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Confronting the Nazis, Roddie Edmonds saved the lives of over 200 U.S. Jewish soldiers.
The Battle of the Bulge was the bloodiest U.S. conflict of World War ll, and among the survivors was Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds and 1,292 American prisoners of war, under his command.
Sgt. Edmonds and his men were held in a Nazi POW camp deep inside Germany.
On Jan. 27, 1945, at the morning roll call, the camp's commandant ordered 25-year-old Sgt. Edmonds to identify all Jewish-American soldiers.
Knowing they would die, Sgt. Edmonds defied the order, stating firmly, "We are all Jews here."
Furious, camp commandant Siegmann screamed. "They cannot all be Jews!"
Siegmann then pressed his gun barrel firmly on Sgt. Edmonds' forehead, and snarled, "Order the Jews to step forward...or I will shoot you right now."
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