Your tear filled and heartfelt reaction is a thank you to my oldest brother Mike for his service. He passed nov 6 on his 72 birthday, also served 23 years in the navy protecting us. I pray for a safe future for you and your family. Bless you from Michigan.
"With the world so set on tearing itself apart, it don't seem like such a bad thing to me to want to put a little bit of it back together." Fun Fact: The film received a standing ovation lasting nine minutes and forty-eight seconds at the Venice Film Festival in September 2016. Mel Gibson timed it. Casting Notes Fact: Teresa Palmer wanted a role in the film so badly that she auditioned via her smart phone and sent the recording to Mel Gibson. She heard nothing back for three months, until Gibson called Palmer to tell her that she landed the role. Location Location Fact: The battlefield sequence, overseen by Mel Gibson's longtime stunt double Mic Rodgers, was filmed on a small dairy farm (about one hundred square kilometres) near Sydney, Australia. Smoke trucks circled the perimeter to make sure any scenery that didn't look like World War II Okinawa was effectively blocked out. Historical Fact: When asked how many lives he saved, Desmond T. Doss said approximately fifty. However, witnesses said it was closer to one hundred. A mutual agreement was reached at approximately seventy-five. PFC Doss was not wounded and evacuated in a daylight assault at Hacksaw Ridge. He was wounded a couple of weeks later in the Okinawa campaign during a night attack near Shuri. As per his Medal of Honor citation (noted above), he was wounded in the legs by a grenade, but had to wait five hours before stretcher bearers could reach him, during which time he dressed his own wounds. While being carried back to safety by three stretcher bearers, they were attacked by a Japanese tank. Doss crawled off the stretcher to a more seriously wounded man and insisted the others evacuate that soldier and then return for him. While waiting for the stretcher to return, he was shot by a sniper as he was being carried by another soldier. This caused a compound fracture of his arm, for which he improvised a splint using a rifle stock. He then crawled three hundred yards to an aid station for treatment.
31:03 The knot Doss ties is called a double bowline. He learned to tie it as he was growing up on the farm. At Hacksaw Ridge, he used it to lower two men at a time.
Can you imagine holding onto a rope lowering maybe 350 pounds manually the length of that ridge? I don't know your source, but that sounds farfetched, MAGA boy.
In some significant ways, this excellent true story of Desmond Doss was toned down to make it more believable. However, there are some things that were changed that you might want to know about. Doss and his unit had actually taken part in two previous Pacific island invasions before they got to Okinawa, and Doss had actually been decorated with the Bronze Star for Valor twice in the second battle, so Desmond was already a well respected member of the unit before Hacksaw Ridge. You can understand why they decided to compress the story entirely to the Okinawa campaign to keep the story easier to understand. Some of the other changes they made are also understandable, such as they amped up the drama of the trial a lot, and the situation where he leaves his wife at the altar while he sits in a cell is not quite the way that happened. The website History vs Hollywood article on this movie is pretty good, and covers most the of the stuff that they changed or were mistaken about.
Hal Doss joined the Navy not the Army as shown in the movie. He was assigned to the destroyer USS Lindsey. The USS Lindsey was in the Battle for Okinawa. The ship was hit by 2 Kamakazis killing 54 and wounding nearly 100.😮😮
Hi guys, first thsnk you for soing this movie, and all your other movies, what i like, is your emotions are real, second, i served as a medic in the british army, my berother served, my wifes 2 brothers servd one army one navy, her father served as sis our grandaptents through the war Im not going to mention about what desmond did, plenty of comments will explain that, Until this movie was made, and i was a medic in late 1980's to early 1990's i had never heard about desmond, so my comment, thank you for reacting to it, to bring to to people, he should be celebrated,
Mel Gibson tried to capture the brutality of the Battle of Hacksaw Ridge. The Japanese had built a defense in depth which was designed to inflict as many casualties as possible. Their underground tunnels and bunkers were described as an underground battleship. In the Battle for Okinawa the US suffered 12,000 deaths. 5000 of those deaths were from the Navy, 7000 were from the land battle. Hacksaw Ridge cost the lives of 2500 Americans, which means Hacksaw Ridge represents 36% of all land deaths on Okinawa.
When Desmond hit his brother with the brick and almost killed him, his father was gonna beat him with the belt. And then when the car fell on the boy's leg. Desmon man used a brick to prop it up And he used his belt to save the young boy.
