The bill would award a Congressional Gold Medal after his death to Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds for his actions as a prisoner of war during World War II. The bill says he refused to identify Jewish-American soldiers to Nazi guards, helping protect about 200 of them. After the medal is presented, it would go to Pastor Christopher Waring Edmonds or Roddie Edmonds’s next of kin. The bill has been referred to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
The bill would create a public honor for Edmonds. It does not state any changes to services or duties for the public. Bronze copies of the medal could be sold.
Costs for medals made under the bill could be charged to the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. The price of bronze copies would be set to cover their costs, and sale proceeds would go into that fund.
The bill’s stated purpose is to recognize Edmonds’s heroic actions and his efforts to protect fellow soldiers. Its findings say his actions saved about 200 Jewish-American service members.
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