To: sionnsar
the warnings of a possible Japanese attack made by Gen. Billy Mitchell in 1924 Court-marshalled for being "innovative" in demonstrating what airpower could do to surface ships!!!
8 posted on
08/22/2006 3:56:56 PM PDT by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: ExSES
Yes, the Navy was terrified by his demonstration, if thinking like that had caught on, appropriations for battleships and ships of the line would have disappeared.
12 posted on
08/22/2006 3:59:10 PM PDT by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: ExSES
Actually, he was court-martialed at Calvin Coolidge's direct order for issuing a public statement accusing senior leaders in the Army and Navy of incompetence and "almost treasonable administration of the national defense" following the crash of the Navy dirigible
Shenandoah.
To: ExSES
Yeah, he scared the crap out of the Navy, and as a result he had a target on his back for the rest of his career. A real visionary, though. Got himself a
nice airport too. :)
53 posted on
08/22/2006 6:19:32 PM PDT by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: ExSES
Court-marshalled for being "innovative" in demonstrating what airpower could do to surface ships!!! I'm waiting for a successor of his to get court-martialed in a few years for demonstrating what the next generation of ground-controlled UAV's can do to a $150M F-22.
67 posted on
08/22/2006 7:57:50 PM PDT by
Mr. Jeeves
("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
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