Disobeying his orders to retreat after a devastating Japanese counter attack at hacksaw ridge leaving dozens of fellow american soldiers injured, he remain up there alone for hours carrying the wounded men to the edge of the cliff one at a time and lowering them down with some improvised rope he tied to a stretcher.
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