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Private John Kinne was one of a hand-picked group of soldiers known as "Young's Scouts," tasked with being at the forefront of movement in rebel-controlled areas. On May 13, 1899, eleven of these scouts under Captain William Birkhimer earned Medals of Honor in a frontal attack on 300 enemy. Three days later the scouts were looking for water when they encountered a large enemy force of at San Isidro. The rebel forces set fire to the strategic bridge over the Rio Grande de Pampanga. Three Scouts immediately sprinted across the bridge, firing at the enemy from point-blank range, while the remaining Scouts took cover and returned fire on the enemy trenches on the opposite bank, only fifty yards distant. Private Kinne was one of twenty-two Scouts that braved the hail of fire to rush the burning, wooden bridge and extinguished the flames, though constantly under fire. They then attacked and routed the enemy forces numbering 600 men. Private Kinne and six other Scouts earned the Medal of Honor for this action. In all, thirteen of Young's Scouts earned Medals of Honor in the three-day period. |
| John Kinne entered active duty in the U.S. Army from the North Dakota National Guard. |
Photo Courtesy of Dann Sears, Aberdeen Museum of History
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