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Nov 3, 2016 · NEWS. Read Desmond Doss' Medal of Honor citation. Holly Meyer. hmeyer@tennessean.com. 0:04. 1:18. Mel Gibson's new World War II biopic, " Hacksaw Ridge ," tells the true story of...
Corporal Doss receiving the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman on October 12, 1945 Medal of Honor Rank and organization: Private First Class , United States Army , Medical Detachment, 307th Infantry, 77th Infantry Division .
MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION. He was a company aid man when the 1st 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 approximately 75 casualties and driving the others back. Pfc. Doss refused to seek cover and remained ...
Doss’s citation for the Medal of Honor praised his “outstanding bravery and unflinching determination in the face of desperately dangerous conditions.” Bronze Star Medal: Doss was also awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his heroic achievement in a combat zone.
Desmond T. Doss Corporal, U.S. Army Medal of Honor Recipient World War II. Corporal Desmond T. Doss (7 February 1919 - 23 March 2006) was the first conscientious objector (he detested that phrase, preferring "conscientious cooperator") to receive the Medal of Honor and one of only three so honored.
Estimates ranged from 50 to 100, and the number 75 was agreed upon for use in his Medal of Honor citation. Desmond received the Medal from President Harry S. Truman on October 12, 1945. During his service, he also received two Bronze Stars and three Purple Hearts, contracted tuberculosis, and lost a lung.
According to his Medal of Honor citation, he “exposed himself to heavy rifle and mortar fire in rescuing a wounded man 200 yards forward of the lines … and two days later he treated four men who had been cut down while assaulting a strongly defended cave, advancing through a shower of grenades to within eight yards of enemy forces in the cave’s ...
