Desmond Doss
Desmond Thomas Doss (7 Februari 1919 – 23 Mac 2006) merupakan seorang tentera Amerika Syarikt berpangkat korporal yang bertugas sebagai perubatan kombat bersama pasukan infrantri dalam Perang Dunia Pertama. Beliau telah dua kali dianugerahkan Bronze Star Medal untuk sumbangan beliau semasa di Guam dan Filipina. Doss juga telah menyelamatkan 75 orang anggota tentera semasa Pertempuran Okinawa dan menerima Medal of Honor. Kisah hidup beliau telah dibukukan dan dijadikan dokumentari berjudul The Conscientious Objector, serta filem Hacksaw Ridge (2016).
Desmond Doss | |
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Doss, Oktober 1945 | |
Nama lahir | Desmond Thomas Doss |
Nama samaran | Preacher |
Kelahiran | Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. | 7 Februari 1919
Meninggal dunia | 23 Mac 2006 Piedmont, Alabama, A.S. | (umur 87)
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Perkhidmatan | |
Tahun perkhidmatan | 1942–1946 |
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Jumlah perkhidmatan | 33158036 |
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Pertempuran | World War II |
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Bacaan tambahan
sunting- Herndon, Booton (2016). Hero of Hacksaw Ridge: The Gripping True Story That Inspired the Movie. Cold Water, Michigan: Remnant Publications. ISBN 978-1-629131-54-2.
- Leepson, Marc (2008), "Wonder Man of Okinawa," Military History magazine, September/October 2008, Vol. 25, No. 4.
- Herndon, Booton (2004). The Unlikeliest Hero: The Story of Desmond T. Doss, Conscientious Objector Who Won His Nation's Highest Military Honor. Mountain View, California: Pacific Press Publishing Association. ISBN 978-0-8163-2048-6.
- Doss, Frances M. (2005). Desmond Doss: Conscientious Objector. Pacific Press Publishing Association. ISBN 978-0-8163-2124-7.
- Doss, Frances M. (1998). Desmond Doss: In God's care: The unlikeliest hero and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. The College Press.
- Smith, Larry (2003). Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words. Norton. ISBN 039305134X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Pautan luar
sunting- "Official Desmond Doss Website". Dicapai pada July 28, 2016.
- Desmond Doss di Find a Grave
- "The Conscientious Objector (2004 film)". Internet Movie Database. Dicapai pada September 29, 2010.
- "North America: Filmmaker Documents Story of Desmond Doss". Adventist News Network. November 18, 2003.
- "Desmond T. Doss Christian Academy, a Seventh-Day Adventist school in Lynchburg, Virginia". Dicapai pada September 29, 2010.
- "Obituaries:Desmond Thomas Doss, Sr., MOH". Dicapai pada May 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Medal of Honor recipients World War II (A–F)". United States Army Center of Military History
- "Burial Set April 3 At National Cemetery For Medal of Honor Winner Desmond Doss". The Chattanoogan.
- Leepson, Marc (2015). "Desmond Thomas Doss (1919–2006)", Dictionary of Virginia Biography, Library of Virginia (1998–)
- Soper, Matthew (April 2002). "Desmond Doss: A War Hero Without a Gun". Incredible People Magazine. Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 2017-01-09. Dicapai pada 2017-11-29. Cite journal requires
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