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Roddie Edmonds — Victoria Cross

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Heroic Score150760th out of 4480

Number of Medals10

Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score166678 of 4480

U.S. Army#272of 2016

Infantry#270of 1502

World War II#324of 924

Battle of the Bulge (POW)#1of 1

Korean War#79of 197

Roddie Edmonds

Master sergeant, U.S. Army

World War IIBattle of the Bulge (POW)Korean War

Awards & Decorations

Medal of Honor
Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Prisoner of War Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Army of Occupation Medal (2)
National Defense Service Medal
Korean Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

Ribbon Rack

Biography

Roderick 'Roddie' Waring Edmonds, was a U.S. Army infantryman renowned for his courageous stand during World War II. As the highest-ranking American non-commissioned officer captured by German forces in December 1944, Edmonds was interned at Stalag IX-A, a prisoner-of-war camp in Ziegenhain, Germany. On January 27, 1945, Edmonds refused an order by German officers to identify Jewish-American soldiers, possibly for separate execution, instead defiantly declaring that "We are all Jews here." The captors relented, sparing the lives of up to 300 Jewish-American prisoners of war.

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Score Breakdown

Medal of Honor(base 100)

+100

Bronze Star Medal(base 30)

+30

Unified Scoring Metrics Bonuses(career variety ×1.15 (2 medal types))

+20

Heroic Score150 pts