Donald Trump, March 2, 2026, White House East Room,

Congressional Medal of Honor Ceremony for Master Sergeant Roddy Edmonds.

On Monday, March 2, President Donald Trump posthumously presented the Congressional Medal of Honor to Pastor Chris Edmonds, Sergeant Edmonds’ son. The Medal is the highest honor that the United States can confer. The Medal’s Citation reads, “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty.”

Pastor Edmonds kindly invited me to join him, his family, and friends for the ceremony. It was a special privilege.  I have been a supporter of Pastor Edmonds and the effort for over six years.

Pastor Edmonds’ father had been a Nazi POW during WWII. He was the commanding non-com of 1200 American POWs. Edmonds saved the lives of over 200 Jewish American fellow prisoners of war from certain death, risking his own life. He defiantly refused to segregate the Jews for the Nazi Commandant. With a German luger held against his head, Edmonds stared the Nazi in the eyes.  It was a bitterly cold January morning in 1945, Edmonds courageously told the Nazi Commandant, “We are all Jews here.”

The Nazi backed down.  To get to the Jews, the Nazis would have to kill every American there.

Yad Vashem has uniquely recognized Sergeant Edmonds as a “Righteous Among the Nations” for his actions.

I took my seat in the surprisingly small East Room of the White House, where so many historical events of........

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