Thomas Lindas Karnes, PhD, 96, died December 11, 2010 just six weeks after the death of his beloved wife, Virginia. Tom is also preceded in death by his parents, a sister and a son. Survivors are a daughter, daughter-in-law and other relatives. Tom began his education at DePauw University in Indiana. He later transferred to U. of Colorado-Boulder earning his BA in History. He began working for the Census Bureau in 1940 then was drafted into the Army summer of 1941. He was accepted into Adjutant General’s School in Maryland and was eventually based at Wendover, UT. In late summer 1944 a B-29 landed at Wendover which later changed the world - its pilot was Col. Paul Tibbets who was there to organize the B-29 bomb group which became the 509th Composite Group. Col. Tibbets was the pilot on the Enola Gay that bombed Hiroshima. Tom served as Col. Tibbets’ adjutant and built the team of 1900 men responsible for that mission. After the war, Tom entered graduate school at Stanford, earning his PhD in Latin American history. He taught at Tulane University for 14 years until recruited by ASU. He retired from the Air Force as Lt. Colonel in 1974 and retired from ASU as History Department Chairman in 1984 after 16 years. He and Virginia moved to Round Rock, TX. Tom authored five books and countless articles. He continued his writing after they moved to Chapel Hill in 2004 and published his last book at age 95. On December 23, 2010 (Tom and Virginia’s 69th anniversary) their daughter and son-in-law will take Tom’s and Virginia’s remains to be buried together in a military funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.