKERS TEAM (1980) tersedia untuk diunduh secara gratis di the Internet Archive [selebihnya]
- World War II Liberty Ship USS Billy Mitchell
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