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John Purroy MitchelJohn Purroy Mitchel (1879 - July 6 1918) was the mayor of New York 1914-17, and at age 35 the youngest ever. After failing to get re-elected he joined the Signal Corps Army Air service. He died 13 days short of his 39th birthday, in a training accident in Louisiana, on July 6th, 1918. Mitchel Field on Long Island was named for him in 1918 and is frequently misspelled, being wrongly connected to Billy Mitchell. Mitchel, John Purroy Mitchel, John Purroy Mitchel, John Purroy
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