Ordered at gunpoint to separate Jewish soldiers from other POWs, Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds told a German commander: "We ...
MSG Edmonds was an American POW captured during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944. He was sent to a northern German POW camp with ~1275 other captured American soldiers. Edmonds was the highest-ranking ...
Ordered at gunpoint to separate Jewish soldiers from other POWs, Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds called a full formation of Americans and told a German commander: "We are all Jews." ...
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German POWs discover the truth about America in World War II
In 1943, hundreds of thousands of German prisoners of war were sent to the United States after the collapse of the Afrika Korps. What they witnessed—industrial scale, agricultural abundance, and ...
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.
The body of an Italian prisoner of war was found hanging on Fort Lawton, outside Seattle. The Army's investigation pointed to ...
Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor for shielding more than 200 Jewish Americans in a ...
The last-minute swap saved Ryan’s life. Less than 30 seconds after dropping its payload, the B-24 and its crew were hit ...
Representative Lauren Boebert shared a photo of Clinton at the closed-door proceeding with a conservative influencer who posted it on social media.
The Civil War isn’t what it used to be. Instead of the romantic version, a “good war” of courage and glory, that emerged in the conflict’s immediate aftermath, or the post-civil-rights-era emphasis on ...
Other topics from history that continue to demand more attention in digital or written publications: the one-room school culture throughout York County; the Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Glen ...
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