I was a Navy Corpsman (counterpart to Doss's medic) of the 10 years I served 8 were with Marines. Doss's story was well known to me. Many years after WWII, I toured the Pacific. Stationed on Okinawa. For me I was following the footsteps of my granddad, himself a Navy Seabee. (Since you are almost done with the Pacific, the Seabees were on the same islands as the Marines at the same time) towards the end of my tour I was fortunate enough to stand on Hacksaw. It is now a Peace Park dedicated to Doss.
The Marines must love Desmond Doss. They were so impressed by the 77th Infantry during the war in the Pacific, they apparently started calling them the 77th Marine Division. 😂 You believe that?
Hacksaw Ridge tones down the heroism of Desmond Doss because Mel Gibson felt audiences would find it too hard to believe. After taking the brunt of a grenade blast to save his fellow soldiers on Okinawa during World War II, Desmond Doss was left with 17 pieces of shrapnel stuck in him, an injury that's shown in the movie. He waited for five hours until fellow soldier Ralph Baker was able to reach him. Baker, along with several other men, carried Desmond on a litter through an intense enemy attack. What's not shown is that as they were moving him, Desmond saw another soldier on the ground who was badly wounded. He rolled off the litter and crawled over to patch the man up. Desmond gave up his litter to the man. While waiting for help to come back, Desmond was wounded again, this time by a sniper's bullet that shattered his left arm. He fashioned a splint out of a rifle stock and crawled the remaining 300 yards under fire, eventually reaching the safety of an aid station. He was transported to the hospital ship Mercy.
I am a combat vet. I want to thank you for doing this . there are many like me who have had real problems after we returned and this helps a lot. God bless you for this.
Great reaction Aria like always. This movie is so emotional, there are some fun-facts about it. Doss’s son watched the screening of the movie. It’s said he was moved to tears as he saw the great job that Andrew Garfield did in portraying his father. Mel Gibson said that the war scenes were based on his nightmares. Mel Gibson’s father was a WWII veteran that would tell his son of his days on the battlefield as bedtime stories. There’s no doubt that there would be a few restless nights following that. Mel Gibson was originally mean to take the role of Sergeant Howell but wanted to stay focused on directing instead. Doss was not the only man to serve without a weapon. There were several individuals that refused to carry a weapon and were granted the opportunity to serve without touching a rifle. And the real story is WAY crazier he saved over 150 people but wouldn't take credit for it, he was wounded like 19 freaking times, it's UNREAL that he did all that most of the time while starving since he wouldn't eat the meat based rations... Insane hero, EVERYONE should know who he was. I read that Desmond insisted he saved 50 that particular night. The army said it was 100. So they compromised and reported 75. Certain people's real lives exceed what fiction can handle. Doss was one of them, he was a fcking Superman. Keep up the good.
@ariachanson01 Is not a "a plus sign", lol😂 it a cross. It's a result of Christianity that they started having medics in war. As is also, public schools, universities, hospitals, orphanages, etc.
Aria, you always crack me up. This is not a bad thing--laughter is a tonic. And it isn't as if I'm laughing at you; not exactly, just very much always enjoy your reasoning and reactions.
The battle on Hacksaw Ridge was extremely bloody. The total deaths on Okinawa (the land battle) was 7000. Of those 7000 KIA 2500 were on Hacksaw Ridge. The underground fortress the Japanese built was described as an underground battleship. The Japanese also fought to inflict as many casualties on the Americans as possible. They hoped the Americans would grow weary of the war and the Japanese could get a favorable peace negotiated.
At the beginning of the movie Andrew Garfield reads from the Bible a passage from Isaiah 40:31, " the Lord is the everlasting God....He gives strength to the weak.....you will run and not grow weary....." It's important to remember these passages as you think about what Desmond did on Hacksaw Ridge. Things to consider: 1. Desmond was not a big man. He was 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed 145 pounds. 2. He was suffering from the early stages of tuberculosis which he picked up in either the Philippines or Guam. He was diagnosed with the disease in 1946. 3. Desmond was a vegetarian, which means he did not have the extended energy one gets from protein. 4. Desmond carried, dragged, assisted, and lowered at least 75 men who we can estimate averaged 150 pounds each. Let's do the math: 75 X 150 = 11,250 pounds that Desmond moved on Hacksaw Ridge So how did he do it? Go back to the passage from Isaiah.
@@Floridad25i see youre a non believer which is just fine, freedom of religion or no religion, but to us Christians, this was divine intervention along WITH desmonds bravery and personal strength.
