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Due this fall... The story of a Conscientious Objector MOH Recipient at Okinawa
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
Have a read of his MOH citation- truly inspirational.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Doss
"Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional"
" A hobby should pass the time - not fill it" -Norman Bates
Looks good !!
Wow! That does look good. I think I'm going to have to see that one on the big screen when it comes out.
Eric
Wirraway Have a read of his MOH citation- truly inspirational. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Doss
Thanks for the link Wirraway and thanks for the post Stik. Looks like it should be a good film.
-Andy
looking forward to seeing this one!!!
I'll have to watch this one when it comes out on disc. I think I may have driven past that area every day to work and back. I lived right outside Naha, on what they called Bloddy bRidge, so I was told.
ikar01 I'll have to watch this one when it comes out on disc. I think I may have driven past that area every day to work and back. I lived right outside Naha, on what they called Bloddy bRidge, so I was told.
He was assigned to the 307th Infantry Rgmt, 77th Division, and they were smack in the middle of the line for the advance on Shuri, the lynchpin of the IJA defenses.
If I read this right, I was a bit west of there on the city outskirts about where it says 3/22. To know exactly, I should look for a map from the 80s that will show the changes since the war
307th's area was on the Eastern flank of the 77th Division, from Tanabaru in the North to Shuri in the South.
Here is a link to present day locations there
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCYXXN_hacksaw-ridge?guid=62e192a8-80f8-43ae-a03d-cac6c9e6c42a
I hope Mel Gibson did not "Hollywoodize" it too much, like he did The Patriot and Braveheart.
I read his MOH citiation and he was amazing during the battle - lowering 75 wounded down the 400 cliff, treating wounded yards away for Japs, giving up his streacher to other wounded after he was hit twice.
Tim Wilding
stikpusher Due this fall... The story of a Conscientious Objector MOH Recipient at Okinawa
looks good, gone off Andrew Garfield a bit after him being Spider-Man, but still looks great!
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