Hacksaw Ridge

Key Battles of American History

History

4.7 • 861 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Born in Virginia, Desmond Doss was a devout Christian and a pacifist who wanted to serve in the war as a combat medic but refused to touch a weapon. After suffering much shame and ill-treatment from his fellow soldiers, Doss proved his heroism in...

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.8	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.5	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.1	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.7	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.3	Thank you. your host, James Early. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Pacific War on film.
0:47.3	This is your host, James Early, as always.
0:50.5	And also, as always, as usual, as always, I have my good buddy, Sean McIver here with me.
0:56.5	Sean, how are you doing, sir?
0:58.1	I'm doing good.
0:59.1	Very good.
0:59.9	All right.
1:00.3	Well, we are going to be looking at a film that is sort of about the Battle of Okinawa, but actually,
1:07.4	it's really more about the life and war service of Medal of Honor winner Desmond
1:13.7	Doss and the movie if you haven't already figured it out by now it's a fairly recent movie it
1:19.2	came out in 2016 and it's called hacksaw ridge it is in length two hours and 19 minutes
1:26.7	it got very good reviews in general. Rotten
1:30.2	Tomatoes. It got an average positive rating from 84% of the critics and 91% of the fans.
1:39.4	On IMDB, it got an average rating of 8.1 out of 10. And again, we talked about this before.
1:47.1	If you get over 8, that's really good. It's IMDB is pretty tough. The director is another
1:54.6	legend of the screen, both legendary actor as well as a legendary director, and that is
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