One More From the Ridge

On May 5, 1945, Private First Class Desmond Doss stood atop a jagged escarpment on Okinawa that soldiers had grimly nicknamed Hacksaw Ridge. His company had been thrown back by withering Japanese fire, and dozens of wounded Americans lay bleeding on the plateau above. Most men would have retreated to safety with the others. Doss, a combat medic who refused to carry a weapon, crawled back over the edge.…