Thank you for that powerful reaction. I found myself thinking how much more serious a war film must be for you guys and I wish you all the best. Despite what you might have heard, us Americans have not forgotten about Ukraine. I still haven't caught either of your names yet, but it was REALLY refreshing to hear one of you saying that you didn't believe in God but still respected the messages of this film. My girlfriend and I are both atheists, but we each love Hacksaw Ridge and have immense respect for Desmond Doss even though neither one of us view the world like he did. This movie was a big hit over here among both right and left politically, and among believers and non-believers. It was a rare unifying film which was extremely important at the time because in 2016 (and still today) America has not been this divided since our Civil War in the 1860's. I also wanted to voice my frustration that I was never taught about Desmond Doss in our history classes. I cannot understand why he was excluded because we did talk about the battle of Okinawa. Virtually no one (in my experience) except senior citizens, remembered or even heard of Desmond Doss until 2016 when this movie came out. Oh, I also wanted to add that the Japanese military did have quite a few automatic weapons in their arsenal. The Americans were much better equipped overall, but the Japanese had the Type 100 submachine gun and more importantly they had the Type 99 light machine gun (that is the weapon with the magazine pointing upward). The Type 99 was actually a better weapon than our WW2 light machine gun , the "BAR." Where the Americans really did overpower the Japanese in terms of small arms, however, was with the standard service rifle. The Americans had the 8-round, clip fed, semi-automatic M1 Garand while the Japanese had the 5-round, clip fed, bolt-action Arisaka rifles. Anyway, thank you again for the video. I'm sure there will be a lot of recommendations for other war movies. You guys have already covered quite a few of the best ones. I would recommend "Platoon" (1986). It is a powerful Vietnam war film with a great cast and a completely different tone and feel than Hacksaw Ridge, Saving Private Ryan or Fury and it was directed by a real Vietnam veteran, Oliver Stone.
The Fat Electrician did a show on UA-cam about the 77th infantry aka The Old Guys. It is well worth watching. In it he talks about Desmond Doss's courage on Hacksaw Ridge.
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. He was on the Ridge for almost 3 weeks (see dates in MoH cite). 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 he saved. Above all you get to see how truly humble he was. Also the US flamethrower was specifically designed not to explode. The pressure tank is separate from the fuel tanks. The Forgotten Weapons channel has a video explaining its safety aspects.
I mean there are many, many things that the movie "got wrong" if you want to get all technical about it. I don't chalk it up to "Screw actual history, I wanna make a MOVIE" (which is how I label most of Mel Gibson's decision-making when it comes to film making) so much as an "I have to tell a story in under nine hours and illustrate a point at the same time so let's leave this part out and mash a few people into one character and imply this happened here when it actually happened over here" artistic license.
Doss was only able to help Japanese wounded that were too badly hurt to resist. Whenever he tried to help less seriously wounded they would threaten to kill him.
If you would like to know more about Desmond Doss there is a documentary called The Conscientious Objector (its on UA-cam) which has desmond alongside his siblings and his brothers in arms reunited once more taking you through his life before, during and after the war. This movie is v toned down as the truth is even more miraculous. His autobiography is mind blowing so i highly recommend it to you. He makes u want to be a better human being and his story stays with you for life.
You should look into the accomplishments of the Real Desmond Doss. He had already won one Congressional Medal of Honor before Hacksaw Ridge. The director thought if he tried to show all he really did, no one would believe the movie.
Now THAT was a reaction. Good episode.. The division he was in was the 77th infantry which has an amazing story on it's own. React to "The Old Bastards" episode on Fat Electrician.
For perspective, the us military has had around 26M soldiers over our entire country's history and just over 1400 of them received the medal of honor (while still alive)
A pretty GOOD Film to react to is "UNBROKEN" A Film in 2014... Directed by Angelina Jolie based on a WWII American prisoner in a Japanese interncamp....
The Arasaka Type 99 rifle was the best bolt action rifle of WW2. My first hunting rifle when I was a teenager was an Arasaka. It was a WW2 surplus I picked up for $5.
You guys need to do Band of Brothers big time... Then The Pacific... Then Masters of the Air. In that order. It would be great to watch you react to all of these.
I couldn't imagine watching a movie like this with a war going on in my country. Sounds everyone in Ukraine knows someone who has been lost in that awful war.
Congrats youtube surveyed me for your comment. Bad-great But I did the middle as okay because I know some will be upset about your comment but you also didnt say anything super crazy. So heads up youtube will prolly remove your comment.
