I'll be the one to say it. I know you were frustrated because he wouldn't compromise, but you need to understand that it was exactly this level of faith and virtue to his ideals that allowed any of his heroics in the first place. The kind of conviction it takes to wade into artillery fire to save people, many of whom disrespected you terribly, is something that very few people could even imagine doing. Those types of people don't compromise their principles. That level of conviction in a good person is exactly what you need when times are hard.

The sign of a true believer is one who walks the walk. Like Desmond.

The actor that played Desmond's father was Hugo Weaving, some of his notable roles are Agent Smith in The Matrix trilogy, V in V for Vendetta, Red Skull in Captain America, and Elrond in Lord of the Rings.

“You are free to go into the hellfire of battle without a single weapon to protect yourself” The chills I got from this. The goosebumps.

I absolutely love this movie. It's great. The best thing is they downplayed the things Desmond did and a lot of people still found it unreal.

For those who don't understand why Desmond wouldn't pick up a weapon, then you don't get how important and strong integrity is.

A few things about the story. 1. Okinawa wasn’t the first battle Desmond Doss participated, he was in two prior ones. During his time in those other battles he contracted pneumonia, and got really sick which in return gave him some sort of infection to his lungs. So that making the actions in Okinawa even more crazy. 2. They agreed on 75 guys being saved ,but some say upwards to 100. Desmond says 50 himself. 3. The ridge wasn’t 75 feet but 35 feet. 4. Smitty wasn’t a real person but a mixture of multiple soldiers in the unit from what was said. Just like Audie Murphy they had to tone down some of his actions in his movie because they wouldn’t think the audience wouldn’t believe what they did so they toned down some of Desmond Doss’s actions in this movie.

The finale always gets me, not in the movie but when I see the real man .... such a precious human being ....

There is one thing the movie got wrong the men under Desmond's care already knew he wasn't a coward as he had already been awarded two Bronze stars with "V" device for valor under fire months before Hacksaw. He also did a lot of stuff not shown in the movie but listed in his MoH citation. Desmond Doss Medal of Honor citation - "He was a company aidman when the 1st Battalion assaulted a jagged escarpment 400 feet high. As our troops gained the summit, a heavy concentration of artillery, mortar, and machine-gun fire crashed into them, inflicting approximately 75 casualties and driving the others back. Pfc. Doss refused to seek cover and remained in the fire-swept area with the many stricken, carrying them one by one to the edge of the escarpment and there lowering them on a rope-supported litter down the face of a cliff to friendly hands. On 2 May, he exposed himself to heavy rifle and mortar fire in rescuing a wounded man 200 yards forward of the lines on the same escarpment; and two days later he treated four men who had been cut down while assaulting a strongly defended cave, advancing through a shower of grenades to within eight yards of enemy forces in a cave's mouth, where he dressed his comrades' wounds before making four separate trips under fire to evacuate them to safety. On 5 May, he unhesitatingly braved enemy shelling and small-arms fire to assist an artillery officer. He applied bandages, moved his patient to a spot that offered protection from small-arms fire, and, while artillery and mortar shells fell close by, painstakingly administered plasma. Later that day, when an American was severely wounded by fire from a cave, Pfc. Doss crawled to him where he had fallen 25 feet from the enemy position, rendered aid, and carried him 100 yards to safety while continually exposed to enemy fire. On 21 May, in a night attack on high ground near Shuri, he remained in exposed territory while the rest of his company took cover, fearlessly risking the chance that he would be mistaken for an infiltrating Japanese and giving aid to the injured until he was himself seriously wounded in the legs by the explosion of a grenade. Rather than call another aidman from cover, he cared for his own injuries and waited five hours before litter bearers reached him and started carrying him to cover. The trio was caught in an enemy tank attack and Pfc. Doss, seeing a more critically wounded man nearby, crawled off the litter and directed the bearers to give their first attention to the other man. Awaiting the litter bearers' return, he was again struck, this time suffering a compound fracture of one arm. With magnificent fortitude he bound a rifle stock to his shattered arm as a splint and then crawled 300 yards over rough terrain to the aid station. Through his outstanding bravery and unflinching determination in the face of desperately dangerous conditions Pfc. Doss saved the lives of many soldiers. His name became a symbol throughout the 77th Infantry Division for outstanding gallantry far above and beyond the call of duty.” Look up "Desmond Doss This is Your Life" here on YT to meet Desmond his family and some of the men her saved. Above all you get to see how truly humble he was.

