I served as a Navy FMF Corpsman from 86-96. 10 years in the Navy, 8 with Marines including time in Okinawa. I have stood on Hacksaw Ridge. Doss' story was well known to me. The hairs on my arms stood all day. 2 things, that cliff is much bigger than depicted. 400 feet high. 2 Doss' battle was much longer than shown, 4-5 days. The official count was 75 men, unofficially the count was closer to 150.

@witchking8497

2 жыл бұрын

The apocryphal story is that when he was writing Doss up for a citation the Captain asked him how many men he saved. Doss claimed not to know and said maybe as many as fifty. Everyone else was sure it was more, 150 being cited as a more likely number. Eventually they 'argued' him up to the number in the citation 75.

@kevinlowe6713

2 жыл бұрын

@@witchking8497 ....see.... now I'm crying again....dammittt

@masmoss1470

Жыл бұрын

Thank for your service.

@shallowgal462

Жыл бұрын

And he saved more men in battles on two other islands.

One fact from the backstory that folks might appreciate: After the war, a Japanese survivor of the battle of Hacksaw Ridge remembered seeing Doss. In fact he tried to shoot him. However, his weapon malfunctioned. He fixed it and tried again. And it malfunctioned again. This happened many times until Doss was out of sight. Afterwards he examined his weapon more closely and found nothing wrong with it. Miraculous intervention? Draw your own conclusions.

@TCM215

2 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely true. The Japanese soldier confirmed this happening

@DevDog98

2 жыл бұрын

or just a unkept and outdated japanese rifle thats battle worn.

@scar445

2 жыл бұрын

@@DevDog98 nah mate. even a badly kept muzzle loader can be a reliable firearm once its been cleaned out and oiled up. even more so with the rifles the japanese army used. the Arisaka rifle was originaly used as a frontline tench warfare rifle. meaning, its designed to function under the worst of conditions

@emmanuelesrael6480

2 жыл бұрын

Divine intervention

@elevown

2 жыл бұрын

lol right.

FYI: The actor who played the soldier who lost both legs really lost them. He was wounded by an IED in Afghanistan. In the movie, he wore prosthetics until the scene where his character got wounded to appear to have both legs. I guess he knew how to act to show how painful and frightening it is to be wounded like that.

@jedi-rl1hq

Жыл бұрын

How do you know he wasn't just thinking back to that moment for his own legs and just letting loose

@shanenickel-thibodeau

Жыл бұрын

@@jedi-rl1hq they literally said that in their comment.

@moonblink

Жыл бұрын

@@jedi-rl1hq either way, it was great to have him perform the role for us. such courage

“Can’t imagine coming back the same.” My father was decorated with a Presidential citation as a forward mortar scout on Iwo Jima. He never came back the same.

@dominic150

2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was in 4th Marines. He never talked about it.

@solvingpolitics3172

2 жыл бұрын

@@dominic150 I am sure he never talked about it, they never do.

@5Mariner

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody does

@AregPone

2 жыл бұрын

I was on Iwo Jima for the 50th anniversary. That island is nuts. In the movies they depict the amphibious landings as nightmarish due to the barrage of artillery, gunfire, etc. From just being there without all that, I kept sinking into the black sand beach while having only my deuce gear... the fact they stormed those beaches is mind numbing. As for Mt Suribachi itself, I will say I have no clue how they did it. The damn thing is a hell of a lot steeper than it is ever portrayed to be. And again, they did it in full gear and under heavy fire. The bravery, determination, sheer will and just plain old stubbornness of those men will always serve as a reminder of just how easy most of the rest of us have it.

As unpleasant as it is to say, I’m very desensitized to war movies and violence in media in general. Seeing you watch these and have such a visceral reaction to it really helps it hit home for me. Thank you for doing these.

@bruhgus2557

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, I’m the exact same man.

Doss was actually suffering from tuberculosis by the time of the events on Hacksaw Ridge. He contracted it in Leyte, six months earlier, but wasn't diagnosed as such until after the war. One lung was consequently removed with surgery. This means that it was likely that he was keeping hard from coughing when he was moving around, and that at least his bad lung wasn't working at full capacity by this time.

