by Apex » Tue Aug 11, 2015 7:06 am
Very good. Quite an article there. I thought I recognized the name. This is from the Army book 'Okinawa - The Last Battle':
"One of the most remarkable incidents of the battle for the Maeda Escarpment
was the performance of Pfc. Desmond T. Doss, a medical aid man attached
to Company B, 307th Infantry. Doss was a Seventh Day Adventist and would
not touch a gun, but time after time he remained on top of the escarpment after
the others had been driven off, lowering the wounded over the side in a rope
litter. He went repeatedly to within a few yards of caves to administer first aid
to men who had been cut down trying to assault the positions, and then carried
these men to safety under the very guns of the enemy. For his valor Doss later
received the Congressional Medal of Honor."
The War History Online article obviously gives all the detail. A real hero. Thanks for a great post.
