Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Unit:

Company I, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division "Santa Fe", U.S. Army (Company I, 134th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division "Santa Fe", U.S. Army)

Staff Sergeant Huston T. Temple, 34882219, Infantry, United States Army, for gallantry in action near Agincourt, France, on 20 September 1944. During an enemy counterattack on the village of Agincourt, launched at night and under cover of a heavy fog, a house occupied by Sergeant Temple, a squad leader, and part of his platoon, was surrounded by a strong German force who called to our men to surrender. Realizing that he could’ not hold out against the superior enemy group but unwilling to allow his unit to be captured, Sergeant Temple took charge, ordered his men to withdraw and covered their movement by firing from his position in the house. Since the enemy was sending up flares to obtain a better view of the building whose occupants they believed ready to surrender, they did not realize that the flashes emanating from various windows of the house were fired by Sergeant Temple as he protected the withdrawal of his comrades. After he had succeeded in killing and wounding a large number of the enemy he made his own escape without suffering an injury. The entire manoeuvre was accomplished without the loss of a man. Sergeant Temple’s gallant and resourceful leadership proves him a credit to his military training and an honor to the military service of the United States.
Entered military service from Tennessee.


Headquarters 35th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 50 (4 November 1944).