Hero of Hacksaw Ridge : the gripping true story that inspired the movie

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Label

Hero of Hacksaw Ridge : the gripping true story that inspired the movie

Title remainder

the gripping true story that inspired the movie

Statement of responsibility

Booton Herndon ; postscript by Doug Batchelor

Creator

• Herndon, Booton

Contributor

• Batchelor, Doug, 1957-

Author

• Herndon, Booton

Author of afterword,

• Batchelor, Doug, 1957-

Subject

• Armed Forces -- Sanitary affairs
• Biographies
• Biographies
• Conscientious objectors
• Doss, Desmond, 1919-2006
• Doss, Desmond, 1919-2006
• Medal of Honor
• Medal of Honor
• Medical care
• United States
• 1939-1945
• United States, Army -- Medical personnel -- Biography
• United States, Army -- Sanitary affairs
• World War (1939-1945)
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- United States
• United States, Army
• Armed Forces -- Medical personnel

Genre

• Biography
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

The extraordinary true story of conscientious objector Desmond T. Doss who saved 75 men in Okinawa, during the bloodiest battle of WWII, without firing a single shot. 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. As an army medic Doss single-handedly evacuated the wounded near enemy lines - braving enemy fire and putting his own life on the line. He was the first conscientious objector to ever win the Congressional Medal of Honor

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

ZPJ

Index

no index present

LC call number

D810.C82

LC item number

H47 2016

Literary form

non fiction