Bill > S1134

This bill would award a Congressional Gold Medal to Master Sergeant Rodrick "Roddie" Edmonds in recognition of his heroic actions during World War II. Edmonds, a U.S. Army soldier captured by Nazi forces and held at the Stalag IX-A prisoner of war camp, refused to identify Jewish soldiers under his command when ordered to do so, thereby saving the lives of approximately 200 Jewish-American service members. The bill details Edmonds' courage in defying the Nazis and his subsequent recognition as "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center. The bill authorizes the striking of a gold medal to be presented to Edmonds' next of kin, and allows for the production and sale of bronze duplicates.