Desmond Doss: Hacksaw Ridge - Completely Deaf

Time: 1976

Place: Rising Fawn, Georgia, U.S.

Details: Doss continued to receive treatment from the military, but after an overdose of antibiotics rendered him completely deaf in 1976, he was given 100% disability; he was able to regain his hearing after receiving a cochlear implant in 1988. Despite the severity of his injuries, Doss managed to raise a family on a small farm in Rising Fawn, Georgia.

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