First movie based on true story that had to tone down his actions, and hacksaw was not his first but third battle with guam and Leyte gulf being his first and second His official MOH citation reads as “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.” This entire citation could be the movie, but no one would believe it happened giving up his stretcher crawling back to cliff surviving a tank attack and even a sniper shot (hence the cast he’s wearing in the picture at the end) Doss had contracted tuberculosis in the previous battle and so was doing all of this while stifling his coughs..... ....and being malnourished. He was a vegetarian as shown, but the MREs at the time were heavy on the meat and did not provide a substitute for protein. He supplemented what he could from the fruit he found but it wasn't nearly enough He declared the situation was too dangerous for his retrieval and lay for hours with shredded legs and a shattered arm until it was dark, then dragged himself for about 300 yards to safety with just his elbowsHe had already gained the trust and acceptance with his unit about halfway through training, treating the blisters on the men's feet after a 20 mile hike in full gear (additionally a medics gear is about 24 lbs heavier than infantry gear) before treating his own. His nickname was "Preach" 1. ) Oh, and he was part of the 3 man team that set up the cargo nets. The last 35 feet was the only part of that 300+ foot tall cliff that needed a net. 2. ) He had already been awarded a Bronze Star (extraordinary actions on battlefield), and several other citations and awards for heroism 3. ) He stipulated that no film about his life was to be made until ten years after his death. (ergo 2006-2016)
@@ariachanson01 honestly, they could show his early actions on guam and Leyte because he was equally as heroic on those islands, he had earned a bronze star on both of them ua-cam.com/video/b8AggbAVSNQ/v-deo.htmlsi=-uHU-gJv_297cvJ- simple history did a great job of covering these stories before hacksaw
@@ariachanson01 but another man you should look up is Audie Murphy, one the most decorated American soldiers in history. He lied about his age to join up and fought from North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany and even stared in his own movie about his time and how he got the medal of honor called “from hell and back” i highly recommend it and looking up alittle about him
Desmond Doss was already married before he went. He was about 27. He was a member of the infamous 77th Infantry Division. The 77th was made up of older soldiers. They were a type of guinea pig to see what older soldiers could do. The 77th became the best Division in the Pacific. They were held in reserve and used as problem solvers. Their kill ratio was nuts. By the end of the war, some of the Japanese in the Philippines refused to surrender to the 77th, they were that scared of them.
Small correction: His unit insisted it was well over 100 men and probably close to 150. Doss said it was 50. 75 was the compromise between the Army and Doss on his MoH form, it had absolutely nothing to do with the movie. Two things that WERE deemed too unbelievable to go in the movie by director Mel "Needs More Flying Severed Body Parts" Gibson : Doss was one of the guys stringing up the cargo net every day (It was only the last 35 feet that needed the net, not the entire way up the cliff. They had to set the nets every day because unlike the Japanese in this movie, the actual Imperial troops had the critical thinking skills to figure out very quickly that if you didn't want invading Americans to climb your cliff and run amock through your battlefield, the most logical thing to do is cut their gawdam nets down) Doss gave up his stretcher for another wounded soldier, and took a bullet to the arm from a tank gunner and decided it was too risky for medics to come get him so he got back on his own by dragging himself 300 yards with his elbows.
Aria, you may recognize the actor who played Doss' father, Hugo Weaving. He's best known for Agent Smith in "The Matrix" and Elrond the Elf in "The Lord of the Rings."
and for THIS performance he would have deserved an acadamy award... and he was V in the movie "V for Vendetta" a movie, that became ever more relevant in the last few years....
Great reaction. Doss was awarded Bronze Star Medals during the Guam and Philippine campaigns prior to Hacksaw Ridge, which was the last battle he participated in. Some of the characters were actually compilations from the previous battle, such as the solder that lost both legs, a guy he got close to being killed, and also a guy that died of shock because of the lack of plasma.
I finally got a chance to see the rest of your reaction to HACKSAW RIDGE. Aria you reflect the beauty of this movie. Your desire to learn more about Desmond tells me your feelings are 100% genuine. Mel Gibson took a great deal of liberty in making HACKSAW RIDGE, but I don't hold it against him. The story he told is basically true and a director needs some leeway to condense history and make it entertaining. Afterall the purpose of a movie is to entertain and make money. I watched HACKSAW RIDGE with my grandson and he as developed an interest in WW2....mission accomplished. The only objection I have to the movie is how Thomas Doss was portrayed. The is no evidence that he was ever abusive to his family. The fight over the revolver was between Thomas Doss and his brother-in-law, his wife's brother. She stepped in between them and took the gun away and gave it to Desmond so he could hide it. He was just a boy at the time but he did promise God he would never touch a gun. Thomas Doss was also very proud and supportive of his son's joining the military. He wrote numerous letters to complain about the unfair treatment Desmond was getting. Desmond was never physically attacked but what the Army put him through was worse. Before Hacksaw Ridge, Desmond participated in 2 previous campaigns, The Battle for Guam and The Battle for the Philippines. He received the Bronze Star in each battle so the men already knew they could depend on him. In both the previous battles Desmond demonstrated incredible courage. God only knows why he was not killed. There is so much to Desmond's story that any normal person hearing it would think that it is Hollywood make believe. I know you will check it out.
The world needs to hear more about this, not just from a movie, I was a medic in the UK army, i had not heard of desomd Also, desmond struggled, because he did not eat meat, he lived off coconuts, which gave him diohrea, also, they spoke to the sniper after the war, and the sniper said he had desmond in his sights, but his weapon kept jamming and would not fire. also desmonds arm was broken with a bullet , he got off the stretcher, for some else more serious, while waiting, he splinted his own arm with a rifle, just a bit more from his biography
37:28 The senior Japanese officer is committing suicide to avoid capture via a ritual called "Seppuku". The officer uses a short sword to disembowel himself. After he has demonstrated his honor and commitment by doing enough damage that he would die, a "second" would (when done correctly) almost decapitate him him to both minimize the suffering and to avoid the possibility that the officer would do something to dishonor himself after completing the ritual.
A great and historically accurate war movie is MIDWAY (2016). It is about one of the single most important naval battles in human history. With the exception of one brief character, every name is about a real person that lived in 1942. Please check it out.
Another very good movie that happens to be set in a civil war that they were not a part of. The depiction of the Chinese might have been accurate, but they are still inscrutable to my western mind. A truly excellent role by Steve McQueen right up with his character in "The Great Escape" also released in 1966,
Movies like this should have a disclaimer on the opening screen warning not to wear eye makeup while watching this feature. Never feel bad about crying during films like this one. If you don't you may want to consult a psychiatric specialist.
