740.00118 European War 1939/532: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Leopoldville (Mallon)
Washington, August 21,
1941—10 p.m.
Department’s August 8, 1941. Lieutenant Commander John Mitchell, United States Naval Reserve, assigned Naval Observer to French Equatorial Africa to conduct a survey of air routes. He will accompany Colonel Cunningham. Navy Department states Lieutenant Commander Mitchell was first commissioned an officer in United [Page 579] States Naval Reserve December 19, 1940 and date of present rank November 29, 1940.
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