Why on earth would the wounded Japanese soldier be a deserter? He wouldn't be in the tunnel system, wounded, if he was. (in all honesty, he'd probably be face down with another wound through the back of his head) and further, the honor system meant that deserting was an entirely different level of shame. imo he's probably just resting, as the Japanese didn't have effective medical treatment (if any, on islands they weren't deeply entrenched in) at most Pacific theater battles for various reasons. You should check out the short documentary on Doss, called "The Medic Who Fought a War Without Using A Gun" (or....something like that, type it in and it'll give the correct title)
I don't know what to say. My great grandfather was from Kyiv. (It was Russia back then) Saved my Polish great grandmother (who was Jewish) People don't wanna be in wars. The government makes them do so. Love to you both, and I'm from Virginia. Got to meet Desmond Doss at a American Legion
Sorry for the correction, but it wasn't "Russia." It was part of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and it was the "Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic."
@PillowHero-jd6ie sorry for the correction. I know what the USSR was. Sickle and hammer. Back in the 40s if you look at a map. It was part of the United Soviet Socialist Republic. There was no Ukraine on the map, just like East Germany was part of the Sickle and Hammer. So was Georgia.
Also, as friends. If you can google the 1940's Europe map. You will see what I was talking about. Then you will see, how my great grandfather saw it. Why I said what I did. Love to you both. That is how I see things, love
@@davidward9737 The point is that Russia was never the same as the USSR---Belarus, for example, was a state in the USSR, and so was Ukraine. One can argue that since Russia dominated the USSR politically it was tantamount to making everything in the USSR "Russia", but that's just not accurate. There was a Ukraine on the map--it was the "Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic".
Its got to be hard watching this with the war going on. I really wish global politics would allow for the U.S. military to come in and just finish the war without the risk of nuclear war
Doss was a modern day saint, as what he did was a perfect example of a collaboration between God and man, That is, what happened was an impossibility for man alone. It required both God's assistance and Doss's faith in that assistance. Remove either element and Doss is either a dead man after a few hours or he never even tries. He is a lesson too for all of us of the heights we can achieve in war or peace by doing things God's way rather than buckling under to worldly wisdom. And this is especially true when the world is really heaping on the pressure to do otherwise. That kind of flack is a sure sign of being on the right track.
THEN WHY ALLOW THE WAR?? If there is an all powerful being in charge of everybody's destines and claims that not only is every human being on this planet is his or her precious child, but that he or she loves each and every one of them equally, why allow them to kill each other on a massive scale? You can't say there's any sort of mysterious 'plan' about that, it's a shitty argument and shitty parenting that implies some children are worth more than others who appear to have been made for the sole purpose of being squished in various terrible ways. You can't say that's soul saving either, for why would any loving parent insist that their children love him or her the best, apologize for being an actual human being, and beg to be saved from being burned alive forever and ever and ever and ever and ever? That's coercion on top of shitty parenting and doesn't even begin to take into account that some of their 'precious children' die normally, and peacefully, without ever being exposed to that destructive ultimatum and get chucked into burning forever and ever and ever and ever and ever ANYWAY. Fear conditioning, threats of death, throwing violent temper tantrums of epic proportions is not love. That is sadism. Sadism doe NOT deserve respect, it does NOT deserve love and it sure as hell doesn't DESERVE to be praised. I don't care what excuse anyone tries to give it, it's sick.
Powerful reaction. On a few occasions, you hinted at comments regarding POWs. I thought this video might give light to how POWs (Prisoners of War) were treated in the US during WWII. We realize most soldiers serve the country in which they are born and do not always agree with the reason for the war. This video does a good job explaining how POWs are treated. ua-cam.com/video/P_JbVIZ1A7I/v-deo.html
Treatment of POW's has nothing to do with the individual's agreement or disagreement with their own government. Being a POW is not weakness or a sign of protest against their own government. Treatment of POW's is based on the universal standards of the Geneva and Hague Conventions on Warfare.
