during the war Desmond doss was a combat medic he had some trouble because he refused to carry any weapon because he didn't carry any weapon he was bullied contently during his training but he didn't give up he also all most got court marshaled but the army just decide to let it slide when he was over in the pacific he saved meany solders lives what Desmond doss is most famous for is that when u.s. had taken a ridged that they called hacksaw ridge the Japaneses flanked them on the ridge and the us troops where orders to climb down the ridge but Desmond disobeyed orders and saved 75 u.s. solders from dying