Climbing a rope ladder to their enemy, the men are routinely pushed back, maimed and killed. Doss, determined to “get one more,” braves the fire, pulls the men to safety and helps 75.

Hacksaw Ridge is not a big-budget film and extensive CG effects ... In the movie you see troops climbing the rope ladder to get to the battlefield and the camera is able to follow them up and over ...

Another view of ‘Hacksaw Ridge,’ from a World War II veteran who experienced it November 11, 2016 More than 8 years ago Leigh Willoughby of Springfield, Va., was an Army medic during World War II.

EXCLUSIVE: Don Kirchner, an attorney in northern Minnesota, is the son of George H Kirchner, who was in the 307th Infantry of the 77th Division on Okinawa during World War II and participated in ...

Desmond Doss is credited with saving 75 soldiers during one of the bloodiest battles of World War II in the Pacific — and he did it without ever carrying a weapon. The battle at Hacksaw Ridge ...

Hacksaw Ridge is the first film Gibson has directed since 2006’s Apocalypto. “I worked with Mel 20 years ago on Braveheart , and this is the first film I thought not only worthy of him but ...

Conscientious objector Desmond Doss became a World War II hero during one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific theater. Now he's the subject of a new film directed by Mel Gibson.