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Mel Gibson's film based on the true story of Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector who refused to carry a weapon yet won the Medal of Honor as a combat medic at Okinawa in 1945. He single-handedly saved 75 men by lowering them down an escarpment under fire.
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Conscientious objector Desmond Doss single-handedly saves 75 soldiers at the Battle of Hacksaw Ridge without firing a shot.
Desmond Doss is the only conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor. Over a single night on May 21, 1945, he lowered 75 wounded men down the 12-metre escarpment. His citation called it 'one of the most consp...
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