Desmond Doss - Wikipedia The Unlikeliest Hero: The Story of Desmond T Doss, Conscientious Objector Who Won His Nation's Highest Military Honor Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association
Desmond Doss: The Real Story President Harry S Truman warmly shook the hand of Corporal Desmond Thomas Doss, and then held it the entire time his citation was read aloud to those gathered outside the White House on October 12, 1945
Desmond Doss Saved Over 75 Lives All While Refusing To Carry . . . On October 12, 1945, standing on the White House lawn, Desmond Doss made history It was here that President Harry S Truman shook his hand while Doss officially became the first (and only) conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor during World War II
Desmond Doss Biography Doss was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, son of William Thomas Doss, a carpenter, and Bertha E (Oliver) Doss Desmond Doss enlisted in April 1942, but refused to kill or carry a weapon into combat because of his personal beliefs as a Seventh-day Adventist
Desmond Doss: The Conscientious Objector • The Unlikeliest Hero Refused to Carry a Gun • Honored By His Country With the Medal of Honor Questions? Use our contact form Contact our webmaster for website technical issues
Desmond Doss Home - Desmond Doss Who Was Desmond Doss? Desmond was a simple and humble young man who went through a wartime experience that challenged his spiritual foundation and faith, which he displayed in awe-inspiring heroism witnessed by his fellow soldiers in the most brutal and impossible of battlefield circumstances