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Mitchell, William E., 1879-1936 to Lester D. Gardner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00950 Author/Creator: Mitchell, William E., 1879-1936 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Typed letter signed Date: July 26, 1924 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 19 cm, Width: 16 cm Order a Copy

Letter signed as Brigadier General, Air Service, Assistant Chief of Air Service. Advises that he will come to New York as soon as possible but that he has to have his tonsils out. He remarks that the Air Force "has almost ceased to exist ... " and believes that the Air Force needs to separate from the Army and Navy. He thinks that American navy power could easily be destroyed by Japan's air power. In his opinion, protecting the sea is the "only sure method of national defense that we have at the present time ... " Letter typed on note stationery of the War Department, Air Service, Washington.

Mitchell, William E., 1879-1936
Gardner, Lester D. (Lester Durand), 1876-1956

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