RODDIE EDMONDS: "U.S. Soldier Honored Posthumously For Protecting Jewish POWs In 1945" : The Two-Way : NPR

"
It's the first time a U.S. soldier has been named
Righteous Among the Nations , an honor from
Israel's Holocaust remembrance and research center
reserved for non-Jews who risked their lives to save
Jews during the Holocaust.
Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds of Knoxville, Tenn., ..."

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/12/02/458166709/u-s-soldier-posthumously-honored-for-protecting-jewish-pows-in-1945