The actual medal of honor citation Citation: Private First Class Desmond T. Doss, United States Army, Medical Detachment, 307th Infantry, 77th Infantry Division. Near Urasoe-Mura, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 29 April - 21 May 1945. He was a company aid man when the 1st Battalion assaulted a jagged escarpment 400 feet high. As our troops gained the summit, a heavy concentration of artillery, mortar and machinegun fire crashed into them, inflicting approximately 75 casualties and driving the others back. Private First Class 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, Private First Class 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 aid man 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 Private First Class 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 Private First Class 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. He actually saved double this amount, and one time, after a bought of pneumonia! And another time, actually shot by a sniper 😮. And the amazing thing was, when he went out with units, and prayed first, they were always successful. One time he forgot to pray first and that unit got hammered! He never forgot again! Mel Gibson directs true story or truth based movies and they're always beautiful violent and very graphic! This, brave heart, once we were soldiers, and passion of the Christ, Apocalypto. Not sure he directed himself in Gallipoli, but he was in it. Pro tip, the guy with the blown up legs lived! Maybe the bravest soldier who ever lived, type in here, Roy Benevidez the lazarus soldier! I met him once in the early nineties when I was stationed at Bragg? He was a shell of his former self but still so proud to wear his uniform! ua-cam.com/video/9iyjpyjswGE/v-deo.htmlsi=oCwTU6-huIZLMJGw My Dad had me when he was older. He was in ww2 and a true hero! He fought the Japanese in the island hopping campaigns. He got shot through and through, the spleen. I saw the scars front and back. He patched himself up on the field with mud, big leaves, his torn up T-shirt, and a first aid bandage. Then kept fighting until he got to the rear. He said he could have waited for a medic or stretcher, but he said no way he was going to risk being captured by the Japanese, their brutality was unreal and grotesque. My Dad hated the Japanese for a very long time after this, until I was a teenager, and he became a Christian. Some other great true type or true story war movies are, lone survivor, American sniper, 13 hours, zero dark thirty, hamburger Hill, Big Red one, Dunkirk, 1917, saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk down, once we were soldiers, the longest day, a bridge too far, battle of the bulge, bridge at ramegen, band of brothers, the Pacific, something I think called Masters of the air, and some surreal ones are paths of glory, heaven and earth, apocalypse now, Platoon, thin Red line, boys of company C, full metal jacket, inglorious basterds, catch 22. Kelly's heroes. From the founders of this country who knew they were signing their own death warrants, many of them being killed by the British in their twenties, to some of the heroes of the civil war, to guys u should type in here.... Sgt York, the mother of WiFi famous actress Hedy Lamarr, the British guy who cracked the Enigma code Alan Turing, Audie Murphy, Carlos Hathcock, Chris Kyle, Gordon and Shugart, Roy Benevidez, Marcus Latrell, Desmond, the first medal of honor winner while it was all caught on video, and too many others to list, all are worth watching and typing in, here! Another irony is, his own kids and grandkids had no idea he was even in ww2, until filmmakers came to them, to ask about Doss! He said he wanted no movie made about him. Then documentary guys came to him and said, we are only doing a documentary, no film, but all proceeds from it will go to vets organizations... Doss wanted no pay! Then when this movie was made, Mel agreed to not pay him or the family, to only use documentary footage already shot with him, and profits would go to vets organizations. He agreed! People in media and Hollywood will never give Mel Gibson credit , because he hates Hollywood and is religious. Yes, Doss had a best friend who was catholic, like Smitty, who first hated his guts! But they became best friends, but then he died in Doss arms. Some other individual soldiers tomlearn about. Type in here... Sgt York, Audie Murphy, Carlos Hathcock, Roy Benevidez the Lazarus soldier, Marcus Latrell, Chris Kyle, and finally, Medal of honor winner caught completely on video. Also remember, Doss had previously had pneumonia and caught tuberculosis, which took part of one lung, and in previous battles shattered an arm and leg. And supposedly after this battle, Japanese soldiers talked about throwing grenades right at him, and they either didn't go off, or did, but nothing hit him, or the Japanese talked about having him in their sights many times, but their weapons jammed! But imagine being him, and doing all he did, for 3 years, with arm and leg injuries, and about half lung capacity, plus always near starvation, because he didn't eat meat! I don't know but supposedly the 2nd half of this battle, not one American soldier was killed 😮😮😮😮
Your tear filled and heartfelt reaction is a thank you to my oldest brother Mike for his service. He passed nov 6 on his 72 birthday, also served 23 years in the navy protecting us. I pray for a safe future for you and your family. Bless you from Michigan.
"With the world so set on tearing itself apart, it don't seem like such a bad thing to me to want to put a little bit of it back together."
Fun Fact: The film received a standing ovation lasting nine minutes and forty-eight seconds at the Venice Film Festival in September 2016. Mel Gibson timed it.
Casting Notes Fact: Teresa Palmer wanted a role in the film so badly that she auditioned via her smart phone and sent the recording to Mel Gibson. She heard nothing back for three months, until Gibson called Palmer to tell her that she landed the role.
Location Location Fact: The battlefield sequence, overseen by Mel Gibson's longtime stunt double Mic Rodgers, was filmed on a small dairy farm (about one hundred square kilometres) near Sydney, Australia. Smoke trucks circled the perimeter to make sure any scenery that didn't look like World War II Okinawa was effectively blocked out.