Doss' division, the 77th, was famous for being _older_ than average infantry and Desmond at age 23 was notably _young_ compared to the average age of his division. The Fat Electrician has a wonderful video about them.
"But you did not kill him. In my heart zi did." That was why Desmond vowed to his God to never even pick up a weapon. He relied on his faith and the strength that God gave him to stand firm in his conviction.
If you would like to see desmond alongside his siblings and his brothers in arms, reunited once more to take you through his life before, during and after the war then there is a documentary called The Conscientious Objector and its absolutely incredible its available on UA-cam it has to be the best documentary I have ever watched. He truly makes you want to be a better human being.
If you want to know just how legendary of a unit Desmond Doss belonged to, look up a video by The Fat Electrician: The 77th Infantry aka "The Old Bastards." Desmond was one of the youngest members of his unit. Nearly everyone else was a middle aged or old man because the US Army created their unit as an experiment. And they were one of the most notoriously effective units in the entire Pacific Theater of the war. Their oldest new recruit was in his 50s and he was a veteran of World War 1, just like Desmond's dad.
Tons of impactful moments, but here are ones involving Desmond's father. At our earliest seeing him, he is drunk and threatening. We hear his mother talk about how he hates himself. Survivor's guilt is no small issue. "I wish you had known him before he went to war." He drunkenly goes to the cemetary drinking and talking to the graves of the teens he went to war with and we hear his mention of how horrid his friend's death was. He is anti-war understandably. He takes Desmond to the cemetary and talks about that as being the only place to visit his friends that grew up with him. "Covered with dirt.and grass and eaten by worms." He tells him, "I don't want to visit my sins here!". When Desmond is about to be forced to either reject his own vows to his God and qualify with a rifle or risk a military court trial that might put him in prison as long as his enlistment contract. As much as he fears he will lose his son, he goes to the top of the military chain of command and get a directive to allow Desmond to serve without touching a rifle. The hate he has for war that took his childhood friends and cruelly let him survive is multiplied by his objection to his son even serving. With no word to Desmond, he makes an impassioned plea before the military judge.
I think the sniper wound was in a different battle on another island. And that time he carried 35 men to safety with a shattered arm. Doss was also with General Douglas MacArthur when he returned to the Philippines.😊
He was actually suffering from an undiagnosed case of tuberculosis which would end up taking one of his lungs. Shot, malnourished, weekend and with roughly half of his lung capacity. Just no way that the human body can handle that without help
To listen to the amazing story behind the division that Desmond Doss was assigned to look for The Fat Electrician video called "Old Age & Treachery, The Unstoppable 77th Infantry Division" Its worth your time. This division was an experimental group of soldiers that were mostly over normal age for fighters. They have an amazing story!
Although the Japanese had signed the Geneva Convention they did not adhere to it. In this movie you will see 3 instances of Japanese war crimes. 1. It was a war crime to use a white flag to gain an advantage to attack your enemy. 2. It was a war crime to kill medics 3. It was a war crime to kill helpless wounded soldiers.
That's the power of faith: When the Good Lord is with you, nothing is impossible. God bless Desmond Doss and his family! God bless all the courageous veterans with nerves of steel who risked everything and sacrificed so much to protect our countries and preserve the freedoms we enjoy today! God bless all the souls - military and civilian - that we have lost in times of war! God bless America! God bless us all and grant us peace!
Another great reaction. It's a good movie, for sure. I enjoy movies that are based on truth. They are inspiring. One thing that confused me is that you have not given blood since you got tattoos. I googled for the relation between the two activities. I did not realize that it was regulated and is different in different states and the world. Learning everyday.
well it's not just because of that but you have to wait at least 6 months to a year. And I got a few more tattoos after that so I had to wait again and then since last year, I have also been a little unwell. So I just meant that I never got the chance to donate blood since I got tattoos😅
They showed it results of being shot but not the action of being shot. When he was putting his shirt back on in the tent and asked about the other medic you can see the big bandage on his back.
The issue of training on the Sabbath didn’t have to be such an issue-the others all had Sunday off. He was reporting on Sundays, but caught hell bc nobody else SAW HIM.. bc they were OFF. He was getting equal treatment.
While "Hacksaw Ridge" is solid as far as war movies go, I would suggest you check out these top flight, epic titles (these are but a few): Stalag 17 (the legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder adds some comedic moments in order to lighten an otherwise grim subject about prisoners of war) The Bridge on the River Kwai (Sir Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa are fantastic as a British prisoner of war of the Japanese and the Colonel who runs the camp during WW2 - they embody the madness and the fog of war as they wage their own personal battles of what it means to be honorable in the steaming jungle) Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (this takes the unusual turn of a WW1 film set as a court room drama and told through flashback) Lawrence of Arabia (this is one of those films you would have loved to have seen on a giant, wall-to-wall screen as the cinematography is brilliant) The Great Escape (while a fictional story, they used multiple real life, documented WW2 escape attempts from German camps to base the story around) Patton (a larger-than-life biopic of one of WW2's finest generals and one of its most controversial. George C. Scott gives a powerhouse performance in a role he was born to play) Apocalypse Now (theatrical cut is the absolute best version - the horrors and lunacy of war as depicted through a sort-of retelling of Joseph Conrad's classic novel, "Heart of Darkness") The Deer Hunter (this Vietnam War film is a bit different... most of the film's run time sets up the characters before they ever set foot overseas - there is a good reason for this) Das Boot (director's cut - German film - you will never look at the inside of a submarine the same way again as German soldiers battle the Allies in a cramped and dangerous U-Boat and internally struggle with the fact many never understood what they were fighting for or why - this is a masterpiece) Platoon (it's fictional, but the narration is based on actual writings of Vietnam war veterans, including the writer and director, Oliver Stone [he served in the war] - the duality of man is explored here) Casualties of War (far and away Michael J. Fox's - aka Marty McFly - finest dramatic performance - the movie is truly devastating because it is based a real documented war crime and is one example of why people in the U.S. turned against the Vietnam War) Born on the Fourth of July (Tom Cruise in top form - I would say it's his best acting performance and he gives it his all - the true life story of a Vietnam War soldier turned peace activist) Three Kings (the first Gulf War depicted in a most unusual way, as a heist caper film and an anti-war satire - George Clooney is the main star) Downfall (German film - it has one of the most realistic depictions of Hitler towards the end of the war ever put to film... an award-winning portrayal by Bruno Ganz) Fury (tank battles are filmed in a very stark and tragic manner - Brad Pitt is the star) 1917 (this is mostly a visual heavy film rather than dialog heavy... the techniques used to make it seem like the WW1 based movie was filmed in one, long take are amazing) All Quiet on the Western Front (newest German remake - a visually stunning depiction of trench warfare during WW1 - the war machine churns ever onward in this Oscar winning film)
I love Desmond but at the very beginning in training the other guy did just have a knife in his foot. Also it is important to know! Desmond worked Sunday when the others were out and completed all the chores by himself
You should react to We Were Soldiers with Mel Gibson and Barry Pepper. It's a true story from Vietnam from the book "We Were Soldiers Once... And Young" by Hal Moore and Joe Galloway. It's a phenomenal movie!
