Hacksaw Ridge is a war drama film helmed by Mel Gibson and chronicles the heroic tale of Desmond Doss, a Sevent-day Adventist and conscientious objector who serves as a combat medic in World War II.

Titled after the 1945 Battle of Okinawa on the Japanese bluff known as Hacksaw Ridge, it tells the true-life story of Desmond Doss, a religious conscientious objector who nevertheless saved dozens ...

Doss, the conscientious objector who ... preluding the hell on Earth that was Hacksaw Ridge.

"Hacksaw Ridge," the Mel Gibson-directed war epic, is one of Andrew Garfield's best movie roles to date. The historical drama sees the "Amazing Spider-Man" star play Desmond Doss, a World War II ...

he saved the lives of 75 wounded infantrymen in Hacksaw Ridge – an act of heroism that earned him a Medal of Honor, awarded by President Harry Truman. Doss was wounded four times in Okinawa and ...

His story was featured in the 2016 Academy Award-winning film “Hacksaw Ridge,” directed by Mel Gibson. The legislation to rename the local VA clinic after Doss was supported by several ...

The typical definition of ordinary hero excludes the military, but it applies to director Mel Gibson’s epic “Hacksaw Ridge” because its hero, Desmond Doss (a low-key and charismatic ...

His latest, "Hacksaw Ridge," looks at the unique story of WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa but refused to kill people. His heroics would lead to ...