Historical Fact: When asked how many lives he saved, Desmond T. Doss said approximately fifty. However, witnesses said it was closer to one hundred. A mutual agreement was reached at approximately seventy-five. PFC Doss was not wounded and evacuated in a daylight assault at Hacksaw Ridge. He was wounded a couple of weeks later in the Okinawa campaign during a night attack near Shuri. As per his Medal of Honor citation (noted above), he was wounded in the legs by a grenade, but had to wait five hours before stretcher bearers could reach him, during which time he dressed his own wounds. While being carried back to safety by three stretcher bearers, they were attacked by a Japanese tank. Doss crawled off the stretcher to a more seriously wounded man and insisted the others evacuate that soldier and then return for him. While waiting for the stretcher to return, he was shot by a sniper as he was being carried by another soldier. This caused a compound fracture of his arm, for which he improvised a splint using a rifle stock. He then crawled three hundred yards to an aid station for treatment.
One of the best reactions I’ve seen especially to the end seeing the young man try to keep it in but can’t help it at the one more scene!
God bless the both of you and your very compassionate hearts!!!!!
31:03 The knot Doss ties is called a double bowline. He learned to tie it as he was growing up on the farm. At Hacksaw Ridge, he used it to lower two men at a time.
Can you imagine holding onto a rope lowering maybe 350 pounds manually the length of that ridge? I don't know your source, but that sounds farfetched, MAGA boy.
In some significant ways, this excellent true story of Desmond Doss was toned down to make it more believable. However, there are some things that were changed that you might want to know about. Doss and his unit had actually taken part in two previous Pacific island invasions before they got to Okinawa, and Doss had actually been decorated with the Bronze Star for Valor twice in the second battle, so Desmond was already a well respected member of the unit before Hacksaw Ridge. You can understand why they decided to compress the story entirely to the Okinawa campaign to keep the story easier to understand. Some of the other changes they made are also understandable, such as they amped up the drama of the trial a lot, and the situation where he leaves his wife at the altar while he sits in a cell is not quite the way that happened.
The website History vs Hollywood article on this movie is pretty good, and covers most the of the stuff that they changed or were mistaken about.
Hal Doss joined the Navy not the Army as shown in the movie. He was assigned to the destroyer USS Lindsey. The USS Lindsey was in the Battle for Okinawa. The ship was hit by 2 Kamakazis killing 54 and wounding nearly 100.😮😮
Hi guys, first thsnk you for soing this movie, and all your other movies, what i like, is your emotions are real,
second, i served as a medic in the british army, my berother served, my wifes 2 brothers servd one army one navy, her father served as sis our grandaptents through the war
Im not going to mention about what desmond did, plenty of comments will explain that, Until this movie was made, and i was a medic in late 1980's to early 1990's i had never heard about desmond, so my comment, thank you for reacting to it, to bring to to people, he should be celebrated,
The actor who played Ralph was a double amputee from the War in Afghanistan.
The knot Desmond used is called a Spanish Bowline which is used in mountain rescues.
Mel Gibson tried to capture the brutality of the Battle of Hacksaw Ridge. The Japanese had built a defense in depth which was designed to inflict as many casualties as possible. Their underground tunnels and bunkers were described as an underground battleship. In the Battle for Okinawa the US suffered 12,000 deaths. 5000 of those deaths were from the Navy, 7000 were from the land battle. Hacksaw Ridge cost the lives of 2500 Americans, which means Hacksaw Ridge represents 36% of all land deaths on Okinawa.
When Desmond hit his brother with the brick and almost killed him, his father was gonna beat him with the belt. And then when the car fell on the boy's leg. Desmon man used a brick to prop it up And he used his belt to save the young boy.
Came here to say the same thing. Most people miss that.
Thank you for that powerful reaction. I found myself thinking how much more serious a war film must be for you guys and I wish you all the best. Despite what you might have heard, us Americans have not forgotten about Ukraine. I still haven't caught either of your names yet, but it was REALLY refreshing to hear one of you saying that you didn't believe in God but still respected the messages of this film. My girlfriend and I are both atheists, but we each love Hacksaw Ridge and have immense respect for Desmond Doss even though neither one of us view the world like he did. This movie was a big hit over here among both right and left politically, and among believers and non-believers. It was a rare unifying film which was extremely important at the time because in 2016 (and still today) America has not been this divided since our Civil War in the 1860's.
I also wanted to voice my frustration that I was never taught about Desmond Doss in our history classes. I cannot understand why he was excluded because we did talk about the battle of Okinawa. Virtually no one (in my experience) except senior citizens, remembered or even heard of Desmond Doss until 2016 when this movie came out.
