"A fearless man"
Private First Class Carl B. Bentley described the actions of Private First Class Desmond Doss in April and May, 1945. Doss, an unarmed medic serving on Okinawa,...
"His actions were outstanding"
In this affidavit Ralph E. Baker describes how Private First Class Desmond Doss continued to give medical assistance after he was wounded himself. This event on May...
"Inspiration to all the men in his company"
First Lieutenant Onless C. Brister submitted this statement describing the medical aid Private First Class Desmond Doss gave to injured soldiers from April 29 to May...
"The Navy Department deeply regrets to inform you…"
This telegram to Mrs. Edith Munro broke the news of her son's death during World War II. Signalman First Class Douglas Albert Munro was later posthumously awarded the...
"Vicious hail"
2nd Lieutenant Kenneth L. Phillips describes in this statement how Private First Class Desmond Doss gave medical aid to men under "a vicious hail of enemy grenade and...
A Day of Infamy
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s address to Congress on December 8, 1941, his famous “Day of Infamy” speech, was a call to arms. One day after the Japanese...
A bride in Tule
This bride, photographed by Francis Stewart a few days before her wedding on September 10, 1942, was interred at Tule Lake Relocation Center, outside Newell,...