This story is so absolutely remarkable it may be hard to believe, but numerous eyewitnesses have confirmed that it is true!
Born in Lynchburg, Virginia to a devoted Seventh Day Adventist family, Desmond Doss asked the local draft board for non-combat duty, so they arranged for him to become a US Army medic in the 307th Infantry Division.
Near the Okinawa, Uraesoe Mura, Ryukyu Islands from April 29 to May 21 PFC. Doss was a company medic when the 1 st Battalion assaulted a jagged escarpment 400 feet high. As our troops gained the summit, a heavy concentration of artillery, mortar, and machinegun fire crashed into them, inflicting about 75 casualties and drove the others back.
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