Karl Thom [SEP] conflict
Karl Thom
Lieutenant Karl Thom (19 May 1893 – 3 March 1945), was a German World War I fighter ace credited with 27 victories. He was decorated with both his nation's highest decorations for valor, the Military Merit Cross as an enlisted soldier, and the Pour le Mérite after he was commissioned as an officer. He was one of only four German aces of World War I to achieve this double award.
Early life.
Karl Thom was born the son of a field hand. He began
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See also.
- Interior Salish languages
- Tillamook (extinct Salishan language)
Bibliography.
- Bates, Dawn, Hess, Thom, and Hilbert, Vi; map by Dassow, Laura, 1994, Lushootseed dictionary, University of Washington Press, Seattle and London, . (alk. paper) Revised and expanded update of Hess, Thom, "Dictionary of Puget Salish" (University of Washington Press, 1976). Accessed Sep 24, 2009.
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