I believe the actual story was crazier and its estimated he saved more people than the movie claimed, although I don't remember the specifics.

Such an amazing story of a real life hero and Andrew did an amazing job too.

If you haven't seen them yet, _Band of Brothers_ and _The Pacific_ are some of the best miniseries ever made. They're produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and cover personal stories from the Airborne and Marine Corps on WWII. The 3rd miniseries, _Masters of the Air_ , about the air war in Europe, will be streaming on AppleTV in January.

This movie doesn’t even cover half of what he did. But he was awarded 2 bronze stars and the Medal of Honor

When the action report was being written, Desmond claimed he carried 50 men down Hacksaw. Comrades and eyewitnesses claim he saved upwards of 100 to 150 men. Washington decided to compromise and reported he saved 75 men. The Japanese general dying in the end is committing a ritualistic suicide called Seppuku. Samurai culture was extremely engrained into the Japanese military, and Samurai cannot bear the shame of defeat. To regain honor for their name they would disembowel themselves, and would be beheaded afterwards as you just witnessed. In feudal times there was a whole process leading up to the death including a last meal. At the war's official end, Japan passed a clause in their constitution known as Article 9. It states that warfare is outlawed and forbids Japan to use it as a means to settle disputes regarding the state. In turn, the US is based there as a means of protection to them and is also a strategic launching point to respond to other threats in the Pacific

The carzy thing is how many different battles he was in, and how many times people tried to kill him and failed. So many times people missed, or even had their guns jam or misfire even from point blank ranges. There was even a time where he was injured and saw another wounded soldier, and told them to put him down and go pick up the other man. While he was laying there, he crawled over and kept rendering medical aid in spite of his own injuries.

The dad fought in one of the bloodiest battles of WW1 so he got ptsd but also was respected for surviving the battle. The general was his dads CO during the battle so he was able to get the letter for Doss.

Normally movies like this are based on a true story and embellished but this happens to be a true story that they held back on because this man was such an amazing human being that if they told you all of what he did you would not believe it

He was not flinching on his principles. No compromises. Solid man. Never ever wishy-washy. He stands firm. Edited... Wow. Two minutes after I typed this, you were saying "compromise".

10:35 The double bowline knot was a knot that Doss learned to tie when he was growing up on the farm.

It’s loosely based off the true story, but in the complete opposite way you’d imagine loool Desmond did way more in real life and they had to dull it down for the movie because they thought it would be too dramatic and unbelievable for a true story film loool

The reason a lot of the soldiers didn't strap their helmets was the widespread belief that if you were shot in the helmet with it strapped it would break your neck, which wasn't true. In reality, the helmets were only rated for shrapnel. Although they could deflect rounds from certain angles, it was highly unlikely to stop a direct hit from a rifle.

This film has grown on me over time. The more I watch it, the more I appreciate it. Desmond is somebody we can all aspire to be like. Some war films are really tough to take. However, I highly recommend the series "Band of Brothers" - 10 outstanding episodes.

Desmond Doss was the second Conscientious Objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He was the first who refused to use a rifle. The first Conscientious Objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor was Alvin York. Where Desmond Doss refused to touch a gun Alvin York used his God given talent to use his gun to save lives. His story is also a movie made in 1941 called Sergeant York. It does not have the gore of the war scenes as this movie had since it was made back in 1941, but it is still a good watch.

Hacksaw Ridge is an amazing war film. Congrats again on the wedding! So happy for you!

aye do read this story..it is insane ,,the army had to downplay the amount he saved as it was so unbeleivable

RIP Desmond Doss (February 7, 1919 - March 23, 2006), aged 87 You will be remembered as a hero.

You had the best reaction to Vince Vaughn making fun of Doss. Doss fought a losing battle before he even saw true combat. My favorite scene was him bringing down Smitty’s body and not leaving it to be forgotten.

