Tomich, Peter, 1893-1941

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Tomich, Peter, 1893-1941

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Tomich

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Peter

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1893-1941

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Tonić, Petar Herceg, 1893-1941

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Tonić

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Petar Herceg

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1893-1941

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Tomich, Peter Herceg, 1893-1941

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Tomich

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Peter Herceg

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1893-1941

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1893-06-03

June 3, 1893

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1941-12-07

December 7, 1941

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Petar Herceg Tonić (later anglicized as Peter Tomich; June 3, 1893 – December 7, 1941) was a United States Navy sailor of Herzegovinian Croat descent who received the United States military's highest award, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II. Tomich was Chief Watertender on board the USS Utah and was killed at station during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7177344

https://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-tomich,%20peter$1893%201941/

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Medal of Honor

Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941

Utah (Battleship)

World War, 1939-1945

World War II, 1939-1945

World War II, 1939-1945

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Bosnian Herzegovinian

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United States. Army

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Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

01, BA

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Pearl Harbor

HI, US

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