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"Regnirps" wrote in message ... "George Z. Bush" am wrote: Yes, and he was also courts-martialled for insisting that airpower alone could win a war, a concept that the Army General Staff could neither accept nor condone. When all was said and done, however, he was awarded a posthumous CMH in 1946 for his conceptual contributions towards winning WWII. Small nit. There is no 'C' in the 'MH'. There are as many references to the decoration with as without Congressional in it. There are numerous links that will bear me out on that, and here's one you might want to take a look at, by way of example: http://www.medalofhonor.com George Z. |
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"BUFDRVR" wrote in message ... Yes, and he was also courts-martialled for insisting that airpower alone could win a war No, he was court martialled (and rightfully so) for publically accusing both the President (Calvin Coolidge) and Congress of treason in what he believed was their negligence in managing and funding the US Army Air Corps and aviation in general. I believe the crash of a US Navy dirigible was what prompted him to make the remarks to a national newspaper. Mitchell continued to publicly press for a separate air arm after some half dozen obsolete naval war vessels had been sunk by air attack in various tests. This is what the Air Force Museum's home page says about his courts-martial: "The success of the bombing trials encouraged the supporters of a separate air arm to press even harder for their objectives but the Army General Staff remained firm in its belief that airpower, acting independently, could not win a war. Mitchell became increasingly critical of his superiors until his public statements could no longer be condoned. In Dec. 1925 he was found guilty before a court-martial of violating the all-inclusive 96th Article of War and was suspended from duty for five years. In 1926, Mitchell resigned from the service." George Z. |
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"George Z. Bush" wrote in message ...
... When all was said and done, however, he was awarded a posthumous CMH in 1946 for his conceptual contributions towards winning WWII. George Z. Not to be confused with THE Medal of Honor, see: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/histo...wwi/bmcmoh.htm A special congressional medal to honor Mitchell, not The Medal of Honor. Regards, R |
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"Rich" wrote in message m... "George Z. Bush" wrote in message ... ... When all was said and done, however, he was awarded a posthumous CMH in 1946 for his conceptual contributions towards winning WWII. George Z. Not to be confused with THE Medal of Honor, see: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/histo...wwi/bmcmoh.htm A special congressional medal to honor Mitchell, not The Medal of Honor. Point taken. I will no longer confuse it with the regular Congressional Medal of Honor. (^-^))) George Z. |
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"George Z. Bush" writes: "BUFDRVR" wrote in message ... Yes, and he was also courts-martialled for insisting that airpower alone could win a war No, he was court martialled (and rightfully so) for publically accusing both the President (Calvin Coolidge) and Congress of treason in what he believed was their negligence in managing and funding the US Army Air Corps and aviation in general. I believe the crash of a US Navy dirigible was what prompted him to make the remarks to a national newspaper. Mitchell continued to publicly press for a separate air arm after some half dozen obsolete naval war vessels had been sunk by air attack in various tests. This is what the Air Force Museum's home page says about his courts-martial: "The success of the bombing trials encouraged the supporters of a separate air arm to press even harder for their objectives but the Army General Staff remained firm in its belief that airpower, acting independently, could not win a war. Mitchell became increasingly critical of his superiors until his public statements could no longer be condoned. In Dec. 1925 he was found guilty before a court-martial of violating the all-inclusive 96th Article of War and was suspended from duty for five years. In 1926, Mitchell resigned from the service." G.Z., The bombing tests were several years before the Court Martial. The charges had nothing to do with his pressing for a separate air force. That was, while irritatiing, tolerable. The proximate casue of the charges was that after the loss of the Navy's rigid airship Shenandoah (ZR-1), in a line squall over the midwest during a publicity tour, He'd made his statements referring to the President, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of War, and the Admiralty as traitors. (It _was_ an emotional event - the Captain of the Shenandoah was a personal friend of Mitchell, and had advised against the trip as too risky during that time of year. The airship captain's non-aviator superiors ordered him out anyway.) After the initial statements, MItchell was ordered to not make any uncleared public statements, but continued to do so. This prompted teh charges of insubordination. -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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Peter Stickney wrote:
In article , "George Z. Bush" writes: "BUFDRVR" wrote in message ... Yes, and he was also courts-martialled for insisting that airpower alone could win a war No, he was court martialled (and rightfully so) for publically accusing both the President (Calvin Coolidge) and Congress of treason in what he believed was their negligence in managing and funding the US Army Air Corps and aviation in general. I believe the crash of a US Navy dirigible was what prompted him to make the remarks to a national newspaper. Mitchell continued to publicly press for a separate air arm after some half dozen obsolete naval war vessels had been sunk by air attack in various tests. This is what the Air Force Museum's home page says about his courts-martial: "The success of the bombing trials encouraged the supporters of a separate air arm to press even harder for their objectives but the Army General Staff remained firm in its belief that airpower, acting independently, could not win a war. Mitchell became increasingly critical of his superiors until his public statements could no longer be condoned. In Dec. 1925 he was found guilty before a court-martial of violating the all-inclusive 96th Article of War and was suspended from duty for five years. In 1926, Mitchell resigned from the service." G.Z., The bombing tests were several years before the Court Martial. The charges had nothing to do with his pressing for a separate air force. That was, while irritatiing, tolerable. The proximate casue of the charges was that after the loss of the Navy's rigid airship Shenandoah (ZR-1), in a line squall over the midwest during a publicity tour, He'd made his statements referring to the President, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of War, and the Admiralty as traitors. (It _was_ an emotional event - the Captain of the Shenandoah was a personal friend of Mitchell, and had advised against the trip as too risky during that time of year. The airship captain's non-aviator superiors ordered him out anyway.) After the initial statements, MItchell was ordered to not make any uncleared public statements, but continued to do so. This prompted teh charges of insubordination. Thank you for the enlightening details I don't recall ever having seen before. George Z. |
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