Master Sgt. Roderick “Roddie” Edmonds, who risked his life protecting about 200 Jewish servicemembers while imprisoned in a ...

A soldier who risked his life to protect hundreds of Jewish-American prisoners of war during World War II will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor more than 40 years after his death. Master Sgt.

Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor for shielding more than 200 Jewish Americans in a ...

A humble World War II veteran who died more than 40 years ago is about to be awarded the nation's highest honor.

: This bill stalled, but Chris Edmonds told 6 News that President Trump had called him to say Roddie Edmonds would receive a Medal of Honor instead of a Congressional Gold Medal. KNOXVILLE, ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Nearly 80 years after a German mortar wounded him as he fought along the Mussolini Canal in Italy, U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Marvin Cornett stood proudly in a ...

Only three Jewish World War II soldiers received a Congressional Medal of Honor and one of them is from Michigan. FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (WXYZ) — A Jewish World ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a mass grave of Nazi soldiers from World War II in Poland that includes a number of artifacts, including weapons, medals and tools. The grave was discovered in the ...

The award to Roddie Edmonds, who died in 1985, was announced last week. It comes more than a decade after Israel’s Holocaust ...