When did Desmond Doss retire from the military? Did Desmond Doss go deaf?

Desmond Thomas Doss was a United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic with an infantry company during World War II. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal twice for efforts in Guam and the Philippines.

Prior to the onset of World War II, Doss worked as a joiner at a shipyard in Newport News, Virginia.

On April 1, 1942, at Camp Lee, Virginia, he chose military service over a deferral because of his shipyard work.

Doss had intended to continue his carpentry trade after the war, but serious injury to his left arm prevented him from doing so.

Doss died on March 23, 2006, at his home in Piedmont, Alabama, after being hospitalized for breathing difficulties.

When did Desmond Doss retire from the military?

Discharged from the Army in 1946, he spent five years undergoing medical treatment for his injuries and illness.

Desmond Doss died in 2006 at his home in Piedmont, Alabama, after being hospitalized for breathing troubles, the same day as another Medal of Honor recipient, David Bleak.

Did Desmond Doss go deaf?

While Doss was in the veterans hospital in Richmond, doctors discovered that he had contracted tuberculosis. He had a lung and five ribs removed, and later, in 1976, he lost his hearing suddenly.