Medal of Honor Recipient Desmond Doss Buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery-- Part 2

While serving with his platoon in 1944 in Guam and the Philippines, he was awarded two Bronze Star Medals with a "V" Device for exceptional valor while aiding wounded soldiers under fire.

But it was his action at Okinawa that earned him his highest praise.  Again, while under fire, he saved the lives of 50-100 wounded Americans atop an area known as the Maeda Escarpment, but called Hacksaw Ridge by Americans.  (Hence the movie title.)

Doss suffered a left arm fracture from a sniper's bullet while being carried back to Allied lines, one of four wounds he suffered in this action.  At one point he had seventeen pieces of shrapnel embedded in his body from stepping on a grenade.

For his actions there, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Quite the Hero.  --GreGen