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On October 12, 1945, US Army medic Desmond Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor. October 12, 2020. Top image: Lead Image: Desmond Doss courtesy of the US National Archives. During World War II, over 70,000 men were designated conscientious objectors, mostly men whose religious beliefs made them opposed ...
Mar 25, 2006 · By Richard Goldstein. March 25, 2006. Desmond T. Doss, who as an unarmed Army medic saved the lives of dozens of fellow soldiers under fire on Okinawa in World War II and became the first...
Desmond Thomas Doss. Details. Rank: Private First Class (Highest Rank: Corporal) Conflict/Era: World War II. Unit/Command: 307th Infantry, Medical Detachment, 77th Infantry Division. Military Service Branch: U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Action Date: April 29 - May 21, 1945.
Desmond Doss - Warfare History Network. Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector, received the Medal of Honor for courage under fire. This article appears in: April 2017. By Mike Haskew. On April 1, 1945, the American X Army landed at Okinawa, just 340 miles from the home islands of Japan.
Desmond Doss' Biography. Doss was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, son of William Thomas Doss, a carpenter, and Bertha E. (Oliver) Doss. Desmond Doss enlisted in April 1942, but refused to kill or carry a weapon into combat because of his personal beliefs as a Seventh-day Adventist.
Doss, a Seventh-Day Adventist who refused to bear arms but enlisted as a medic in the U.S. army, is on the battlefield on Okinawa in the spring of 1945. Armed with nothing but a bible, he’s...
Feb 15, 2023 · Desmond Thomas Doss is one of the most famous lay members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He became the first conscientious objector in history to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
