Setigh Arrehei (2016)
Setigh Arrehei
Also Known as:
Hacksaw RidgeGenres:
Biography | Drama | History | WarRelease Date:
4 September 2016Broadcast Co:
Cross Creek Pictures - Summit Entertainment - Demarest Films - PandemoniumCountry:
USAParental Guide:
PG +13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)Status:
CompletedRuntime:
2 h 19 minSummary:
The extraordinary true story of conscientious objector Desmond T. Doss who saved 75 men in Okinawa, during the bloodiest battle of WWII, without firing a single shot. Believing that the war was just but killing was nevertheless wrong, he was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon. As an army medic Doss single-handedly evacuated the wounded near enemy lines - braving enemy fire and putting his own life on the line. He was the first conscientious objector to ever earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.The extraordinary true story of conscientious objector Desmond T. Doss who saved 75 men in Okinawa, during the bloodiest battle of WWII, without firing a single shot. Believing that the war was just but killing was nevertheless wrong, he was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon. As an army medic Doss single-handedly evacuated the wounded near enemy lines - braving enemy fire and putting his own life on the line. He was the first conscientious objector to ever earn the Congressional Medal of Honor.