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Hacksaw Ridge Historical Accuracy
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Hacksaw Ridge Historical Accuracy
Taya Jackson and Caroline Beck
Movie Plot
The true story of Pfc. Desmond T. Doss (Andrew Garfield), who won the Congressional Medal of Honor despite refusing to bear arms during WWII on religious grounds. Doss was drafted and ostracized by fellow soldiers for his pacifist stance but went on to earn respect and adoration for his bravery, selflessness and compassion after he risked his life -- without firing a shot -- to save 75 men in the Battle of Okinawa.
Dorothy
Dorothy
In the movie Doss was said to have met his wife while in the hospital since she was working as a nurse.
To stick to the truth Dorothy did infact work as a nurse but it was many years after the fact. She actually got her nurses degree after Doss was out of the military and could no longer work due to his injuries in battle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZA0LZxBhYc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZA0LZxBhYc
The Wedding
In the movie Doss had missed his wedding due to not being being granted a pass for not using his rifle and was later put in a holding cell.
Contrary to the movie, Doss and Dodrothy really got married on August 14, 1942, before Doss went into active duty.
The Wedding
Military Relationships
Military Relationships
Many of the actions by Doss's fellow division were true.
- when he enlisted as a medic, they denied it and issues him a gun. Which he refused.
- he told them that he wanted to be appart of the army but didn't want to kill anybody and argued that he was a "conscientious cooperator." He was later enlisted as a conscientious objector.
- he was picked at and teased, caled Holy Joe/Jesus, when he would pray at night many threw their shoes at him, he even recived death threats.
Some of the contradictions that are made in the movie were that there was no record of Doss being taken and beaten in his sleep. The Character Smitty, Luke Bracey, was not real but was more of a composit of his tormentors.
Relationships with Superiors
Relationships with Superiors
- "I went to my battalion commander, Colonel Gerald Cooney," recalled the real Jack Glover (portrayed by Sam Worthington in the movie), "and I suggested that, in my opinion, Doss should be transferred." After General Glover had fought with Doss, he proclaimed that he was one of the bravest persons alive and admitted that the irony was that he even ended up saving his own life.
- Offier Cunningham also did threaten to court-martial Doss for not touching his rifle but the punishments shown in the movie, like how he was in a holding cell and missed his wedding, weren't all true. In real life, Cunningham denied Desmond passes to see his wife and denied him a two-week furlough to see his brother Harold, who was on his last furlough before heading overseas with the Navy.
- Sergeant Howell (Vince Vaughn) was a real soldier who pushed for Desmond's discharge and told him to hand in his aid kit prior to the Section 8 hearing, implying Desmond was done as a medic.
- Later when Doss was transfered in to the medical corps, he refused to do any work on Saturdays. As a Seventh-day Adventist, he believed in an adherence to the Fourth Commandment, which says to keep the Sabbath day holy. This meant from sundown Friday until sundown Saturday, he devoted himself to prayer. he was judged greatly by this as being lazy patoon and Captain Solomon Statman, threatened to court-martial him if he kept asking for a pass to go to church on Saturdays.
Hacksaw Ridge
Maeda Escarpment, a.k.a. Hacksaw Ridge, is an approximately 350-foot high ridge that runs through most of the island. This island had been occupied by the Japanese many years prior and they ha culltivated many underground tunnles and shafts so they could hid inplain sight.
To asscend and descend the ridge, they did youse cargo nets and Doss was alson one of the three men that volunteered to hang the nets up there.
Hacksaw Ridge
War
War
- When the majority of the men left, Desmond stayed up to aid soliders, like in the movie
- Like in the movie, Desmond lowered the wounded soliders down the side of the ridge one by one
- In the movie, Desmond treated an enemy solider. In a later interview Desmond recalled when he did come across wounded Japanese soliders, but did not help because he was threatened.