I understand your logic, but it actually doesn't make sense because the pacific follows the fight the marines had where hacksaw follows the army. Yes same island, but very different battles.
They left me it a lot of what he did because people wouldn’t beleive it was true, it all happened even the Bible thing, his entire company searched that battlefield for 2 weeks to find it and ship it to his wife
_Japanese soldiers come out with a white flag_ [Most reactors] Thank you! This is finally over. [Reactors who have seen "The Pacific"] I don't believe you.
If only one of you gets to know Jesus through this film the way many of us Christians do it will be such a beautiful thing. Desmond was willing to sacrifice his life because of what he knew his Savior had done for him-He died on a cross for your sins and mine.
You saw the "plus" sign on the Titles? That is a Cross, a Red Cross, to denote a medic under the Geneva Convention, " universal symbol of neutrality and protection in armed conflict", it is not however a Religious cross. Yes, both it and the Red Crescent have been ignored by all armies despite being part of the 1864 Geneva Convention
Good reaction, okay edit. I have seen so many reactions to this movie that when some one starts flipping the image a lot it stands out. Like the reactors who flipped all the courtroom scenes in My Cousin Vinnie and A Few Good Men. I know you are trying to beat UA-cam but other reactors seem to be able to show the movie as intended. Nothing against you, I have enjoyed many of your past reactions but this time I moved on after about ten minutes.
Who told you all that stuff about what the Japanese were like? Were you taught that in school? A USA school? I am afraid you were lied to , you can not generalise about the Japanese like that. True there were some very bad ones, just as there were some just as bad soldiers in ALL the countries at war. It brings out the worst in Humans.
I was a Navy Corpsman (counterpart to Doss's medic) of the 10 years I served 8 were with Marines. Doss's story was well known to me. Many years after WWII, I toured the Pacific. Stationed on Okinawa. For me I was following the footsteps of my granddad, himself a Navy Seabee. (Since you are almost done with the Pacific, the Seabees were on the same islands as the Marines at the same time) towards the end of my tour I was fortunate enough to stand on Hacksaw. It is now a Peace Park dedicated to Doss.
The Marines must love Desmond Doss. They were so impressed by the 77th Infantry during the war in the Pacific, they apparently started calling them the 77th Marine Division. 😂 You believe that?
@@robertlombardo8437 absolutely. The Fat Electrician has an excellent video about them
Hacksaw Ridge tones down the heroism of Desmond Doss because Mel Gibson felt audiences would find it too hard to believe. After taking the brunt of a grenade blast to save his fellow soldiers on Okinawa during World War II, Desmond Doss was left with 17 pieces of shrapnel stuck in him, an injury that's shown in the movie. He waited for five hours until fellow soldier Ralph Baker was able to reach him. Baker, along with several other men, carried Desmond on a litter through an intense enemy attack.
What's not shown is that as they were moving him, Desmond saw another soldier on the ground who was badly wounded. He rolled off the litter and crawled over to patch the man up. Desmond gave up his litter to the man. While waiting for help to come back, Desmond was wounded again, this time by a sniper's bullet that shattered his left arm. He fashioned a splint out of a rifle stock and crawled the remaining 300 yards under fire, eventually reaching the safety of an aid station. He was transported to the hospital ship Mercy.
I am a combat vet. I want to thank you for doing this . there are many like me who have had real problems after we returned and this helps a lot. God bless you for this.
"Please, Lord... help me get one more." 😭
"What do you want from me? I can't hear you"......... "help me"
*sighs*..."Alright.."
Great reaction Aria like always. This movie is so emotional, there are some fun-facts about it. Doss’s son watched the screening of the movie. It’s said he was moved to tears as he saw the great job that Andrew Garfield did in portraying his father. Mel Gibson said that the war scenes were based on his nightmares. Mel Gibson’s father was a WWII veteran that would tell his son of his days on the battlefield as bedtime stories. There’s no doubt that there would be a few restless nights following that. Mel Gibson was originally mean to take the role of Sergeant Howell but wanted to stay focused on directing instead.
