[tanknetter]

Mitchell was actually dead by the time Pearl Harbor happened.

There’s a neat short story titled “Billy Mitchell’s Overt Act” that has him acceptng the demotion and staying in the AAC. Where he ends up in command of the B-17 squadron on Oahu in late 1941. Very good read.

[Tupelo]

I think I would check the sources of that story. General Billy Mitchell died February 19, 1936. (wikipedia)