Mitchell bertugas di Prancis pada masa Perang Dunia I dan, saat konflik berakhir, mengkomandani seluruh unit serangan udara Amerika di negara tersebut.
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↑Ott, USAF, Lt Col William. "Maj Gen William "Billy" Mitchell: A Pyrrhic Promotion" (Winter 2006). Air and Space Power Journal. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 2016-12-23. Diakses tanggal 2017-12-24. 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.";
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