One of our most esteemed readers, RiNS, suggested or ordered me to do a movie review on Hacksaw Ridge. Yessir! I don’t do movie reviews so I thought I’d give it a shot and see how it works out.
The movie in a nutshell. It tells the true story of Desmond T. Doss, a young man from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia who served as a medic during World War II. As a Seventh Day Adventist, and also the legacy of violence from his veteran father, Doss refuses to even pick up a gun. However, he feels guilt that he gets to stay home while his brethren are fighting the war, so he enlists. Eventually, the military brass allow him to go to battle unarmed as a medic. In the process he literally saves about 75 wounded American soldiers, which eventually earns him the Medal of Honor.
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