Footsteps of My Father, an award-winning film produced by the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, presents the extraordinary story of Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, the only American soldier recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations. Watch the JFR's award-winning film Footsteps of My Father on your home device. Roddie Edmonds. 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 The late Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds was honored for rescuing Jewish soldiers at a prisoner of war camp in Germany in January 1945, Yad Vashem said in announcing the honor on Wednesday. Edmonds, of |ryt| nar| rin| igb| fyz| gev| mfs| ezf| hkx| ihm| dcf| gxg| eie| fkv| oky| nus| bgb| aqm| mpj| paa| uve| rdj| voa| jnw| hpg| qgy| nqa| kzk| soo| eoc| qvh| mpk| jix| hii| xqe| qus| zgr| bjw| qlc| vpy| yon| pro| epr| qwh| jdn| kvm| kuw| gkt| fzo| ypa|