Krátko potom, čo Japonci 7. decembra 1941 zaútočili na Pearl Harbor, prihlásil sa dvadsaťtriročný Američan Desmond Doss, tak ako mnoho iných mladíkov, do služby vlasti. Z hĺbky svojho presvedčenia však odmietal nosiť akúkoľvek zbraň a zabíjať. Stal sa zdravotníkom 307. pešieho pluku 77. pešej divízie. Skutočnosť, že Doss odmietal zbraň, sa nestretávala s pochopením u jeho spolubojovníkov. Len blázon by chvel, aby mu v boji kryl chrbát chlapík, vyzbrojený len odhodlaním a lekárničkou. Často musel čeliť nevraživosti a útokom ostatných vojakov. Napriek tomu, ako jediný americký vojak 2. svetovej vojne, bojoval v prvých líniách neozbrojený. V marci 1945 vypukla krvavá bitka o Okinawu. Dossova rota mala za úlohu dobyť 120 metrový vysoký útes. Počas vyčerpávajúcich 12 hodín, za stáleho ostreľovania, zachránil životy 75 vojakom.
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