On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are objecting to firing guns, but are not objecting to saving lives. We’re talking about the Mel Gibson film from 2016, Hacksaw Ridge.
If you’re anything like me, then you may not know a single thing about the courageous and fascinating person named Desmond Doss. Also, if you are indeed like me, then you’re going to want to know a heck of a lot more about him after watching this film.
He’s one of the more interesting people to have fought in World War II. Here’s someone who felt the call to enlist and serve in the war effort. However, he was a conscientious objector and refused to kill anybody. He wanted to be a combat medic and save lives.
Quite the conflict, right? Doss didn’t think so, however, and he saved the lives of many of his fellow soldiers. It turns out that fighting in a war doesn’t necessarily require fighting.
For his efforts, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration in the Armed Forces. This film does an admirable job of dramatizing his story. Enjoy the episode and I encourage you to read more about the real Desmond Doss afterwards.
(Recorded on October 19, 2022)
Links to Stuff We Mentioned:
Hacksaw Ridge - The Movie Database (TMDB)
Hacksaw Ridge trailer - YouTube
Andrew Garfield — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Life Itself (2018) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Full Metal Jacket (1987) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
We Were Soldiers (2002) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Mel Gibson — The Movie Database (TMDB)
The Three Musketeers (1993) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Seventh-day Adventist Church - Wikipedia
1917 (2019) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
The Passion of the Christ (2004) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
The Social Network (2010) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
tick, tick… BOOM! (2021) — The Movie Database (TMDB)
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