An act of heroism that should not be forgotten

I’m still not able to spend as much time at the computer as I’d like. But there is no way I was not going to stop by to wish my friends and readers a Merry Christmas. I hope those of you in the south were spared those deadly tornadoes yesterday, a scary side-effect of this weirdly warm weather hitting half the country.
The other day I posted an uplifting story about Muslim women in Kenya risking their own lives to save Christian passengers when their bus was attacked by terrorists. Here is another story sure to warm our hearts, this one going back to WWII and a POW camp, where the Jewish prisoners were ordered to assemble outside their barracks. One man said “We are not going to do this, “and told all 2,700 prisoners to step forward. When the camp commandant angrily challenged him, he said calmly, “We are all Jews,” and did not back down even when a gun was put to his head. There were at least 200 Jewish prisoners among the men, and there is no doubt that he saved their lives. Amazingly, he never told his family about his heroic act, and his son did not discover it until after his death. But the men who witnessed it never forgot it and he is the only American soldier to be recognized as a Righteous Gentile by the state of Israel. Here is the link to this inspiring story. http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/21/europe/...