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Karl Abt during WWII<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Karl Abt was one of Tom’s friends and a fraternity brother from his days at Northwestern University. Karl was in Army Intelligence during WWII and after the war went seeking more information about Tom’s death.<\/p>\n

Karl wrote of his wartime experiences in a book, “A Few who Made a Difference.” In the book, he discusses Tom’s loss and his unsuccessful search for the crash site.<\/p>\n

Despite all the apparent successes, there were still losses and failures which resulted in deaths. For instance, I learned later on that my college fraternity brother, Tom Cartmell, had been a pilot of one of three night fighters flying over the Danube River on April 26th. The entire flight was whot down by U.S. anti-aircraft fire, an incomprehensible action in view of the fact that the German had nothing in the sky anymore. Years later, I visited Tom’s grave in an American cemetery in the French province of Lorraine.<\/em>[1]<\/sup><\/a>Page 95<\/span><\/span>