Oh, I also wanted to add that the Japanese military did have quite a few automatic weapons in their arsenal. The Americans were much better equipped overall, but the Japanese had the Type 100 submachine gun and more importantly they had the Type 99 light machine gun (that is the weapon with the magazine pointing upward). The Type 99 was actually a better weapon than our WW2 light machine gun , the "BAR." Where the Americans really did overpower the Japanese in terms of small arms, however, was with the standard service rifle. The Americans had the 8-round, clip fed, semi-automatic M1 Garand while the Japanese had the 5-round, clip fed, bolt-action Arisaka rifles.
Anyway, thank you again for the video. I'm sure there will be a lot of recommendations for other war movies. You guys have already covered quite a few of the best ones. I would recommend "Platoon" (1986). It is a powerful Vietnam war film with a great cast and a completely different tone and feel than Hacksaw Ridge, Saving Private Ryan or Fury and it was directed by a real Vietnam veteran, Oliver Stone.
The Fat Electrician did a show on UA-cam about the 77th infantry aka The Old Guys. It is well worth watching. In it he talks about Desmond Doss's courage on Hacksaw Ridge.
I love that you watched this one! It is one of my all time favorite movies!
23:13 Tom Doss is wearing a Silver Star, the third highest award for valor in the U.S. Military.
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. He was on the Ridge for almost 3 weeks (see dates in MoH cite).
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 he
saved. Above all you get to see how truly humble he was.
Also the US flamethrower was specifically designed not to explode. The pressure tank is separate from the fuel tanks. The Forgotten Weapons channel has a video explaining its safety aspects.
I mean there are many, many things that the movie "got wrong" if you want to get all technical about it. I don't chalk it up to "Screw actual history, I wanna make a MOVIE" (which is how I label most of Mel Gibson's decision-making when it comes to film making) so much as an "I have to tell a story in under nine hours and illustrate a point at the same time so let's leave this part out and mash a few people into one character and imply this happened here when it actually happened over here" artistic license.
How it was and alot worse . Grandfather was in WW2 for 4.5 years I grew up with him. Best bloke ever.
Great Reaction !! Thank You
Doss was only able to help Japanese wounded that were too badly hurt to resist. Whenever he tried to help less seriously wounded they would threaten to kill him.
If you would like to know more about Desmond Doss there is a documentary called The Conscientious Objector (its on UA-cam) which has desmond alongside his siblings and his brothers in arms reunited once more taking you through his life before, during and after the war.
This movie is v toned down as the truth is even more miraculous. His autobiography is mind blowing so i highly recommend it to you. He makes u want to be a better human being and his story stays with you for life.
Beautiful reaction. Thank you so much
You should look into the accomplishments of the Real Desmond Doss. He had already won one Congressional Medal of Honor before Hacksaw Ridge. The director thought if he tried to show all he really did, no one would believe the movie.
No he didn't...he won two Bronze Stars for actions on Guam and Letye. He was awarded the MoH only once.
@@JoeBLOWFHB oh. thank you. My bad. I had seen that in a documentaries comment section about him just before the movie was released..
@@neilaslayer I'd take the original comment down if I were you considering you were so incorrect.
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Now THAT was a reaction. Good episode.. The division he was in was the 77th infantry which has an amazing story on it's own. React to "The Old Bastards" episode on Fat Electrician.
For perspective, the us military has had around 26M soldiers over our entire country's history and just over 1400 of them received the medal of honor (while still alive)
A pretty GOOD Film to react to is "UNBROKEN" A Film in 2014... Directed by Angelina Jolie based on a WWII American prisoner in a Japanese interncamp....
The Arasaka Type 99 rifle was the best bolt action rifle of WW2. My first hunting rifle when I was a teenager was an Arasaka. It was a WW2 surplus I picked up for $5.
That's a matter for debate--some say the French MAS36 was better. Or the Swedish Mauser.
You guys need to do Band of Brothers big time... Then The Pacific... Then Masters of the Air. In that order. It would be great to watch you react to all of these.
The Japanese only had percussion grenades, not fragmentation grenades.
Did you say, "I guess flamethrowers only work against Asians." 🤣 🤣
Watch "Concientious Objector "....more accurate story of Desmond Doss and the men he served with
Desmond was an Amazing Christian Hero
Awesome reaction
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I couldn't imagine watching a movie like this with a war going on in my country. Sounds everyone in Ukraine knows someone who has been lost in that awful war.
Congrats youtube surveyed me for your comment. Bad-great
But I did the middle as okay because I know some will be upset about your comment but you also didnt say anything super crazy. So heads up youtube will prolly remove your comment.
Filmed around here - Sydney, Australia.
