Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds will posthumously receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. While in a German POW camp, Edmonds saved 200 Jewish servicemembers by declaring "We are all Jews." His son, Rev. Chris Edmonds, learned of the honor in a phone call from President Donald Trump. A Knoxville World War II hero ? who never shared his own story during his lifetime ? is finally getting the nation’s most hallowed recognition. Master Sgt. Roderick “Roddie” Edmonds, who risked his life protecting about 200 Jewish servicemembers while imprisoned in a German prisoner of war camp in December 1944, will posthumously receive...
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