During World War II, Desmond Thomas Doss, a corporal in the American Army, worked as a battlefield medic with an infantry company. He received the Bronze Star Medal twice for his deeds in the Philippines and on Guam.
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Doss worked as a joiner in a shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, before the start of World War II.
On April 1, 1942, in Camp Lee, Virginia, he decided to enlist in the military despite being given the option to defer due to his shipyard employment.
Doss had intended to continue working as a carpenter after the war, but severe injuries to his left arm prevented him from doing so.
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Doss passed away in his Piedmont, Alabama, home on March 23, 2006, after being admitted to the hospital for breathing problems.
Did Desmond Doss stay with his wife?
They were married at the beginning of World War II (1942) and remained married until her death in 1991. For half of the day on the 5th of May, 1945, Doss worked tirelessly to ensure he saved a large number of soldiers.
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