Okinawa.
May 5, 1945.
Hacksaw Ridge.
Private First Class Desmond Doss.
Seventh-Day Adventist.
Refused to carry a weapon.
77th Infantry Division.
Atop 400-foot escarpment.
Heavy Japanese fire.
75 wounded soldiers left behind.
Order: retreat.
Doss refused.
Alone.
For 5 hours.
Lowered each wounded man.
Down the cliff.
Using a rope-supported litter.
A special knot he learned.
He prayed.
“Lord, help me get one more.”
Then one more.
Then one more.
75 men saved.
Later, wounded 4 times himself.
17 pieces of shrapnel in his body.
Medal of Honor 1945.
First conscientious objector to receive it.
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