@daustin8888

2 жыл бұрын

Dude was a fucking tank!

@alaneskew2664

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously if anybody deserved the power of Thor as depicted in the comics it is this man

@ricknelson5292

Ай бұрын

Thats not true

Desmond Doss was incredibly Godly man and true hero. One of humanity's best. His actions were so incredible, they are studied today. I recommend four other true stories for you to watch. 13 Hours the Secret Soldiers of Benghazi with John Krazinski, Lone Survivor with Mark Whalberg, The Outpost with Orland Bloom, and 12 Strong with Chris Hemsworth. All incredible stories about soldiers bravery.

@ca9968

2 жыл бұрын

"Danger Close : The Battle Of Long Tan" is another great war film based on actual events...

@Zackimus_Rex

2 жыл бұрын

Siege of Jadotville is also a good one, based on actual events.

@Darnakas

2 жыл бұрын

Stalingrad (1993) is a very good WW2 Movie from the german perspective.

@aaronrican5060

2 жыл бұрын

@@Zackimus_Rex that was a really intense watch, but very good. Good recommendation

@joannemurdock7899

2 жыл бұрын

12 Strong! Really good movie to

"Lord, help me get one more" It's incredible this was a real person in real life.

My grandfather was a Navajo Code Talker during WW2 and was injured when a grenade went off in the fox hole he was in. After he recovered and the war was over, he went to Hiroshima and saw the shadows of people burned into the walls and sidewalks, women running with children and just people. He said he broke down and began crying like he never cried before and the only thing he said was “how can people do this to people “. It was an eye opening statement to me because during acts of war, we justify our cruelty to one another by saying “this is war” and never think of the consequences that follow when war is over.

@philippetrucci1380

2 жыл бұрын

A true Hero your grandfather was to serve and fought bravely.

@iGaveLiaHIV

Жыл бұрын

Tbh they started it though

@Shoruuu

Жыл бұрын

Our people never lose their ways. Aho brother. Much love and respect to your grandfather.

@raffiliberty5722

Жыл бұрын

Hiroshima and Nagasaki saved the lives of MILLIONS! Had the US not dropped BOTH bombs, then it was calculated after the bloody battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa that it would cost at least 500,000 US KIA's to take the whole of Japan, it would also cost roughly 2,000,000 Japanese military deaths and an additional 2-5million Japanese Civilian Deaths. That is not to say that using Nukes is in any way a nice thing to do, but in the end it became the lesser of two evils. Considering the Japanese government and military committed the most heinous crimes against humanity only paled by what the nazi's did, these days people try to pain the US as the bad guy for dropping the nukes. Little do people know for example the Japanese MURDERED over half a million Chinese by poisoning drinking wells in villages all over Manchaku etc. They would bayonet little chinese babies for fun by throwing them high in the air and see which soldier could come down with them on their boyonet's. They purposely targeted Chinese cities and villages with mass bombing campaigns trying to get them to rebel against their own government. If it weren't for Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the killing would have continued 20x worse than it was those two fateful days and following months. There would be maybe 100x more movies made of war heroism and tragedy for the next 8-12 months it would have taken to defeat Japan.

@moonblink

Жыл бұрын

"this is war" is what we say to get through it. it's a terrible thing

I´ve never seen the amount of sobbing in a theater that I saw while watching Hacksaw Ridge. Powerful movie and an even more powerful true story.

@caboose512justinf.9

2 жыл бұрын

@@WheresWaldo05 haha facts! I was gonna say Titanic. 🤣

@gregb1216

2 жыл бұрын

@@WheresWaldo05 endgame wasn’t good

@dismalgravesite7763

2 жыл бұрын

The Passion of The Christ/Hacksaw Ridge........what do they have in common? Mel Gibson.

