Executive Officer, Battery "A"

19-23 December 1944
Baraque de Fraiture, Belgium

Under the command of Major Arthur C. Parker III, the remnants of the 589th Field Artillery Battalion were able to defend the vital crossroads of Baraque de Fraiture, Belgium against the spearhead of the German 2nd SS Panzer Division.

27 January 1945
Stalag IX-A, Ziegenhain, Germany

Master Sergeant Roddie W. Edmonds was the senior American NCO at Stalag IX-A when orders were given to disclose the identities of all Jewish-American POW's. A righteous act of defiance would save the lives of hundreds of American GI's.