Good way to start my Veterans Day weekend. This is a great movie. If you want to watch another true war movie, We were soldiers with Mel Gibson and Sean Elliott is one to watch. Thank you again, sharing this movie for us veterans.

A truly excellent reaction. I appreciate how engaged with the film you were and honest your comments and reactions are. 'Enemy at the gates" is an ecellent film set in the battle for Stalingrad and 'Platoon' is good for a Vietnam reaction.

Hi Alice, congratulations on getting married, I wish you all the happiness :) I highly recommend WWII aerial warfare movies like Memphis Belle (1990) & Red Tails* (2012) please react to these amazing movies asap. Both are based on true stories. War in the air is infinitly more exiting and entertaining than land based warfare, I promise you. *George Lucas the star wars guy did the CGI visual effects for that.

Other true stories from this war include ''The Pianist', 'Schindler's List' and 'The Railway Man' which are all incredible stories of survival and show exactly why this world war was fought and why we now live free lives. In the UK today, 11th November, is the day for remembering all those who fought and died for our freedom. They shall never be forgotten.

I love this genre of film. War films that show us the horrors of war. Can I also recommend Born on the 4th of July (1989), Platoon (1986), Full Meyal Jacket (1987), Paths of Glory (1957). An absolute favourite of mine is the Belarusian film "Come and see (1985) it's absolutely horrific. The acting is incredible.

I am a combat veteran ( Vietnam ) you can not possibly know the good you have just done. Thank you for this and God bless you.

Time for “Saving Private Ryan”

Congratulations for your marriage Alyska🎉🎉🎉🎉

20:19 "I don't handle gore well" This is Mel Gibson

I wanted watch this when you released it yesterday, but I have learned through experience never to watch this right before going to work so I'm not an emotional wreck at work. I had to wait for a day off. Powerful reaction to an amazing film.

I spent my whole bootcamp experience in trouble from laughing. Those Drill Instructors are hilarious when they go in on somebody. 😅😂

Andrew Garfield was incredible as spiderman but this is the movie that supplemented him as a great actor

The reason soldiers didn't tie their chin straps was to keep their heads from being ripped off by the blast from an artillery round. You might lose your helmet but at least you wouldn't lose your head.

Nothing frustrating if you're a person who doesn't have a problem with it.

This "war film" is exceptional because Mel Gibson brought it to us. It's real, it's intense, and it's epic. ♡

The original story of Private Doss praying is actually a little bit funny. Just as they were about to mount an attack, Private Doss quickly stepped forward and said "Wait. The men really ought to pray first." The captain nodded his head and said "Gather around everyone. Private Doss wants to pray for you." causing Doss to look around somewhat embarrassed. He hadn't meant to put himself on the spot like that.

The courage you find is not in yourself but in the soldier that stands next to you

Today is November 10th, the day before Veterans Day. Sadly, out of the 16 million American men and women who were in uniform during WWII, less than 100,000 Veterans are still alive. They were the greatest men and women of the greatest generation. Let's honor those veterans who are still with us and pray for those Veterans (including my father and 2 uncles) who have gone to their eternal rest.

Gibson actually had to remove some parts of his story in combat because it was too unbelievable, let that sink in.

The Last Samurai (2003) is another great war movie that you should watch next.

12800 US service men died taking Okinawa. My great uncle fought there as part of the marines landing force. I watched this movie with him right before he died and he chuckled and said that if it had been that easy he'd been home for Christmas. He was 99 years old and said he could still remember the stemch of death

A true definition of a hero and a legend, Desmond Doss

24:42 The reason a lot of soldiers didn't use the chinstrap was because they believed that if they were near an explosion without the chinstrap the shockwave would cause the helmet to harmlessly fly off their head, whereas with the chinstrap it would snap their head back breaking the neck.

24:42 The soldiers did not tie their helmets, because in those years, the helmets were heavy compared to those of now. When an impact hit the helmet, and it was fastened, there was the possibility of the soldier suffering major neck injuries due to the weight of the helmet and the size of the impact.