@falsenostalgia-shannon

2 жыл бұрын

@@caboose512justinf.9 you would have been much more correct. Titanic definitely had the audience in tears, while I’m not sure if the prior person was being sarcastic about Endgame. I’m a total crybaby and Endgame wasn’t even emotional for me, so… 🤔

@falsenostalgia-shannon

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I had seen this in the theater!! I didn’t, so the top movies that come to mind for me are Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, absolutely Titanic as someone else mentioned, and #1 was probably The Green Mile.

It was not until I was stationed at the Pentagon and spent a morning after I got off a shift walking and reading every post on the wall of hero's that I learned my Grandfather had earned the MOH. I called him as soon as I got home and asked him why he never told anyone or ever talked about it. He said "Son I just did my job", I had the honor of meeting a total of 6 MOH winners everyone said the same "I just did my job". The humility of these brave men is what makes it that much more powerful. Doss was that and more, a hero's hero. I had heard of Doss before, because one of the men he lowered down was my great uncle, who talked about Doss as if he was a saint.

Theres documentaries on youtube about Desmond Doss. One of them interviews a japanese soldier who was a sniper. And when he would have a lone medic in his crosshairs, the gun would jam and not fire. I think Desmond had God's protection over him. Its incredible!!! God bless :) Great reaction video!

@thedeep6570

2 жыл бұрын

Doss didnt have a medic badge or anything so if he aimed at a medic it couldnt been doss

@rithvikmuthyalapati9754

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedeep6570 He didn't have a medic badge but he was carrying the equipment of a medic. The sniper probably didn't know he was a medic and was told later after the war that Doss was a medic.

@GuitarxWolf

2 жыл бұрын

@@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 There’s no way that sniper was not aware that he was a medic, unless it was his first day in battle with no prior knowledge of anything.

@busterdee8228

Жыл бұрын

@@dialecticalmonist3405 Agreed. No different than spotting an officer not wearing his rank.

What I like the most was at the beginning the soldiers’ concerns were completely valid, you remember Upham from Saving Private Ryan. It really caught me off guard how the guy who refused to touch a rifle was the bravest man of his whole company.

"What is it You want of me? I don't understand... I can't hear You... Alright!" As a Christian, I can unsertand the confusion or discomfort of some people at Dawes deciding to stay on the ridge and start saving people, but I loved that scene. It's my favorite scene in the whole movie. Dawes has lost his best friend and a maelstrom of fire and death surrounds Dawes and makes him feel the loneliest he has ever been. He asks God what he should do, and God answers him with a soldier’s cry of "Medic!" God speaks to people, but through the heart, in a way that we can understand. Like a puzzle piece perfectly locking into place. Dawes understood life and knew his purpose immediately. What a fantastic portrayal of Christian ideas in a film.

"It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it"---Robert E. Lee

It’s a different war, but coming home, you’re never the same. You never forget the smell of burnt or rotting human flesh. You never forget watching someone you dearly love get blown apart. You never forget the bad shit. I’m only 26. I got my Purple Heart in Afghanistan. I can’t walk through tall grass or brush, anywhere I can’t see my feet firmly on the ground. I don’t remember by dreams, because I only have night terrors or wake up seconds after laying my head down. Luckily I have an awesome fiancé, that knows everything I’ve done and seen, and she’s not scared of me. She’s my grounding rod. But being alone when you come home, is the worst feeling yet. If you have family or friends that served, just talk to them. Hear their stories. Let them express their pain. Because it will destroy you if you don’t let it out.

@themadmallard

Жыл бұрын

I hope you have additional people around you, not only your wife, that can help you carry that or you trust enough to tell. Preferably both. "When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen." G. Washington

Doing all of those things was a miracle, but him living that long is something else.

I sometimes forget that there are people who have not watched documentaries or studied up on the war or seen the the pictures from WWII and it surprises me when they react like you do. I'm glad you are making the effort to learn about some of these events and people. Keep it up.