Doss was not the only man to serve without a weapon. There were several individuals that refused to carry a weapon and were granted the opportunity to serve without touching a rifle. And the real story is WAY crazier he saved over 150 people but wouldn't take credit for it, he was wounded like 19 freaking times, it's UNREAL that he did all that most of the time while starving since he wouldn't eat the meat based rations... Insane hero, EVERYONE should know who he was.
I read that Desmond insisted he saved 50 that particular night. The army said it was 100. So they compromised and reported 75. Certain people's real lives exceed what fiction can handle. Doss was one of them, he was a fcking Superman. Keep up the good.
The real story really is so amazing that it definitely would've looked exaggerated in the movie.
I agree, he was a superhero
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Is not a "a plus sign", lol😂 it a cross. It's a result of Christianity that they started having medics in war. As is also, public schools, universities, hospitals, orphanages, etc.
Wasn’t Desmond also a vegetarian or vegan during this. which Im sure wasn’t easy in the military
Aria, you always crack me up. This is not a bad thing--laughter is a tonic. And it isn't as if I'm laughing at you; not exactly, just very much always enjoy your reasoning and reactions.
The battle on Hacksaw Ridge was extremely bloody. The total deaths on Okinawa (the land battle) was 7000. Of those 7000 KIA 2500 were on Hacksaw Ridge. The underground fortress the Japanese built was described as an underground battleship. The Japanese also fought to inflict as many casualties on the Americans as possible. They hoped the Americans would grow weary of the war and the Japanese could get a favorable peace negotiated.
At the beginning of the movie Andrew Garfield reads from the Bible a passage from Isaiah 40:31, " the Lord is the everlasting God....He gives strength to the weak.....you will run and not grow weary....." It's important to remember these passages as you think about what Desmond did on Hacksaw Ridge.
Things to consider:
1. Desmond was not a big man. He was 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed 145 pounds.
2. He was suffering from the early stages of tuberculosis which he picked up in either the Philippines or Guam. He was diagnosed with the disease in 1946.
3. Desmond was a vegetarian, which means he did not have the extended energy one gets from protein.
4. Desmond carried, dragged, assisted, and lowered at least 75 men who we can estimate averaged 150 pounds each. Let's do the math:
75 X 150 = 11,250 pounds that Desmond moved on Hacksaw Ridge So how did he do it? Go back to the passage from Isaiah.
@@Floridad25i see youre a non believer which is just fine, freedom of religion or no religion, but to us Christians, this was divine intervention along WITH desmonds bravery and personal strength.
@@chrisvibz4753 The guy is a jerk. And divine intervention is not just for Christians.
@@Floridad25 The guys serving with Doss didn't see it that way atheist jerk.
Yep it seems they're missing the point that God was his protection, strength, and endurance.
@@Floridad25you know that God allows you to protect yourself. Your words confirms your ignorance,
The knot you see is called a Spanish Bowline used in mountain rescues.
First movie based on true story that had to tone down his actions, and hacksaw was not his first but third battle with guam and Leyte gulf being his first and second
His official MOH citation reads as
“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.”
This entire citation could be the movie, but no one would believe it happened giving up his stretcher crawling back to cliff surviving a tank attack and even a sniper shot (hence the cast he’s wearing in the picture at the end)
Doss had contracted tuberculosis in the previous battle and so was doing all of this while stifling his coughs.....
....and being malnourished. He was a vegetarian as shown, but the MREs at the time were heavy on the meat and did not provide a substitute for protein. He supplemented what he could from the fruit he found but it wasn't nearly enough He declared the situation was too dangerous for his retrieval and lay for hours with shredded legs and a shattered arm until it was dark, then dragged himself for about 300 yards to safety with just his elbowsHe had already gained the trust and acceptance with his unit about halfway through training, treating the blisters on the men's feet after a 20 mile hike in full gear (additionally a medics gear is about 24 lbs heavier than infantry gear) before treating his own.
His nickname was "Preach"
1. ) Oh, and he was part of the 3 man team that set up the cargo nets. The last 35 feet was the only part of that 300+ foot tall cliff that needed a net.
2. ) He had already been awarded a Bronze Star (extraordinary actions on battlefield), and several other citations and awards for heroism
3. ) He stipulated that no film about his life was to be made until ten years after his death. (ergo
2006-2016)
they would literally have to make a tv series in order to show all the heroic things he did. A 2-3 hours movie is just not enough
@@ariachanson01 honestly, they could show his early actions on guam and Leyte because he was equally as heroic on those islands, he had earned a bronze star on both of them ua-cam.com/video/b8AggbAVSNQ/v-deo.htmlsi=-uHU-gJv_297cvJ- simple history did a great job of covering these stories before hacksaw
@@ariachanson01 but another man you should look up is Audie Murphy, one the most decorated American soldiers in history. He lied about his age to join up and fought from North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany and even stared in his own movie about his time and how he got the medal of honor called “from hell and back” i highly recommend it and looking up alittle about him
Desmond Doss was already married before he went. He was about 27. He was a member of the infamous 77th Infantry Division. The 77th was made up of older soldiers. They were a type of guinea pig to see what older soldiers could do. The 77th became the best Division in the Pacific. They were held in reserve and used as problem solvers. Their kill ratio was nuts. By the end of the war, some of the Japanese in the Philippines refused to surrender to the 77th, they were that scared of them.
he actually saved over 150 men, but they left it at 75 believing people would think it was too unbelievable
Small correction: His unit insisted it was well over 100 men and probably close to 150. Doss said it was 50. 75 was the compromise between the Army and Doss on his MoH form, it had absolutely nothing to do with the movie.
