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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