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>>176763Finally, the Commandant, who was visibly reddened with anger, lowered his weapon and returned to his office without further attempts to segregate the Jewish-American prisoners. Master Sergeant Edmonds’ actions inspired his fellow POWs. Several weeks later, in March 1945, as Allied forces were rapidly advancing toward the area, the Germans ordered all prisoners to assemble outside the barracks for evacuation farther east to another camp. Fully intending to undermine his enemy captors, Master Sergeant Edmonds ordered all American prisoners to form in front of the barracks, and when the enemy transports arrived, they would break ranks and rush back to their barracks. Without regard for his own life Master Sergeant Edmonds gallantly led these prisoners in a relentless pursuit of opposition and resistance, forcing the Germans to abandon the camp leaving the 1,200 American prisoners behind.
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Staff Sergeant Michael H. Ollis will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty, while serving as an Infantryman to Company B, 2d Battalion, 22d Infantry Regiment at Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan. On August 28, 2013, a complex enemy attack involving vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices, suicide vests, indirect fire and small arms fire was launched against the FOB. In response, he ordered his fellow Soldiers inside a building to move to bunkers for refuge from the enemy fire. After accounting for his Soldiers, he reentered the building to check for any casualties, moving toward the enemy force who had penetrated the FOB perimeter. He located a Coalition Forces Officer, and together they moved toward the point of attack without their personal protection equipment and armed only with rifles. Upon reaching the attack point, Staff Sergeant Ollis and his comrade linked up with other friendly forces and began a coordinated effort to repulse the enemy from the airfield and adjacent buildings. While under continuous small arms, indirect, and rocket-propelled grenade fires, Staff Sergeant Ollis and his comrades moved from position to position engaging the enemy with accurate and effective fire. While fighting alongside the FOB perimeter, an insurgent came around a corner and immediately engaged them with small arms fire. With complete disregard for his own safety, he positioned himself between the insurgent and the Coalition Forces Officer, who had been wounded and unable to walk. Staff Sergeant Ollis fired on the insurgent and incapacitated him, but as he approached the insurgent, the latter’s suicide vest was denotated, mortally wounding him.
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Then-Staff Sergeant Terry P. Richardson distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty on September 14, 1968, while serving as the Lima Platoon Leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in the vicinity of Loc Ninh, Republic of Vietnam. On that date, he was on a reconnaissance mission and was engaged by intense automatic weapons and small arms fire from a well-entrenched North Vietnamese Army battalion. Staff Sergeant Richardson braved heavy machine gun fire on three occasions to rescue three severely wounded Soldiers. Upon returning to his unit, he realized that his entire Company was completely surrounded. He again braved enemy fire to advance to the top of Hill 222, his Company’s objective for the day, to secure a vantage point for directing tactical air strikes.
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