KIMBRO, TRUMAN - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Technician Fourth Grade, U.S. Army, Company C,
2d Engineer Combat Battalion, 2d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near
Rocherath, Belgium, 19 December 1944. Entered service at: Houston, Tex.
Birth: Madisonville, Tex. G.O. No.: 42, 24 May 1945. Citation: On 19 December
1944, as scout, he led a squad assigned to the mission of mining a vital
crossroads near Rocherath, Belgium. At the first attempt to reach the objective,
he discovered it was occupied by an enemy tank and at least 20 infantrymen.
Driven back by withering fire, Technician 4th Grade Kimbro made 2 more
attempts to lead his squad to the crossroads but all approaches were covered
by intense enemy fire. Although warned by our own infantrymen of the great
danger involved, he left his squad in a protected place and, laden with
mines, crawled alone toward the crossroads. When nearing his objective
he was severely wounded, but he continued to drag himself forward and laid
his mines across the road. As he tried to crawl from the objective his
body was riddled with rifle and machinegun fire. The mines laid by his
act of indomitable courage delayed the advance of enemy armor and prevented
the rear of our withdrawing columns from being attacked by the enemy.
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