He's a type support Hero
Amazing movie, please reaction Pearl Harbor!! saludos de Chile
I love you two. You're good peeps
Why on earth would the wounded Japanese soldier be a deserter? He wouldn't be in the tunnel system, wounded, if he was. (in all honesty, he'd probably be face down with another wound through the back of his head) and further, the honor system meant that deserting was an entirely different level of shame. imo he's probably just resting, as the Japanese didn't have effective medical treatment (if any, on islands they weren't deeply entrenched in) at most Pacific theater battles for various reasons. You should check out the short documentary on Doss, called "The Medic Who Fought a War Without Using A Gun" (or....something like that, type it in and it'll give the correct title)
I don't know what to say. My great grandfather was from Kyiv. (It was Russia back then) Saved my Polish great grandmother (who was Jewish) People don't wanna be in wars. The government makes them do so. Love to you both, and I'm from Virginia. Got to meet Desmond Doss at a American Legion
Sorry for the correction, but it wasn't "Russia." It was part of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and it was the "Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic."
@PillowHero-jd6ie sorry for the correction. I know what the USSR was. Sickle and hammer. Back in the 40s if you look at a map. It was part of the United Soviet Socialist Republic. There was no Ukraine on the map, just like East Germany was part of the Sickle and Hammer. So was Georgia.
@PillowHero-jd6ie loved the reaction
Also, as friends. If you can google the 1940's Europe map. You will see what I was talking about. Then you will see, how my great grandfather saw it. Why I said what I did. Love to you both. That is how I see things, love
@@davidward9737 The point is that Russia was never the same as the USSR---Belarus, for example, was a state in the USSR, and so was Ukraine. One can argue that since Russia dominated the USSR politically it was tantamount to making everything in the USSR "Russia", but that's just not accurate. There was a Ukraine on the map--it was the "Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic".
Its got to be hard watching this with the war going on. I really wish global politics would allow for the U.S. military to come in and just finish the war without the risk of nuclear war
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Check out Born on the Fourth of July. Tom Cruise's BEST performance.
You never reacted to scary movie 3 🥺
Haha! We literally watched it today and are going to post about it in a few days! What an insane coincidence that you mentioned it! 😲
@PillowHero-jd6ie oh dang 🤣 thanks alot though. Also please react to kick ass movie it's an action comedy you're gonna really love it I swear
Doss was a modern day saint, as what he did was a perfect example of a collaboration between God and man, That is, what happened was an impossibility for man alone. It required both God's assistance and Doss's faith in that assistance. Remove either element and Doss is either a dead man after a few hours or he never even tries.
He is a lesson too for all of us of the heights we can achieve in war or peace by doing things God's way rather than buckling under to worldly wisdom. And this is especially true when the world is really heaping on the pressure to do otherwise. That kind of flack is a sure sign of being on the right track.
THEN WHY ALLOW THE WAR?? If there is an all powerful being in charge of everybody's destines and claims that not only is every human being on this planet is his or her precious child, but that he or she loves each and every one of them equally, why allow them to kill each other on a massive scale? You can't say there's any sort of mysterious 'plan' about that, it's a shitty argument and shitty parenting that implies some children are worth more than others who appear to have been made for the sole purpose of being squished in various terrible ways. You can't say that's soul saving either, for why would any loving parent insist that their children love him or her the best, apologize for being an actual human being, and beg to be saved from being burned alive forever and ever and ever and ever and ever? That's coercion on top of shitty parenting and doesn't even begin to take into account that some of their 'precious children' die normally, and peacefully, without ever being exposed to that destructive ultimatum and get chucked into burning forever and ever and ever and ever and ever ANYWAY. Fear conditioning, threats of death, throwing violent temper tantrums of epic proportions is not love. That is sadism. Sadism doe NOT deserve respect, it does NOT deserve love and it sure as hell doesn't DESERVE to be praised. I don't care what excuse anyone tries to give it, it's sick.
Did your wife get glasses or has she always have them
Most violent most religious war movie.
Powerful reaction. On a few occasions, you hinted at comments regarding POWs. I thought this video might give light to how POWs (Prisoners of War) were treated in the US during WWII. We realize most soldiers serve the country in which they are born and do not always agree with the reason for the war. This video does a good job explaining how POWs are treated.
ua-cam.com/video/P_JbVIZ1A7I/v-deo.html
Treatment of POW's has nothing to do with the individual's agreement or disagreement with their own government. Being a POW is not weakness or a sign of protest against their own government. Treatment of POW's is based on the universal standards of the Geneva and Hague Conventions on Warfare.
Next time, take a short break. Get yourself together.
