Hacksaw Ridge was directed by Mel Gibson and stars Andrew Garfield as combat medic Desmond Doss. Large parts of the film's first half focus on Doss' earlier life, from the courting of his wife ...

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Instead, he became an Army medic. And during a battle in Okinawa ... "This is Oscar material," added Charles Knapp, chairman of the Desmond Doss Council, the group that owns his life rights.

Desmond Doss is credited with saving 75 soldiers during ... He enlisted in the Army as a combat medic because he believed in the cause, but had vowed not to kill. The Army wanted nothing to ...

Facing a wall of flames and shellfire, Army medic Desmond Doss had to make an agonizing decision — retreat with his 77th Infantry Division or stay behind to save the wounded. On the big screen ...

Comrades’ blood rained down on Desmond Doss as his ­battalion scaled ... But many survived thanks to army medic Doss, the first soldier to go into battle armed with just a bible and the desire ...

Comrades’ blood rained down on Desmond Doss as his ­battalion scaled ... But many survived thanks to army medic Doss, the first soldier to go into battle armed with just a bible and the desire ...

and students at the Desmond Doss Christian Academy celebrated! Doss was a medic during WWII and a conscientious objector. He refused to carry a weapon into battle. He saved 75 people during the ...