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Roderick W. Edmonds (August 20, 1919 – August 8, 1985) [1] was a master sergeant of the 106th Infantry Division, 422nd Infantry Regiment in the United States Army during World War II, who was captured and became the ranking U.S. non-commissioned officer at the Stalag IX-A prisoner-of-war camp in Germany, where—at the risk of his life—he saved an...
Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds (b. 1919) of Knoxville, Tennessee, served in the US Army during World War II. He participated in the landing of the American forces in Europe and was taken prisoner by the Germans. Together with other American POWs, including Jews, he was taken to Stalag IXA, a camp near Ziegenhain, Germany.
Aug 19, 2023 · Roderick Edmonds, a twenty-four-year-old non-commissioned officer from Tennessee, is one of just five Americans recognized by the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Israel for his heroics in saving...
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Roddie Edmonds is an unsung hero of WWII. His decisions and commands as ranking officer in Stalag IXA saved the lives of more than two hundred Jewish American POWs.
Aug 16, 2023 · While imprisoned at a German prisoner of war (POW) camp, the noncomissioned officer defiantly ignored the orders of a German commandant, subsequently saving the lives of hundreds of his Jewish-American comrades.
Dec 21, 2015 · The Germans captured Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds and his men in the Battle of the Bulge. Edmonds stood up to POW camp commander at gunpoint, saved lives of Jewish comrades
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Dec 2, 2015 · Sgt. Roddie Edmonds: US veteran who risked his life by refusing to hand Jews to Nazis posthumously honoured by Israel. The Sergeant refused to state which of the soldiers were Jewish, simply...
