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Desmond Doss Jr. (b. 1946) Desmond Thomas Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) [ 1 ] was a United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic with an infantry company in World War II .
The Conscientious Objector is a 2004 documentary film directed by Terry Benedict about the life of Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector who received the Medal of Honor for his service in World War II. Due to his religious convictions as a Seventh-day Adventist, Doss refused to carry a weapon.
The film focuses on the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss, an American pacifist combat medic who, as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, refused to carry or use a weapon or firearm of any kind. Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor, for service above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of ...
The film depicts the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss, an American combat medic in the United States Army who, as a Seventh-day Adventist, refused to carry or use weapons of any kind. He became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor , for saving an estimated 75 men during the Battle of Okinawa . [ 1 ]
The first conscientious objector to receive a Medal of Honor, for saving many lives while acting as a medic. During the Battle of Okinawa, Pfc. Doss single-handedly entered enemy line of fire to retrieve approximately 75 casualties, carrying them one-by-one down a 400-foot escarpment.
By helping to support and maintain the war, Desmond was the first non-combatant to receive the Medal of Honor. A dramatized account of Doss's life and war experience, as well as testimony from his peers, is portrayed in Mel Gibson's 2016 film Hacksaw Ridge, starring Andrew Garfield as Doss.
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Desmond Doss: combat medic of the 77th who received the Medal of Honor during the Battle of Okinawa; Martin O. May: machine gunner who refused to withdraw and broke up multiple enemy attacks during combat operations on Ie-shima during the Battle of Okinawa. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor