Kimbrough, Robert.
Variant namesKimbrough (b.1929) served in the Korean War as platoon leader of 2nd Rifle Platoon, C Company, 1st Marine Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. He joined the Marine Reserve during his second year of college at Williams College (Massachusetts). On active duty from 1950-1953, he also served from 1948-1976 in the Marine Corps Reserve and retired as a Colonel. He received a Master's degree from Stanford and a Ph. D. from Harvard in English literature. He came to Wisconsin in 1959 to teach English literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Now a professor emeritus, Kimbrough is an active member of Veterans for Peace, Clarence Kailin Chapter 25 (Madison).
From the description of Oral history interview with Robert A. Kimbrough [videorecording], 2004. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 657390815
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| creatorOf | Madison Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case. Records, 1950-1986. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| creatorOf | Kimbrough, Robert,. Oral history interview with Robert A. Kimbrough [videorecording], 2004. | Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center |
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