 Later, during the 70th U.S. Congress, special dispensation allowed James to accept the French Legion of Honour for his World War I service.In 1921 LCDR James and was present at one of the key changing moments in naval history.United States Army General Billy Mitchell, an outspoken advocate for air power, led a series of tests off the Virginia coast in which the ex-German battleship "SMS Ostfriesland" and other ships were sunk by bomber aircraft.