Okinawa

"Lord, Let Me Get One More" — Desmond Doss, the Soldier Who Saved 75 Lives Without Firing a Single Shot

At the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, a combat medic who refused to carry a weapon single-handedly lowered 75 wounded soldiers down a 35-meter cliff under relentless enemy fire. Desmond Doss became the first conscientious objector in American history to receive the Medal of Honor.