Lol the reaction, specially when i remember how close women got to being drafted.😄

Japanese were a fanatical enemy unlike anything US soldiers had faced before. They had to change their entire combat doctrine in the Pacific to try and adapt to it. They would make massive bayonet charges, suicidal attacks right into machine gun positions with grenades, bayonets, swords, everything they had they would throw it at you. It defied all logic, but it was extremely effective. It was almost an absence of tactics, because you expect the enemy to try and flank you, to ambush you, to try something logical, but they would just pour thousands of soldiers right into your front line. A Marine Corps machine gunner once famously said "in a five minute span... Jesus we had bodies piled ten feet high in front of our position... and they just kept coming at us" They would also feign surrender in order to launch suicide attacks on unsuspecting soldiers, after the Americans became aware of this practice... well they basically stopped taking prisoners.

@IIBloodXLustII

2 жыл бұрын

Saipan was called suicide island because basically the entire Japanese garrison did a suicide run to kill as many Americans as possible. Basically the entire Japanese garrison was wiped out, but a lot of Americans were killed as well. Five, at least I think it was five, posthumous Medals of Honor were given out to men who died standing their ground. A few of them were found with a dozen Japanese dead around them. Real life Boromir type action. Even fatally wounded they kept up as long as they could.

Mel Gibson is a very effective director at doing violence and Gore. He's never directed a horror movie but has done some of the most horrific stuff ever put on screen. His Passion Of The Christ is up there as some of the bloodiest stuff ever done. He also knows how to dlift up his audience in ways many other directors would do well to study.

There's just something about this movie that just makes me wanna keep coming back to it. Trust me, I cried through the entire thing every time I've watched it. The story truly inspires a person, the faith he has in God is just amazing, and the fact that he gives all credit to God, asking the Lord each time to help him just get one more. To him, the smile on the people he saves is the greatest reward he can get. Man is a true hero.

Hacksaw Ridge was tough to get through. Some very gruesome deaths in that one. Especially when they retake the Ridge. Much respect Arianna for keeping it together well!! And they left their dead on the Ridge due to the extreme risk and difficulty in retrieving their dead and wounded. They had to either wench the bodies down the cliff, or just toss the bodies over. It was destroying the troops morale to see countless bodies rolled off the cliff. So they left them up top.

Man, this movie brings me to tears every single time I see it. It's just so well done. Absolutely incredible.

Okinawa was the hardest-fought battle for the US in the war. It shook even the generals and admirals that were planning the invasion of Japan.

@alaneskew2664

2 жыл бұрын

Okinawa was the reason why we dropped the bombs, We realized because of that battle that we would lose a lot more people and so would Japan had we invaded. The nukes were horrible terrible and A-war crime, But they pale in comparison to the amount of human casualties, crimes And absolute utter horror of what the invasion would haveIs rot upon humanity. So as bAd as they were, they were saving grace.

@huntclanhunt9697

2 жыл бұрын

@@alaneskew2664 Not to mention due to Japanese propaganda and tactics, 90% of the civilian population of Okinawa was killed. We expected similar results if we invaded Japan.

I highly recommend Flags of Our Fathers & Letters from Iwo Jima They are meant to be watch as a duo. To see the view of the same battle from both sides.

Overall an outstanding reaction video. I always love reators who show very heavy emotions at the sight of such powerful moments. And you nailed every single emotional message this film intended to send on the viewers. Thank you!

Desmond Doss is definitely one of the most honorable and respectable people I have ever learned about. The fact that he had such a strong moral compass while standing his ground and sticking to his convictions, (defending his rights and proving the military and all his doubters wrong in the process) and went on to save 75 men who would've been left for dead otherwise, makes him a legend in my book. He's a true hero and MVP

I have recently started watching these reacts and I have to say, you civilians make me feel warm and fuzzy on the inside when you realize how shitty some of the things we do that we things are just common for us. Seeing how hard these actions hit you guys really gives me hope, something I lost in a desert or mountain range somewhere far away a long time ago.