War is Hell and to go into battle without a weapon takes a lot of balls! The fact that he was able to save so many people and gain the respect of his own troops is truly inspirational. You were looking for suggestions there is a 2014 movie called "Unbroken" the story of Louis Zamperini. In this movie Louis Zamperini shows one man's strength and courage similar to Desmond Doss 🇺🇸

One of the most interesting aspects of this movie is that Vince Vaughan is the only American actor in this picture. You've also got British actors Andrew Garfield and Hugo Weaving, but the rest of the cast including Desmond's wife, his mother, his captain and Smitty are all portrayed by Australian actors. That means that they had to memorize their lines, rehearse them and film them all while hiding their accents. It's impressive how many non-American actors they got to portray American troops and all of them believable.

"I'm going to be out there saving life not taking it." -Desmond Doss

I would recommend the HBO 10 part mini-series Band of Brothers about the American 101st Airborne Division in World War II. It's created by Steven Spielberg and Tom hanks based on a non-fiction book of the same name. Thanks for the video. I had learned about Desmond Doss from a documentary I saw a few years before the movie came out. I was pleased to see his story told in this movie. Truly a great person. Take care.

20:03 no that’s not the MP40, it’s the M3 grease gun. Thought they do look similar in design the MP40 is German SMG and the M3 is an American SMG. 24:42 soldiers in WW2 didn’t wear the chin straps of their helmets because of a rumour that artillery blast could knock your helmet off and break your neck. Also if you land in water, the force of the water could pull your helmet up and strangle you, or fighting in hand to hand combat could put you at risk of strangulation. Also it was just more comfortable to wear. That’s why you’ll see that in many war films and not because the actors were too lazy to do them up. 😂😂

Greatest War film I would say is Band of Brothers technically a mini-series but amazingly done it shows them from boot camp right to Victory

I hold it together until the interview at the end. God Bless you Desmond

The only reason I’ve watched so many reactions to this is to see people react to my fav parts .. like “I can’t hear you.. “medic! Help me”.. ok” and “I thought I was blind” and “please lord, help me get one more”.. “one more, help me get one more” … and you cut all of them out 😭😭😭😭

It's better to suffer for standing up for what you believe in than to sacrifice who you are.

31:39 "How's he not exhausted" I'm sure everyone in this platoon was asking the same question and probably came tonthe same answer.

Lone survivor is probably one of the best war films with hacksaw ridge and American sniper and saving Private Ryan.

Desmond is a True Hero and to think he keep his integrity and compassion in the depths of Hell is amazing. And all soldiers are a band of brothers in combat

The chin strap was usually left loose in case of a nearby blast - if the stap was cinched tight, the concussion could basically break your neck or worse. By leaving it loose, the helmet just flies off.

This one is worth watching for sure. Thanks for sharing it. 🙂

They normally don't put brothers in the same unit. The US Navy did it in WWII with the Sullivan brothers, 5 them served on the same ship which was hit by two torpedoes and sunk killing all 5.

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

24:43 It was a common belief among American soldiers that if you had your helmet strap on and if a bomb blew up near you or if you got shot in the head the helmet would fly off and the strap would break your neck, so soldiers left their helmets undone. Also because it looks way cooler like that.

24:45 helmet often isn’t strapped on because populair belief back then was that an impact (e.g. explosions) on the helmet would cause your neck to snap if you were to have it strapped on.

I have always loved WW2 movies, this one is one of my favorite

War movies are supposed to be hard to watch. We watch them so we don't forget. Once we forget, then it's just a matter of time before we have World War 3.

For CoD World at war zombies, I was more of a Thompson as my starter gun. The Kar98 is a German bolt action rifle so the ones the Japanese are using is the Arisaka. For what he accomplished on that ridge, no stand alone human could have done that but because his faith God, and more than likely God bestowed strength, he was able to endure to save as many lives as he could.

This movie really was an emotional rollercoaster. I never saw Andrew Garfield play a role like this. Great video Alyska.

Although war movies are not your world, this was a great reaction from you, I would love to see more of these genres in the future. Personally, I generally prefer anti-war films that don't glorify war but show its true nature and what people learn from it, so I recommend "Casualties of War" (1989), the best movie about the Vietnam War I've ever seen.

In real life, there was no detain or court martial on Doss. He accepted himself as conscientious objector in order to be placed in a medical occupation (which is a non-combatant job) and was put in a special basic training (for conscientious objectors) that didn't include weapons training. Doss claimed he saved 50 men, while the rest claimed he saved 100, so the Army to put average it at 75.

