Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Albert Edward Mitchell i te 25 o Tihema 1914 ki Seattle, Washington. I haere ia ki te Whare Wananga o Washington, ka uru atu ki te Navy hei kaipuke tuarua i te 20 o Tihema 1940 mo te whakangungu rererangi i Seattle me Corpus Christi, i reira i tohua ai ia hei kaipuke rererangi i te 30 o Mahuru 1941 ka whakahaua hei Ensign. I a ia e whakawhiwhia ana ki te Patrol Squadron 42, i mate ia i te mahi i te Pipiri o te tau 1942 i tetahi waahi i runga i te Unimak Pass i nga Moutere Aleutian i a ia e whawhai ana ki nga ope a Iapani i roto i te mea e mohiotia ana ko te Pakanga o Dutch Harbor
He aha? I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Tohu Rererangi Motuhake mo "te whakatutukitanga nui i a ia e uru ana ki te rererangi rererangi". I roto i tana whakamoemiti, i kii "ahakoa i mate ia i te hinganga o tana waka rererangi, i taea e ia te hopu i tetahi kaiwhaiwhai Mitsubishi i whakarato i nga korero hou me te tino nui mo tenei momo rererangi hoariri". Kāore i kitea ōna toenga me tōna waka rererangi.