23:38 Seppuku or Harakiri, its a ritual suicide by disembowelling oneself. Seppuku is done when the person doing it, feels incredible shame because of a loss. They didn't do it every time they lost a battle, it was reserved for times when tactically they should never have lost in the first place. As seen in Hacksaw Ridge the Japanese had high ground and heir enemy had to come up to meet you in battle, you have the advantage and are not expected to lose. The Japanese held the high ground, and yet they still lost the battle, and hence why the Japanese officer in charge killed himself, not through fear of being caught, but because he would have felt shame in not achieving the victory.

@caboose512justinf.9

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. And the second in command was there to behead their superior officer for a quicker, cleaner death.

@remo27

2 жыл бұрын

I've never heard that in regards to this battle. The Japanese knew from the outset they were going to lose this battle, and pretty much no historian in any of the books or articles I've read about this battle criticizes Ushijima's tactics or strategy. Since losing the battle was inevitable at the outset the whole Japanese strategy was to buy time for the Japanese homeland defense by waging a battle of attrition. This was successfully done and the battle drug on for 3 months so both goals of time and American casualties were met. Since surrender was considered dishonorable under ANY circumstance, it's no wonder Ushijima followed the example of the vast majority of Japanese Commanders and chose to take his own life.

I love your reaction I highly suggest “we were soldiers” my grandfather was in the battle depicted in that movie and it’s the only movie to make me cry and it’s my favorite movie

@lmfao5411

2 жыл бұрын

"How do you know what kind of God damned day it is." I fuckin love Plumley... Oh, and it's actually in the free movies section here on youtube. Think I might just go watch it again right now.

@BerraLJ

Жыл бұрын

That is an incredibly powerful movie to, seen it a few times and it sure hit you in the feels.

I'm not a huge fan of the film, but as a former Medic, seeing Doss call his buddies by their first name was a nice touch. It's a little trick that they teach us at Medic school, and it tends to help calm down or inspire hope in the casualty. I often did the same thing with my guys, and I like to think it did some good.

please react to 'Beneath Hill 60', it's an Australian movie set during WWI about the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company. It's a fantastic movie and shows just how resourceful and smart those men had to be to do their job and unveils how awful the conditions were that they had to endure, not only in the trenches but underground fighting in mud and slurry. It gives a brief but deep insight into how the Australians kept their spirits up as a young emerging nation fighting under our own flag for the first time. The movie shows the fissures and bridges between the poms who were the majority of highly ranked commanding officers during WWI, and the men in the trenches and deep underground. The full movie is on youtube, I'm not too sure if it is on any other type of streaming service, but feel free to have a gander.

Doss remains one of the bravest American heros in our nation's 246 year history. To embody even a fraction of his bravery is a worthy aspiration for any service member. His generation is fast becoming forgotten by today's youth. Your reaction is helping keep their memory alive. Thank you.

I watched this movie last night, and to me, this is one of the best war movies I've ever watched. The part where Doss finally get down from the Ridge and is greeted by his team, I cried. They finally saw what kind of an unbelieveable mission he just went through.

I've seen this movie about 10 times, and it made me cry like a crazy person every time. I loved watching your reactions... even though you made me cry. What's up with tears, man?

Thank you for the reaction Clip . Give me the chills to see a natural person react to this madness.

After the premier, the entire audience stood , and gave Mel Gibson a ten minute standing Ovation.

I’m 57. I grew up with parents that lived during these times as well as Korea and Vietnam. Seeing your reaction made me cry.

Thank You Arianna - You did a Great job sharing this story and giving your reactions. Incredible

Thank you so much for the most natural reaction possible to some of the worlds darkest memories , to watch something like this for an hour and a half compared to the weeks , months and years these people injured is insane and to think they would just come back to civilisation and expect to just blend in is crazy so for you to sit there to express how you feel must be so hard on you so for what your doing and the way your wearing your heart on your sleeve may I just say I just want to hold you and give you the biggest hug and have the driest shoulder for you , love you my friend and stay strong

I agree it may seem like jerks for voting for this one ... but the horrors displayed here really do show how great a person Doss was.

