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Mitchell, William Lendrum 1879-1936
PERSONAL: Born December 28, 1879, in Nice, France; died February 19, 1936, in New York, NY; son of John Lendrum Mitchell (a U.S. senator).
Education: Attended Racine College prep school and Columbian University (now George Washington University).
CAREER: Career military officer and aviator. First Wisconsin Infantry, served in Spanish-American War, beginning 1898; Signal Corps, captain, 1903, assigned to aviation section, 1915, American Expeditionary Forces, lieutenant colonel, air officer, 1917; I Corps, colonel, air officer, 1918, brevet (temporary) brigadier general, 1918, assistant chief of Air Service, 1919, colonel, 1925, court-martialed and suspended, 1925; resigned from military service, 1926.
Nonfiction writer and memorist.
AWARDS, HONORS: Distinguished Service Cross for "repeated acts of extraordinary heroism in action"; Distinguished Service Medal; decorated by French and British following World War I; posthumous Medal of H