Two things that WERE deemed too unbelievable to go in the movie by director Mel "Needs More Flying Severed Body Parts" Gibson : Doss was one of the guys stringing up the cargo net every day (It was only the last 35 feet that needed the net, not the entire way up the cliff. They had to set the nets every day because unlike the Japanese in this movie, the actual Imperial troops had the critical thinking skills to figure out very quickly that if you didn't want invading Americans to climb your cliff and run amock through your battlefield, the most logical thing to do is cut their gawdam nets down) Doss gave up his stretcher for another wounded soldier, and took a bullet to the arm from a tank gunner and decided it was too risky for medics to come get him so he got back on his own by dragging himself 300 yards with his elbows.
Hacksaw Ridge was not his only battle.
Aria, you may recognize the actor who played Doss' father, Hugo Weaving. He's best known for Agent Smith in "The Matrix" and Elrond the Elf in "The Lord of the Rings."
Rightttt, I kept thinking of the movies, had to look him up after the movie ended cause I couldn't remember🙈
and for THIS performance he would have deserved an acadamy award...
and he was V in the movie "V for Vendetta" a movie, that became ever more relevant in the last few years....
Great reaction. Doss was awarded Bronze Star Medals during the Guam and Philippine campaigns prior to Hacksaw Ridge, which was the last battle he participated in. Some of the characters were actually compilations from the previous battle, such as the solder that lost both legs, a guy he got close to being killed, and also a guy that died of shock because of the lack of plasma.
It's crazy that they down played what Desmond really did on that ridge because the truth was too unbelievable for a movie.
I finally got a chance to see the rest of your reaction to HACKSAW RIDGE. Aria you reflect the beauty of this movie. Your desire to learn more about Desmond tells me your feelings are 100% genuine. Mel Gibson took a great deal of liberty in making HACKSAW RIDGE, but I don't hold it against him. The story he told is basically true and a director needs some leeway to condense history and make it entertaining. Afterall the purpose of a movie is to entertain and make money. I watched HACKSAW RIDGE with my grandson and he as developed an interest in WW2....mission accomplished.
The only objection I have to the movie is how Thomas Doss was portrayed. The is no evidence that he was ever abusive to his family. The fight over the revolver was between Thomas Doss and his brother-in-law, his wife's brother. She stepped in between them and took the gun away and gave it to Desmond so he could hide it. He was just a boy at the time but he did promise God he would never touch a gun. Thomas Doss was also very proud and supportive of his son's joining the military. He wrote numerous letters to complain about the unfair treatment Desmond was getting. Desmond was never physically attacked but what the Army put him through was worse. Before Hacksaw Ridge, Desmond participated in 2 previous campaigns, The Battle for Guam and The Battle for the Philippines. He received the Bronze Star in each battle so the men already knew they could depend on him. In both the previous battles Desmond demonstrated incredible courage. God only knows why he was not killed. There is so much to Desmond's story that any normal person hearing it would think that it is Hollywood make believe. I know you will check it out.
The world needs to hear more about this, not just from a movie, I was a medic in the UK army, i had not heard of desomd
Also, desmond struggled, because he did not eat meat, he lived off coconuts, which gave him diohrea, also, they spoke to the sniper after the war, and the sniper said he had desmond in his sights, but his weapon kept jamming and would not fire. also desmonds arm was broken with a bullet , he got off the stretcher, for some else more serious, while waiting, he splinted his own arm with a rifle, just a bit more from his biography
There's a documentary called the conscientious objector which has full interviews with Desmond doss and those that served with him.
37:28 The senior Japanese officer is committing suicide to avoid capture via a ritual called "Seppuku". The officer uses a short sword to disembowel himself. After he has demonstrated his honor and commitment by doing enough damage that he would die, a "second" would (when done correctly) almost decapitate him him to both minimize the suffering and to avoid the possibility that the officer would do something to dishonor himself after completing the ritual.
A great and historically accurate war movie is MIDWAY (2016). It is about one of the single most important naval battles in human history. With the exception of one brief character, every name is about a real person that lived in 1942. Please check it out.
I recommend "The Sand Pebbles" 1966.
Another very good movie that happens to be set in a civil war that they were not a part of. The depiction of the Chinese might have been accurate, but they are still inscrutable to my western mind. A truly excellent role by Steve McQueen right up with his character in "The Great Escape" also released in 1966,
Good to hear that you did some research, because Dawes' history was more amazing than what they showed in the movie. Great breakdown of the movie.
Desmond's Faith was the reassurance that his comrades needed to believe and move forward!
Movies like this should have a disclaimer on the opening screen warning not to wear eye makeup while watching this feature.
Never feel bad about crying during films like this one. If you don't you may want to consult a psychiatric specialist.
Doss' division, the 77th, was famous for being _older_ than average infantry and Desmond at age 23 was notably _young_ compared to the average age of his division. The Fat Electrician has a wonderful video about them.
yeah oldest dude in the 77th was 53
There's a really nice book that came out with the move. The book is historically accurate. Same title.
I was one of four brothers. By the end I raised my little brother. He was with me always, I took care of him. I hardly see him anymore.
He did basically the same thing in 2 previous battles before his famous "Hacksaw ridge" battle in okinawa😲💥
We Were Soldiers is a great movie about The Vietnam War. Worth checking out for sure.
"But you did not kill him. In my heart zi did." That was why Desmond vowed to his God to never even pick up a weapon. He relied on his faith and the strength that God gave him to stand firm in his conviction.
If you would like to see desmond alongside his siblings and his brothers in arms, reunited once more to take you through his life before, during and after the war then there is a documentary called The Conscientious Objector and its absolutely incredible its available on UA-cam it has to be the best documentary I have ever watched. He truly makes you want to be a better human being.
