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Defending Conscience Rights at Hacksaw Ridge in the HHS Cases

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November 4, 2016

Desmond Doss Hacksaw Ridge HHS Seventh Day Adventist WWII

In vivid detail, the movie depicts the heroism of Private Desmond Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist who was willing to serve in the infantry but unwilling to kill another human being or even carry a weapon—a principled but unpopular stance in the United States Army of World War II.

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