Herndon, Booton.
Summary: The men of the 77th Infantry Division couldn't fathom why Private Desmond T. Doss would venture into the horrors of World War II without a single weapon to defend himself. They called him a coward, but the soft--spoken medic insisted that his mission was to heal, not kill. Herndon shares the story of how Doss became the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Remnant Publications 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DOSS, DESMOND HERKopecky, Jane
Summary: A small group of World War II political dissidents reveal how they survived what they called America’s Siberia Concentration Camp. Before the Vietnam War Americans considered conscientious objectors equal to criminals. This book sheds much needed light on the little known conscientious objector camp at Germfask, Michigan, how the local community responded to the camp, and how opinions have...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: [Jane Kopecky] 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.53 KOP1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 940.53 KOP
Summary: It's the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he singlehandedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2017