to fight. Some deserted their posts‚ others burned their draft papers before they ever left. Others chose to bravely serve their country. Corporal Desmond T. Doss was drafted in April‚ 1942‚ to fight Axis powers in World War Two. He was a conscientious objector‚ which meant he refused to kill anyone because of his religious beliefs. Thus‚ he became a medic. He was known by his comrades as someone who risked himself countless times to save the lives of his comrades‚ all while upholding his beliefs
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war‚ which prompted mass paranoia known as the Red Scare had spread through the US. It began in 1919 and ended in 1921. “Red Scare”‚ was the label given to the actions of the riots‚ legislation‚ and the hatred and persecution of conscientious‚ and “subversives” objectors during that period of time. The "Red Scare" (2010) At the heart of this Red Scare the conscription law of May 18‚ 1917‚ which happened during World War I in order for the armed forces to be able to conscript more Americans. This
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The year was 1991 at Fort Benning in Columbus‚ Georgia. Master Sergeant Hartman is 5’11 and weighs about 200 pounds. He is stocky built and tough because he loves to start bar fights. Due to his alcoholic issues he is a very angry man. The reason why he is angry is because his mom died when he was young. He feels like he has to take his frustration out on his soldiers in training. He did not go college because he stayed home helping his dad financial and medically. But that’s not the reason why he
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Adventist Church School until the eighth grade. He later found a job at the Lynchburg Lumber Company to help his family during the Great Depression. Desmond was the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honour. When Mr.Doss was drafted in April 1942 after working in a shipyard‚ he was given conscientious objector status‚ having declined to bear arms because of his religious principles Desmond T. Doss never carried a gun because his religion forbidden anyone to take lives. Instead
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Source title Brief summary of the source What does it reveal about the treatment of minorities as a result of World War I? Which minority group (or groups) is addressed in this source (Political Minorities [such as radicals‚ socialists‚ conscientious objectors‚ and communists]; German-Americans; African Americans)? “AMERICAN RIGHTS” Speech giving by U.S treasury secretary William McAdoo stating that the fate of civilization is at stake. Every man and woman that is not in war should be moved
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foot ridge. As soon as he stepped foot on to the top of the ridge‚ shots began to fire and Doss’s adrenaline rushed and he had started his work of aiding his fellow soldiers. Desmond Doss is the only conscientious objector to receive the military’s highest award‚ the medal of honor. A conscientious objector is a person in the military that refuses to use a gun‚ and this word was often used to describe Desmond Doss. However‚ Desmond Doss described himself
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Desmond Doss Desmond Doss is a virtuous person I have chosen‚ as to his contributions he is obscure to the much well known society. To modern audiences‚ most of whom will have little experience of Frontline conflict‚ Doss’s feats belong to the realm of the unimaginable. During battles in the Pacific island of Guam and‚ most famously‚ in Okinawa‚ the then-26-year-old risked his life again and again‚ exposing himself to gunfire to carry his injured companions to safety – and doing it all while refusing
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Abbott felt the brunt of the war in his personal life. As a designated conscientious objector‚ he was forcibly excluded from the supposed benefits of the war aims. The promises of the war being for freedoms only held true in regards to certain types of freedoms‚ of which did not align with Abbott’s lifestyle. For Abbott‚ he was deemed a conscientious objector due in part to his religious beliefs‚ though his “[...] religion was like anybody’s else’s‚ except that [he]
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Imagine doing something so amazing that one would be awarded the medal of honor! Desmond T. Doss was awarded the medal of honor for being the first conscientious objector in World War II. He refused to carry any type of gun. Beside that fact‚ Doss saved many lives. After the war‚ he got tuberculosis and had to spend years recovering. Desmond Doss saved many lives without a gun in WWII. Before the war‚ Desmond Doss had grown up living a normal life. He was born on February 7‚ 1919 in Lynchburg‚
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Doss was a Seventh-day Adventist Christian‚ combat medic and conscientious objector in the United States Military during World War II. What makes Doss a noncombatant‚ even though he was in the military‚ is that due to his religious beliefs he refused to kill or even carry a weapon into combat. Doss‚ for saving seventy-five men during the Battle of Okinawa‚ was awarded the Medal of Honor‚ being the first conscientious objector to obtain the medal. This shows that there is more to be valued in
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