Samuel Taylor Moore

Exactly 100 years ago, on Dec. 17, 1925, Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell was convicted by court-martial for violating an order that required approval before he could engage with the media. Mitchell’s provocative thoughts and unorthodox methods sought attention for a cause that he saw as ...

Call them sausages, drachen, or observation balloons—they played an important though now all-but-forgo

Off Cape Hatteras back in 1923 …