No Surrender Young Readers' Edition
A Father, a Son, and an Extraordinary Act of Heroism

Decades after his father passed away, during a random Google search, Chris Edmonds discovers that his father is a hero. Roddie Edmonds was a Staff Sargent assigned to the 422nd Infantry Regiment of the 106th Infantry Division, who were shipped to Europe. They were stationed outside Saint. Vith near t......more

Sergeant, you will order the Jews to step forward, or I will shoot you right now These are the words of a German major, who threathened to shoot Roddie Edmonds, the senior noncommissioned officer in charge of a group of American POW's after he refused to identify Jewish soldiers. For this he was post......more

Chris Edmonds discovers, in serendipitous fashion, that his father was a war hero during his time in a Nazi POW camp. He sets out to discover the role his father played in saving the lives of Jewish POWs and it’s last impact years later. Roddie’s story was fascinating, and there were quite a few his......more

This war story is among the best I’ve read for its sincerity, graphic descriptions, and lessons as remembered by its aged survivors. Chris Edmonds, a Tennessee pastor, prompted by a daughter who wanted to write a school paper about her paternal grandfather, realized he knew very little about his own......more

This is a remarkable story written by the son of a World War II veteran who embarked on a quest to uncover the mysteries surrounding his father's heroic acts while held at a German POW camp. A man who was reserved and humble by nature, he never sought praise or notoriety following the war. Although......more