[Video] - 1 man single-handedly saved the lives ofmore than 100 soldiers during WW II (actual events)

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@glockman




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Doss

@joro2420​

The funny thing is they have to decrease the amount of heroism he did in this movie to make it believable.

@smolbb713​

What's even more impressive is that he saved both American AND Japanese soldiers.

@FlaxTheSeedOne​

In the film he just saved his platoon. But in realtiy he saved over 70 Men that day. But the Film makers decided this would be to unrealistic and just stuck to the platoon.

While serving with his platoon in 1944 in Guam and the Philippines, he was awarded two Bronze Star Medals with a "V" device, for exceptional valor in aiding wounded soldiers under fire. During the Battle of Okinawa, he saved the lives of 50–100 wounded infantrymen atop the area known by the 96th Division as the Maeda Escarpment or Hacksaw Ridge. Doss was wounded four times in Okinawa, and was evacuated on May 21, 1945, aboard the USS Mercy. Doss suffered a left arm fracture from a sniper's bullet while being carried back to Allied lines and at one point had 17 pieces of shrapnel embedded in his body after attempting to kick a grenade away from himself and his comrades. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in Okinawa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Doss