If you want to know just how legendary of a unit Desmond Doss belonged to, look up a video by The Fat Electrician: The 77th Infantry aka "The Old Bastards." Desmond was one of the youngest members of his unit. Nearly everyone else was a middle aged or old man because the US Army created their unit as an experiment. And they were one of the most notoriously effective units in the entire Pacific Theater of the war.
Their oldest new recruit was in his 50s and he was a veteran of World War 1, just like Desmond's dad.
Awesome reaction of my favorite movie!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊
Tons of impactful moments, but here are ones involving Desmond's father.
At our earliest seeing him, he is drunk and threatening. We hear his mother talk about how he hates himself. Survivor's guilt is no small issue. "I wish you had known him before he went to war."
He drunkenly goes to the cemetary drinking and talking to the graves of the teens he went to war with and we hear his mention of how horrid his friend's death was. He is anti-war understandably.
He takes Desmond to the cemetary and talks about that as being the only place to visit his friends that grew up with him. "Covered with dirt.and grass and eaten by worms." He tells him, "I don't want to visit my sins here!".
When Desmond is about to be forced to either reject his own vows to his God and qualify with a rifle or risk a military court trial that might put him in prison as long as his enlistment contract.
As much as he fears he will lose his son, he goes to the top of the military chain of command and get a directive to allow Desmond to serve without touching a rifle.
The hate he has for war that took his childhood friends and cruelly let him survive is multiplied by his objection to his son even serving.
With no word to Desmond, he makes an impassioned plea before the military judge.
I think the sniper wound was in a different battle on another island. And that time he carried 35 men to safety with a shattered arm. Doss was also with General Douglas MacArthur when he returned to the Philippines.😊
He was actually suffering from an undiagnosed case of tuberculosis which would end up taking one of his lungs. Shot, malnourished, weekend and with roughly half of his lung capacity. Just no way that the human body can handle that without help
You’re very sensitive and bright. Enjoyed your reaction. Thank you…
Outstanding reaction video. 👍 📹
To listen to the amazing story behind the division that Desmond Doss was assigned to look for The Fat Electrician video called "Old Age & Treachery, The Unstoppable 77th Infantry Division" Its worth your time. This division was an experimental group of soldiers that were mostly over normal age for fighters. They have an amazing story!
I'll look it up, thankyou :)
Although the Japanese had signed the Geneva Convention they did not adhere to it. In this movie you will see 3 instances of Japanese war crimes.
1. It was a war crime to use a white flag to gain an advantage to attack your enemy.
2. It was a war crime to kill medics
3. It was a war crime to kill helpless wounded soldiers.
That's the power of faith: When the Good Lord is with you, nothing is impossible. God bless Desmond Doss and his family! God bless all the courageous veterans with nerves of steel who risked everything and sacrificed so much to protect our countries and preserve the freedoms we enjoy today! God bless all the souls - military and civilian - that we have lost in times of war! God bless America! God bless us all and grant us peace!
Another great reaction. It's a good movie, for sure. I enjoy movies that are based on truth. They are inspiring.
One thing that confused me is that you have not given blood since you got tattoos. I googled for the relation between the two activities. I did not realize that it was regulated and is different in different states and the world. Learning everyday.
well it's not just because of that but you have to wait at least 6 months to a year. And I got a few more tattoos after that so I had to wait again and then since last year, I have also been a little unwell. So I just meant that I never got the chance to donate blood since I got tattoos😅
They showed it results of being shot but not the action of being shot. When he was putting his shirt back on in the tent and asked about the other medic you can see the big bandage on his back.
He is a Seventh Day Adventist hero. While my morales are not quite as pacifist at his, To the point of being agnostic.
He is a great guy.
Letters from Iwa Jima gets often ignored on these types of channels. Lord knows why. It is a must see war based film directed by Clint Eastwood
Flags of Our Fathers is basically Part 1 and then Letters From Iwo Jima is Part 2. They are companion films shot at the same time.
The issue of training on the Sabbath didn’t have to be such an issue-the others all had Sunday off. He was reporting on Sundays, but caught hell bc nobody else SAW HIM.. bc they were OFF.
He was getting equal treatment.
While "Hacksaw Ridge" is solid as far as war movies go, I would suggest you check out these top flight, epic titles (these are but a few):
Stalag 17 (the legendary filmmaker Billy Wilder adds some comedic moments in order to lighten an otherwise grim subject about prisoners of war)
The Bridge on the River Kwai (Sir Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa are fantastic as a British prisoner of war of the Japanese and the Colonel who runs the camp during WW2 - they embody the madness and the fog of war as they wage their own personal battles of what it means to be honorable in the steaming jungle)
Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory (this takes the unusual turn of a WW1 film set as a court room drama and told through flashback)
Lawrence of Arabia (this is one of those films you would have loved to have seen on a giant, wall-to-wall screen as the cinematography is brilliant)
The Great Escape (while a fictional story, they used multiple real life, documented WW2 escape attempts from German camps to base the story around)
Patton (a larger-than-life biopic of one of WW2's finest generals and one of its most controversial. George C. Scott gives a powerhouse performance in a role he was born to play)
Apocalypse Now (theatrical cut is the absolute best version - the horrors and lunacy of war as depicted through a sort-of retelling of Joseph Conrad's classic novel, "Heart of Darkness")
The Deer Hunter (this Vietnam War film is a bit different... most of the film's run time sets up the characters before they ever set foot overseas - there is a good reason for this)
Das Boot (director's cut - German film - you will never look at the inside of a submarine the same way again as German soldiers battle the Allies in a cramped and dangerous U-Boat and internally struggle with the fact many never understood what they were fighting for or why - this is a masterpiece)
Platoon (it's fictional, but the narration is based on actual writings of Vietnam war veterans, including the writer and director, Oliver Stone [he served in the war] - the duality of man is explored here)
Casualties of War (far and away Michael J. Fox's - aka Marty McFly - finest dramatic performance - the movie is truly devastating because it is based a real documented war crime and is one example of why people in the U.S. turned against the Vietnam War)
Born on the Fourth of July (Tom Cruise in top form - I would say it's his best acting performance and he gives it his all - the true life story of a Vietnam War soldier turned peace activist)
Three Kings (the first Gulf War depicted in a most unusual way, as a heist caper film and an anti-war satire - George Clooney is the main star)
Downfall (German film - it has one of the most realistic depictions of Hitler towards the end of the war ever put to film... an award-winning portrayal by Bruno Ganz)
Fury (tank battles are filmed in a very stark and tragic manner - Brad Pitt is the star)
1917 (this is mostly a visual heavy film rather than dialog heavy... the techniques used to make it seem like the WW1 based movie was filmed in one, long take are amazing)
All Quiet on the Western Front (newest German remake - a visually stunning depiction of trench warfare during WW1 - the war machine churns ever onward in this Oscar winning film)
75? Most of the eyewitnesses pit it at WAY more than that. Some of them said it was 300!
