Blackburn, Schatz Introduce Bill to Award Tennessean Roddie Edmonds with Congres...
Normandy France for the 80th anniversary of D Day BACKGROUND In 1944 Roddie Edmonds was captured by Nazi forces during the Battle of the Bulge Taken to Stalag IX A a notorious POW camp in Ziegenhain Germany Edmonds...by Yad Vashem which honored him as Righteous Among the Nations the first member of the U S Armed Forces and one of only five Americans to receive this distinction As we approach the 80th anniversary of...