Desmond Doss
- Episode aired Feb 18, 1959
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Desmond Doss' life was the subject of this show.Desmond Doss' life was the subject of this show.Desmond Doss' life was the subject of this show.
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Gerald G. Cooney
- Self (guest)
- (as Retired General Gerald Cooney)
Audrey Doss
- Self (guest)
- (as Audrey Millner)
William Thomas Doss
- Self (guest)
- (as William T. Doss)
Bertha Edward Oliver
- Self (guest)
- (as Bertha Doss)
Onless C. Brister
- Self (guest)
- (as Lieutenant Onless C. Brister)
Jack Glover
- Self (guest)
- (as Captain Glover)
Dorothy Pauline Schutte
- Self (guest)
- (as Dorothy Doss)
Desmond Doss Jr.
- Self (guest)
- (as Tommy Doss)
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- TriviaFirst Lieutenant Onless C. Brister submitted this statement describing the medical aid that Private First Class Desmond T. Doss gave to injured soldiers from April 29 to May 8 on Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
Doss was a contentious objector during World War II. He entered the military, but refused to kill enemy soldiers or carry a weapon because of his religious beliefs as a Seventh-day Adventist. He served in a non-combatant role as a medic. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1945 - one of the few conscientious objectors ever to earn the award - for his heroic action assisting injured soldiers near Urasoe-Mura, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
Brister's statement, and others like it from fellow soldiers, helped support awarding the Medal of Honor to Doss.
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