Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge - Bronze star medal
Time: 1944
Place: Guam
Details: While serving with his platoon in 1944 on Guam and the Philippines, he was awarded two Bronze Star Medals with a "V" device, for exceptional valor in aiding wounded soldiers under fire. During the Battle of Okinawa, he saved the lives of 50–100 wounded infantrymen atop the area known by the 96th Division as the Maeda Escarpment or Hacksaw Ridge.
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Saturday Jul 22, 1944 - Japan
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels appointed as Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels appointed as Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War
Sunday Jul 23, 1944 - Germany
![The Holocaust-Majdanek encountered by Allied troops](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Majdanek encountered by Allied troops
Tuesday Jul 25, 1944 - Lublin, Poland
![Winston Churchill-King Victor Emmanuel sacked Mussolini](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-King Victor Emmanuel sacked Mussolini
Tuesday Jul 25, 1944 - Rome, Italy
![World War II-Polish Committee of National Liberation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Polish Committee of National Liberation
Wednesday Jul 26, 1944 - Poland
![The Holocaust-Warsaw Uprising](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Warsaw Uprising
Tuesday Aug 1, 1944 - Warsaw, Poland
![World War II-Siege of Myitkyina](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Siege of Myitkyina
Friday Aug 4, 1944 - Myitkyina, Burma
![Pope John Paul II-Black Sunday](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Pope John Paul II Image](https://historydraft.com/files/8f4bb245-772e-43c5-bfb9-ce380982f3a2.160.webp)
Pope John Paul II-Black Sunday
Sunday Aug 6, 1944 - Karkow, Poland
![World War II-Japanese captured Hengyang](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Japanese captured Hengyang
Wednesday Aug 9, 1944 - Hengyang, Hunan, China
![World War II-Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive - Military Stalemate](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive - Military Stalemate
Thursday Aug 10, 1944 at 12:52:00 AM - Finland and U.S.S.R.
![Charles de Gaulle-General Charles de Gaulle and his entourage set off service of thanksgiving following the city's liberation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-General Charles de Gaulle and his entourage set off service of thanksgiving following the city's liberation
Aug, 1944 - Paris, France
![John F. Kennedy-Older brother killed](/assets/placeholder.png)
![J.F.Kennedy Image](https://historydraft.com/files/14a5c7ef-a577-4350-b668-55f96102b95e.160.webp)
John F. Kennedy-Older brother killed
Saturday Aug 12, 1944 - The English Canal, United Kingdom
![World War II-Falaise Pocket](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Falaise Pocket
Sunday Aug 13, 1944 - Normandy, France
![Dwight D. Eisenhower-Invasion of Southern France](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://historydraft.com/files/c4c92ba6-a0c6-4fc1-afe3-1f5574b7189e.160.webp)
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Invasion of Southern France
Tuesday Aug 15, 1944 - Southern France
![World War II-Operation Dragoon](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Operation Dragoon
Wednesday Aug 16, 1944 - Southern France
![World War II-Operation Bagration - Great defeat](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Operation Bagration - Great defeat
Saturday Aug 19, 1944 - Belarus, Baltic states, Ukraine, and eastern Poland
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle allowed to entered Paris](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle allowed to entered Paris
Sunday Aug 20, 1944 - Paris, France
![World War II-Jassy–Kishinev Offensive](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Sunday Aug 20, 1944 - Romania
![Charles de Gaulle-Gaulle had appointed his military advisor General Marie-Pierre Koenig](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-Gaulle had appointed his military advisor General Marie-Pierre Koenig
Monday Aug 21, 1944 - Paris, France
![World War II-King Michael's Coup](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-King Michael's Coup
Wednesday Aug 23, 1944 - Romania
![Eiffel Tower-Tricolour up again](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Eiffel Tower](https://historydraft.com/files/e8410a95-da07-44b9-8183-aed8c76a1891.160.webp)
Eiffel Tower-Tricolour up again
Friday Aug 25, 1944 - Paris, France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was under machine-gun fire by the Vichy militia](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was under machine-gun fire by the Vichy militia
Friday Aug 25, 1944 - France