Doss decided as a young boy that he would never use a gun after he threw a heavy object at his brother, Harold. The family said the object might have been a brick, but whatever it was, his brother was rendered defenseless.
What happened to Smitty in Hacksaw Ridge?
Smitty is killed, and Howell and several of Doss’s squad mates are left injured on the battlefield. Doss hears the cries of dying soldiers and returns to save them, carrying the wounded to the cliff’s edge and belaying them down by rope, each time praying to save one more.
Did Desmond Doss save Japanese soldiers?
Doss went into battle unarmed, because his religious beliefs did not allow him to kill. … On May 4, 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa, Doss helped rescue at least 75 wounded men, including some Japanese soldiers, by lowering them down a cliff and treating their injuries.