not in the same battle.
Adjacent to Hacksaw Ridge on Okinawa there is a children’s playground. Okinawan children’s playgrounds are epic.
I love Desmond but at the very beginning in training the other guy did just have a knife in his foot.
Also it is important to know! Desmond worked Sunday when the others were out and completed all the chores by himself
Favorite movie of all time
Great movie, I think you also would like Enemy at the Gates 2001, its an really great movie
It’s Money Talks any time soon?
Dos was shot by a sniper... the bullet just graced his helmet. Don't know why Aria said it was not shown
You should react to We Were Soldiers with Mel Gibson and Barry Pepper. It's a true story from Vietnam from the book "We Were Soldiers Once... And Young" by Hal Moore and Joe Galloway. It's a phenomenal movie!
the japanese guy getting his head chopped off is doing Seppuku which is ritual suicide from the samurai
they did out him getting shot by a sniper in the movie lol it bounces off his helmet
The very first scene you see and hear Mel Gibson yelling at Desmond that they'll get him out of there. Mel directed this movie.
I understand your logic, but it actually doesn't make sense because the pacific follows the fight the marines had where hacksaw follows the army. Yes same island, but very different battles.
Most violent most religious war movie.
Can you please react to Money Talks soon?
can we get the Equalizer Denzel Washington next please?
I wanna watch that one too...
@@ariachanson01 so it that next? its better than John wick
Hello Aria
hey!!
Watch The Last Samurai.
For the record, nowhere in the Bible does it say Thou Shall Not Kill. What it does say is Thou Shall Not MURDER”!
Very true. So much of the Bible has become lost in translation over the centuries.
Kill, murder, what’s the difference
@colterwilliams3152 There's a difference between manslaughter and murder, and both of those are considered killing.
@@anthonyjamesvasquez so like I just said…..what’s the difference
@@anthonyjamesvasquez WE AS HUMANS consider them different but I don’t think God does. Taking another life is taking another life.
This is why I get so angry when Americans disrespect our Veterans and active Military! These men and women are HEROES period!
Dont mess with Virginia men.
Oh boy. While Mel Gibson is a crazy guy.
He can make a movie. Granted this one a bit hard to stomach when it comes to the actual fighting sequences.
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They left me it a lot of what he did because people wouldn’t beleive it was true, it all happened even the Bible thing, his entire company searched that battlefield for 2 weeks to find it and ship it to his wife
Go watch the fat electrician he does a segment on his unit. He wasn't the only brave soldier on the field.
_Japanese soldiers come out with a white flag_
[Most reactors] Thank you! This is finally over.
[Reactors who have seen "The Pacific"] I don't believe you.
and we were right to not believe that white flag😅
If only one of you gets to know Jesus through this film the way many of us Christians do it will be such a beautiful thing.
Desmond was willing to sacrifice his life because of what he knew his Savior had done for him-He died on a cross for your sins and mine.
If You have fanatics - make sure they're on your side...😕
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You saw the "plus" sign on the Titles? That is a Cross, a Red Cross, to denote a medic under the Geneva Convention, " universal symbol of neutrality and protection in armed conflict", it is not however a Religious cross. Yes, both it and the Red Crescent have been ignored by all armies despite being part of the 1864 Geneva Convention
What are you doing in India?
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Good reaction, okay edit. I have seen so many reactions to this movie that when some one starts flipping the image a lot it stands out. Like the reactors who flipped all the courtroom scenes in My Cousin Vinnie and A Few Good Men. I know you are trying to beat UA-cam but other reactors seem to be able to show the movie as intended. Nothing against you, I have enjoyed many of your past reactions but this time I moved on after about ten minutes.
Can you react to Bad Boys 2 next please?
Who told you all that stuff about what the Japanese were like? Were you taught that in school? A USA school? I am afraid you were lied to , you can not generalise about the Japanese like that. True there were some very bad ones, just as there were some just as bad soldiers in ALL the countries at war. It brings out the worst in Humans.
It's funny how they think they're fighting against Satan himself, just before nuking 200.000 civilians in two cities.
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You keep referring to “The Plus Sign” it’s not called that it’s called “A Red Cross” 🏥 ⛑️➕
Yes I know, it just didn't cross my mind at that moment😅😅