And then comment.
U know, u should tell ur girl to speak more!! She dont tear up or nothin!
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The actual medal of honor citation
Citation: Private First Class Desmond T. Doss, United States Army, Medical Detachment, 307th Infantry, 77th Infantry Division. Near Urasoe-Mura, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 29 April - 21 May 1945. He was a company aid man when the 1st Battalion assaulted a jagged escarpment 400 feet high. As our troops gained the summit, a heavy concentration of artillery, mortar and machinegun fire crashed into them, inflicting approximately 75 casualties and driving the others back. Private First Class 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, Private First Class 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 aid man 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 Private First Class 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 Private First Class 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.
He actually saved double this amount, and one time, after a bought of pneumonia! And another time, actually shot by a sniper 😮. And the amazing thing was, when he went out with units, and prayed first, they were always successful. One time he forgot to pray first and that unit got hammered! He never forgot again! Mel Gibson directs true story or truth based movies and they're always beautiful violent and very graphic! This, brave heart, once we were soldiers, and passion of the Christ, Apocalypto. Not sure he directed himself in Gallipoli, but he was in it. Pro tip, the guy with the blown up legs lived! Maybe the bravest soldier who ever lived, type in here, Roy Benevidez the lazarus soldier! I met him once in the early nineties when I was stationed at Bragg? He was a shell of his former self but still so proud to wear his uniform! ua-cam.com/video/9iyjpyjswGE/v-deo.htmlsi=oCwTU6-huIZLMJGw My Dad had me when he was older. He was in ww2 and a true hero! He fought the Japanese in the island hopping campaigns. He got shot through and through, the spleen. I saw the scars front and back. He patched himself up on the field with mud, big leaves, his torn up T-shirt, and a first aid bandage. Then kept fighting until he got to the rear. He said he could have waited for a medic or stretcher, but he said no way he was going to risk being captured by the Japanese, their brutality was unreal and grotesque. My Dad hated the Japanese for a very long time after this, until I was a teenager, and he became a Christian. Some other great true type or true story war movies are, lone survivor, American sniper, 13 hours, zero dark thirty, hamburger Hill, Big Red one, Dunkirk, 1917, saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk down, once we were soldiers, the longest day, a bridge too far, battle of the bulge, bridge at ramegen, band of brothers, the Pacific, something I think called Masters of the air, and some surreal ones are paths of glory, heaven and earth, apocalypse now, Platoon, thin Red line, boys of company C, full metal jacket, inglorious basterds, catch 22. Kelly's heroes.
From the founders of this country who knew they were signing their own death warrants, many of them being killed by the British in their twenties, to some of the heroes of the civil war, to guys u should type in here.... Sgt York, the mother of WiFi famous actress Hedy Lamarr, the British guy who cracked the Enigma code Alan Turing, Audie Murphy, Carlos Hathcock, Chris Kyle, Gordon and Shugart, Roy Benevidez, Marcus Latrell, Desmond, the first medal of honor winner while it was all caught on video, and too many others to list, all are worth watching and typing in, here!
Another irony is, his own kids and grandkids had no idea he was even in ww2, until filmmakers came to them, to ask about Doss! He said he wanted no movie made about him. Then documentary guys came to him and said, we are only doing a documentary, no film, but all proceeds from it will go to vets organizations... Doss wanted no pay! Then when this movie was made, Mel agreed to not pay him or the family, to only use documentary footage already shot with him, and profits would go to vets organizations. He agreed!
People in media and Hollywood will never give Mel Gibson credit , because he hates Hollywood and is religious. Yes, Doss had a best friend who was catholic, like Smitty, who first hated his guts! But they became best friends, but then he died in Doss arms.
Some other individual soldiers tomlearn about. Type in here... Sgt York, Audie Murphy, Carlos Hathcock, Roy Benevidez the Lazarus soldier, Marcus Latrell, Chris Kyle, and finally, Medal of honor winner caught completely on video. Also remember, Doss had previously had pneumonia and caught tuberculosis, which took part of one lung, and in previous battles shattered an arm and leg. And supposedly after this battle, Japanese soldiers talked about throwing grenades right at him, and they either didn't go off, or did, but nothing hit him, or the Japanese talked about having him in their sights many times, but their weapons jammed! But imagine being him, and doing all he did, for 3 years, with arm and leg injuries, and about half lung capacity, plus always near starvation, because he didn't eat meat!
I don't know but supposedly the 2nd half of this battle, not one American soldier was killed 😮😮😮😮
23:13 Tom Doss is wearing a Silver Star, the third highest award for valor in the U.S. Military.