Blog Heap of Links for the day 4 December 2015

…The Nazi soldiers made their orders very clear: Jewish American prisoners of war were to be separated from their fellow brothers in arms and sent to an uncertain fate.

But Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds would have none of that. As the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer held in the German POW camp, he ordered more than 1,000 Americans captives to step forward with him and brazenly pronounced: “We are all Jews here.”

He would not waver, even with a pistol to his head, and his captors eventually backed down.

Seventy years later, the Knoxville, Tennessee, native is being posthumously recognized with Israel’s highest honor for non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during World War II. He’s the first American serviceman to earn the honor.…

…Bill Nye, "The Science Guy," told Huffington Post Live…

…On this day in 1783 At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, General George Washington bid farewell to his officers. The tavern has undergone a lot of renovations and restorations but it is still there in its original location.…