#DesmondDoss was the first #ConscientiousObjector to receive a US #MedalOfHonor, on #ThisDayInHistory in 1945. The #SeventhDayAdventist combat medic is credited with saving between 75 & 100 lives during the #BattleOfOkinawa, and was the subject of the 2016 film #HacksawRidge.
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