38:45 I hope it makes you more open to *more* than just "watching more war films"

Ayyy excited for this reaction!! Perfect thing to have after work! Thank you as always!

Best war movie ever IMO! How does a girl with tattoos all over her arm flinch at someone giving blood?🤣😂

Omg! One of my favorite films ever! Never thought you’d react to it!

"Saving Private Ryan", "Band of Brothers", "The Pacific"

If anything, they didn't put all of his actions in this movie. Genuine bad ass. Hugo Weaving deserved an Oscar.

I like to think they just put Vince Vaughn in, told him to improv and Doss crackin up at the Sergeant is just Garfield unable to keep it together.

Hacksaw Ridge is my pick for the greatest WW2 movie ever made. Its not fictional propaganda like Private Ryan. Its a true story about a truly extraordinary man / event in WW2

At the end when they had him on the stretcher carrying him out he seen another wounded soldier and rolled off the stretcher and told them to take him first. While crawling to cover he got shot twice and it gave him hardships walking after the war.

Regarding your question about the chin straps being undone, there was a commonly held belief among soldiers that if the M1 helmet were fastened, an explosion or gunshot might be enough to jerk one's head around and disorient you. Regulation did state that it should be fastened, but that belief was enough for a lot of soldiers to disregard it.

A very good film i remember hearing they had to downplay some parts that happen in real life for the film like for example an Japanese soldier was trying to shoot Desmond but couldn't because the gun didn't work. 😂

I really missed your reaction videos on your KZfaq channel, This movie is very exciting, When I saw it for the first time I cried, There are movies that I have cried and suffered a lot but this movie is on the list

The reason a lot of soldiers don't have their helmets done up apparently when there was an explosion the pressure will push the helmet back and break their necks don't know if it's true but it's definitely something soldiers believed

He saved well more than 75. I think the real number was closer to 150 (don't quote me on that umber, it is somewhere online), but he did not want to take credit for that. The 75 number was a negotiated number.

24:42 If the helmet was hit by a bullet, the energy of it would rip your helmet/head backwards. The strap being worn 'properly' in the front resulted in broken necks.

Soldiers in WW2 had a common myth spread that buckling up your helmet would result in the strap tearing your head off or breaking your neck if enemy artillery landed nearby, and the concussive blast hit them. It's absolutely not true, because if artillery landed that close to you, you were likely dead or injured anyways. It really just resulted in soldiers losing their helmet if they were running or otherwise in motion But the soldiers tended to believe it, so a few never buckled their helmets, and now a lot of depictions of World War 2 (and the Vietnam War) have a lot of soldiers with unbuckled helmets. Nowadays, they are buckled, and are a lot more comfy.

Here is a list of my favorite war films, The Great Escape, A bridge too far, Flying Tigers, 633 Squadron, Sahara 1943, In Harms Way, to name just a few:)

My favorite part is Doss asking for his Bible and the officer going back to get it for him. I don't know what your views are, but for me, that book holds special power in it.

“Please, lord help me get one more”

Not sure if you will see this after the video has been out this long. By my understanding a lot of soldiers didn't buckle there helmet so that if an explosion goes off near by it does less damage. The shock wave hits the helmet doing more damage with it buckled than unbuckled.

That line about knowing the weapons from world at war earnt you a subscriber that’s what I was like watching saving private Ryan I’m like that’s a bar that’s a mg42 that’s a mp40 lol

My dad served as a volunteer for 8 years, covering WWII and Korea. His father was a doughboy, injured in France in WWI. Everybody I knew did something in service during WWII. I had an uncle I never met, who was a highly decorated pilot shot down "somewhere over the Pacific Ocean" but who was able to save his crew. My Aunt was a doctor and a war widow who never remarried, had no kids, but worked for 40 years until her death as an oncologist in Veteran's Administration Hospitals. Those wars don't seem like ancient history to me.

I haven't seen it in the comments yet. The reason a lot of guys didn't buckle their helmets was they were afraid that getting hit in the helmet could snap their neck back and break it.

Wonderful reaction!

A true hero.