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==Wartime service==
==Wartime service==
Wimberly recounted his wartime exploits: "On [[Thanksgiving Day|Thanksgiving]] night 1944 in [[Luxembourg]], the members of the [[Germany|German]] Army counterattacked my battalion. Companies E and F were wiped out. I was the Third Platoon sergeant. . . . I lost forty-six men from my fifty-man platoon. Three others and myself were captured. That night and the next few months [we were] starving, freezing, walking over lots of Germans from southwest [[Germany]] to northeast [[Poland]] and back to south of [[Berlin, Germany|Berlin]]. I felt, and to this day feel, [that] I am living on borrowed time. I have assisted my fellow Americans as a school teacher, administrator, Mason, and Shriner, [having] dedicated my life to the [[Christianity|Christian]] effort of 'helping those who cannot help themselves.' This is also the motto of American Ex-Prisoners of War."<ref name=obit/>
Wimberly recounted his wartime exploits: "On [[Thanksgiving Day|Thanksgiving]] night 1944 in [[Luxembourg]], the members of the [[Germany|German]] Army counterattacked my battalion. Companies E and F were wiped out. I was the Third Platoon sergeant. . . . I lost forty-six men from my fifty-man platoon. Three others and myself were captured. That night and the next few months [we were] starving, freezing, walking over lots of Germans from southwest [[Germany]] to northeast [[Poland]] and back to south of [[Berlin]]. I felt, and to this day feel, [that] I am living on borrowed time. I have assisted my fellow Americans as a school teacher, administrator, Mason, and Shriner, [having] dedicated my life to the [[Christianity|Christian]] effort of 'helping those who cannot help themselves.' This is also the motto of American Ex-Prisoners of War."<ref name=obit/>
Wimberly was confined to Stalag XII and several other camps. He was liberated by the [[Russia|Russians]] on April 22, 1945, escaped on May 9, and was discharged from the military on December 12, 1945. He received the [[Purple Heart]], [[Bronze Star]], and two Battle Stars.<ref name=obit/>
Wimberly was confined to Stalag XII and several other camps. He was liberated by the [[Russia|Russians]] on April 22, 1945, escaped on May 9, and was discharged from the military on December 12, 1945. He received the [[Purple Heart]], [[Bronze Star]], and two Battle Stars.<ref name=obit/>