In an era when the radical left tries to redefine "courage" as men competing in women's sports or corporations slapping rainbow logos on their products, President Donald Trump is reminding America what genuine, selfless heroism actually looks like.
On March 2, 2026, the Commander-in-Chief will award the Medal of Honor—our nation's highest and most prestigious military decoration—to three United States Army soldiers whose acts of valor stand as towering testaments to the American spirit. Two will receive the honor posthumously, having made the ultimate sacrifice for their brothers in arms.
Defying the Nazis at Gunpoint
Master Sergeant Roderick "Roddie" W. Edmonds will finally receive the recognition he deserved eight decades ago. As a POW in Nazi Germany in January 1945, MSG Edmonds faced down pure evil—and won.
When Nazi commanders ordered Jewish-American prisoners to identify themselves for what would almost certainly have been persecution or execution, Edmonds made a decision that would save over 200 lives. He ordered ALL 1,200 American prisoners to fall out for roll call together. When the furious Nazi commandant pressed a pistol to Edmonds' forehead and demanded he identify the Jewish soldiers, this American hero didn't flinch.
"We are all Jews here," Edmonds reportedly declared, warning the commandant he'd face war crimes prosecution. The Nazi backed down. Two hundred American lives were saved because one man refused to bow to tyranny.
That's American courage, folks. That's what we're made of.
The Ultimate Shield
Staff Sergeant Michael H. Ollis made the supreme sacrifice in Afghanistan on August 28, 2013, during a complex enemy attack on Forward Operating Base Ghazni. When insurgents breached the perimeter, Ollis didn't retreat—he charged toward the danger.
Fighting alongside coalition forces without even his protective equipment, armed only with his rifle and American grit, Ollis engaged the enemy. When an insurgent appeared and opened fire, Ollis did something that defines everything beautiful and tragic about the warrior ethos: he physically positioned himself between the enemy and a wounded coalition officer who couldn't walk.
He took the blast from the suicide vest so another man could live. Greater love hath no man than this.
Seven Hours of Defiance in Vietnam
Command Sergeant Major Terry P. Richardson (Retired) will receive his long-overdue Medal of Honor for actions on September 14, 1968, near Loc Ninh, Vietnam. Surrounded by an entrenched North Vietnamese Army battalion, then-Staff Sergeant Richardson braved machine gun fire three separate times to rescue wounded soldiers.
Then, realizing his entire company was encircled, he advanced to the top of Hill 222—directly into an enemy regiment's base camp—to call in air strikes. Even after being wounded by a sniper, Richardson continued directing those strikes for SEVEN MORE HOURS. When it was over, 85 American soldiers were alive because of his actions.
When offered medical evacuation, Richardson refused. He stayed with his men.
A President Who Honors Real Heroes
President Trump understands that these men represent everything the America First movement fights to preserve—duty, honor, sacrifice, and an unwavering commitment to protecting the innocent and standing against evil.
While the Biden administration spent four years apologizing for American greatness and pushing DEI ideology into our military, President Trump is back in the Oval Office doing what a Commander-in-Chief should do: honoring the warriors who make our freedom possible.
These three soldiers—spanning from World War II to Vietnam to Afghanistan—remind us that American heroism isn't confined to any single generation. It lives in the heart of every patriot willing to stand in the gap.
God bless these heroes, and God bless the President who ensures their sacrifices will never be forgotten.