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Billy Mitchell

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Noun1.Billy Mitchell - United States aviator and general who was an early advocate of military air power (1879-1936)


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Inspired by the ideas and vision of Billy Mitchell, giants such as Arnold, Chennault, Kenney, and LeMay developed innovative uses of airpower here at the Air Corps Tactical School.
Trenchard influenced American air commander Billy Mitchell, who claimed that bombing cities would speed the end of a conflict and was "more humane" than cannon fire and bayonets.
McCain includes chapters on his personal heroes--Theodore Roosevelt, Billy Mitchell, Ted Williams, Robert Jordan in Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls, Marlon Brando's Zapata in Viva Zapata
 
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