HACKSAW RIDGE (2016) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

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  @StaK_1980 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Can we take a moment to appreciate Hugo Weaving's portrayal of a severely shell-shocked and survivor-guilt ridden veteran? That when the chips were on the deck, he got back into uniform, to support his son at the court.

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  @fester2306 · 5 years ago

  &quot;This seems abusive.&quot; &nbsp;<br>Full Metal Jacket: &nbsp;&quot;Wait for it...&quot;

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  @CNTINCvideos · 4 years ago

  I had the privilege of knowing him in his later years and he truly was as humble it&apos;s not more so than what is portrayed

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  @davidarnold2532 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Doss&apos;s father is suffering from PTSD, but also survival guilt...A lot of veterans deal with it....I &nbsp;do sometimes. &nbsp;When you see friends die, you question how you survived and then feel guilty you did.

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  @kenfreeman8888 · 5 years ago

  I&apos;ve read that the army insisted Desmond Doss had saved 100 men. He kept downplaying his contribution and said it was only 50. No one knows for sure, so they compromised and put 75 on his medal&apos;s citation.

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  @johncipher3493 · 4 years ago

  The part where Desmond heard the call for medic and the explosion are everywhere, and he understands and he starts walking towards his call. I cried and that reminds me of Psalm 23:4 <br>“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”

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  @rustyshackelford1704 · 5 years ago

  Talk to any vet, especially one who’s seen combat.. medics don’t pay for their own food in our presence.

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  @christopherlane5238 · 5 years ago

  He lived to be 87 years old, ran a small family farm and downplayed his actions the rest of his life. &nbsp;Legends whisper stories of Desmond Doss around campfires.

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  @Thermalburn · 4 years ago

  That first scene of Desmond nearly killing his brother hits hard with me. There was a time when I wasn&apos;t in a good place in my life and got into a fight with my younger brother and nearly killed him. We&apos;ve always been extremely close, and fortunately we&apos;re still very close to this day, but the memory of me acting like a monster that day haunts me all the time. There are times when I still lay in bed thinking about what I almost did.<br><br>I was 26 years old when that happened, and after that I vowed never to even raise my voice in anger, because I saw what unchecked anger can do. So it&apos;s no surprise that a young Desmond experiencing that would have his life be so profoundly changed by the event.

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  @mlong1958 · 5 years ago

  Desmond Doss is one of only three Conscientious Objectors to earn the Medal of Honor.

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  @Truly_Rudly · 5 years ago

  It said at the end he saved 75 people. That is because the other soldiers asserted he saved over 100, but Desmond himself said he’d only saved about 50, so they split the difference. Truly an amazing person.

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  @SilverRunner07 · 4 years ago (edited)

  My father was there with the 77th Division on Okinawa, though not on Hacksaw Ridge. His Company C, 306th Regiment, 77th Infantry Division fought at Guam, Leyte (Philippines), the Kerama Islands, and Okinawa. Of Company C&apos;s original 203 officers and men, there were 16 left by war&apos;s end. Thankfully, my dad was one of them. When he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1991, he gave me a lesson in perspective for the ages. I asked him how he could take such news so calmly. &quot;Son,&quot; he said, &quot;Nobody wants to die, but God gave me a gift of many years my buddies never had. I got to see my children grow up and to play with my grandkids. How can I be upset now that my time has come?&quot;

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