Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tare da sintiri daga kamfanin, Kirista ya fita don tsallake Babbar Hanya ta 6 kusa da Valmontone kuma ya gudanar da bincike na kewaye da 23:00 a ranar 2 ga Yuni yayin ci gaba a kan Roma
Ka yi haƙuri. Da karfe 01:00 na washegari sun gama aikin su, amma an yi musu kwanton bauna daga bangarori uku a cikin fili, suna zuwa karkashin wuta daga tankuna uku, bindigogi uku, da akalla sojoji sittin. Mataimakin kwamandan 'yan sintiri daga baya ya ba da rahoton cewa an kashe shugaban sintirin da sauri kuma wadanda suka tsira sun tafi kasa. Na biyun ya ga Kirista, mai harbi na Thompson, da kuma Browning Automatic Rifle na sintiri, Private Elden H. Johnson, ya tashi tsaye don karkatar da hankalin Jamus da kuma nuna alama ga sintiri don matsawa zuwa baya. Ba da daɗewa ba, an harbe Kirista da harsashi na 20 mm wanda kusan ya yanke ƙafafunsa, amma ya ci gaba da yin tsalle gaba da harbi a kan sojojin Jamus, ya kashe kuma ya ji rauni a kalla uku. A cikin mita goma na matsayi na Jamus, ya zubar da bindigarsa a cikin wani bindigar bindigar Jamus, ya sake caji kuma ya gudanar da wani fashewa na karshe kafin a kashe shi ta hanyar wuta ta Jamus. Don waɗannan ayyukan, an ba shi lambar yabo ta girmamawa bayan shekara guda, a ranar 30 ga Mayu, 1945; Johnson, wanda aka kashe a kusan lokaci guda, ya kuma sami lambar yabo.