I just kept praying, 'Lord, please help me get one more. In Benedict's documentary, Doss says: "I was praying the whole time. He dragged severely injured men to the edge of the ridge, tied a rope around their bodies and lowered them down to other medics below. Believing that the war was just but killing was nevertheless wrong, he was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon. Doss who saved 75 men in Okinawa, during the bloodiest battle of WWII, without firing a single shot. Under a barrage of gunfire and explosions, Doss crawled on the ground from wounded soldier to wounded soldier. The extraordinary true story of conscientious objector Desmond T. ".The Japanese called it 'the rain of steel' because there was so much iron flying around." "It was full of caves and holes and the Japanese were dug in underground," says Mel Gibson, who re-created the battle in Hacksaw Ridge. And at Okinawa in the spring of 1945, Doss' company faced a grueling task: Climb a steep, jagged cliff - sometimes called Hacksaw Ridge - to a plateau where thousands of heavily armed Japanese soldiers were waiting for them. Fathers have an incredible voice in the lives of their kidsan influence that should be wielded with extreme care. A 1940 law allowed conscientious objectors to serve the war effort in "noncombatant" positions, so Doss went with his company as a medic to the Pacific theater. Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Official Trailer Believe - Andrew Garfield Watch on There’s much to take in from this movie, but here are 10 life lessons I took away from Hacksaw Ridge: 1) A Father’s Influence Is Strong. During the battle, Doss (seen here at the top of Hacksaw Ridge) dragged severely injured men to the edge of the ridge and lowered them down to other medics below.īut hard as they tried, the Army couldn't force Doss to use a weapon.
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