He was called a coward by his own unit. The enemy called him a ghost. He refused to even touch a rifle. This is the unbelievable true story of how one man, Desmond Doss, saved 75 lives in a single night during one of the bloodiest battles of WW2.
In May 1945, on Okinawa’s “Hacksaw Ridge,” his comrades retreated while he ran towards the gunfire. As grenades and bullets rained down, Doss, a conscientious objector, single-handedly lowered 75 wounded men to safety, one by one, praying, “Lord, help me get one more.”
His story challenges everything we know about courage. He became the first conscientious objector in history to receive the Medal of Honor. This is a story of faith and heroism that all Allied nations celebrated as a testament to the human spirit during the world’s darkest hour.
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