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Colonel '''William "Billy" Mitchell''' dropped out of college in 1898 to serve in the [[Spanish-American War]]. Afterwards, America stayed out of wars until 1917, when Mitchell was touring Europe as an observer. By then he was considered too old to be trained on the new airplanes that were just being considered, but he learned to fly through private lessons of his own. When the United States entered [[World War I]], Mitchell was the first American to fly over enemy lines. In 1918, he led a large bombing attack on St. Mihiel.

Colonel '''William "Billy" Mitchell''' (born Dec. 29, 1879, Nice, France—died Feb. 19, 1936, New York, N.Y., U.S.)<ref>Encyclopedia Brittancia https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Mitchell</ref> dropped out of college in 1898 to serve in the [[Spanish-American War]]. Afterwards, America stayed out of wars until 1917, when Mitchell was touring Europe as an observer. By then he was considered too old to be trained on the new airplanes that were just being considered, but he learned to fly through private lessons of his own. When the United States entered [[World War I]], Mitchell was the first American to fly over enemy lines. In 1918, he led a large bombing attack on St. Mihiel.

After the war he devoted his efforts to advocating greater use of aviation in the military, and criticizing those who resisted the change. In 1921 and 1923 he bombed old American and captured German battleships to demonstrate how easily air power could sink them, which he did. The embarrassed military brass sent him on a trip to Asia, but when Mitchell returned he predicted that Japan would ultimately attack us as it did at [[Pearl Harbor]].

After the war he devoted his efforts to advocating greater use of aviation in the military, and criticizing those who resisted the change. In 1921 and 1923 he bombed old American and captured German battleships to demonstrate how easily air power could sink them, which he did. The embarrassed military brass sent him on a trip to Asia, but when Mitchell returned he predicted that Japan would ultimately attack us as it did at [[Pearl Harbor]].