Good News in History, October 12

On October 12, 1945, President Harry S. Truman presented the Medal of Honor to Corporal Desmond Doss. Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist conscientious objector who refused to carry a weapon, received the nation's highest military decoration for saving an estimated 75 wounded soldiers during the Battle of Hacksaw Ridge in Okinawa.

Source: Good News in History, October 12 — Good News Network

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