@hollyodell4012

2 жыл бұрын

I think they had to make it intense, graphic, scary and overwhelming so the audience can fully appreciate how brave he was for going into it unarmed. It's hard to watch but it heightens your appreciation for what he did.

I truly LOVE and ADORE all of your reactions, ma'am. If i don't see ur face on the reaction, i DO NOT watch it! I also cant fathom how y'all dont have, at least, a few hundred thousand subscribers, yet! Y'all produce the BEST movies reactions on, KZread, in my opinion. Keep up the AMAZING WORK, y'all! God bless.

Flamethrower tanks were specifically designed NOT to blow up when peirced, so while it was not unheard of for them to blow up, it was usually VERY RARE for them to do so.

@theshore2667

2 жыл бұрын

It happened all the time bro, they were designed to stop low caliber bullets but when the Japanese used arisaka’s rifles the heat of the bullet pierced through like butter and ignited the highly flammable liquid, scorching entire areas from it being condensed in tanks

@QueenTheCossackTongued

2 жыл бұрын

@@theshore2667 the simplest and laxies of googles show you speak out of your ass

@theshore2667

2 жыл бұрын

@@QueenTheCossackTongued called common sense, you’re reading it from either one’s perspective or a whole single units perspective. There’s were thousands of units deployed on Okinawa itself besides the several other battles. We brought in flamers for one reason only, to scorch the Japanese out of their tunnels, that’s why we deployed so many. They literally survive artillery attacks from battleships. They made that very clear in this movie alone, even the actors emphasize “they can survive anything” because that was true.

@theshore2667

2 жыл бұрын

@@QueenTheCossackTongued flamers were a risk to everyone, but had to be there in battle. It’s no argument at all, it’s common knowledge... if it was that’s armored, it would be too heavy to carry. Ariasakas sliced through that shit like butter and biscuits and ignited it

@QueenTheCossackTongued

2 жыл бұрын

@@theshore2667 and yet evwrywhere i look, they say nothing about how the magic bullet of the Arisaka set them aflame

This movie was amazing I remember crying with my family watching it. If you love this you should watch 2014 Unbroken, it’s really good.

As some have said already, they actually had to tone down some of his actions, to make it more believable. * He was a vegetarian, which left him with little to eat and he said he was always hungry and feeling weak. * He hurt his leg in the beginning of the fight, and still managed to carry all those men. * After he got hurt and was carried out on a strecher, he saw someone hurt on the way and demanded they put him down and take the other man first. * Eyewitnesses claim he saved over 100 people, but Doss replied "No, that doesnt sounds right, im sure its closer to 50", So they made a compromise and now the offical number is 75. Thank you for a very honest reaction.

@admiralfloofz658

2 жыл бұрын

Dont forget that he did all of that with tubercolosis and a collapsed lung

@MrJapanApan

2 жыл бұрын

@@admiralfloofz658 Is that true? Oh shit, i didnt know that. Thats even more insane.

@admiralfloofz658

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrJapanApan Yes, Okinawa wasnt his first rodeo as is displayed in the video, he was also at Leyte gulf and Guam. The dude is a proper hero

@alaneskew2664

2 жыл бұрын

@@admiralfloofz658 If anybody deserved the power of Thor it was this man.

This particular battle was extremely brutal. During actual combat you don't have time to think about all the carnage going on around you. Only fighting and surviving. It's after you are in the hospital, or when your finally home is when it attacks you mentally. That's when the war really begins. For so many that war never truly ends. As brutal as this film was. It's just a small fraction of how it really was. Desmond Doss, a true hero. Only man in US Military History, to receive the Medal Of Honor without ever firing a single round in combat.

You’re incredibly brave to watch this. Doss Was a true hero you should follow up with some reading about him.

The guy he saved with the blown off legs, survived and lived a long life!

Dont know what you have on the list. But, a good movie to watch to watch, is ' We Were Soldiers '

Remember at the end of his court martial when the presiding officer said "You are free to run into the hellfire of battle without a single weapon to protect yourself." ? Then after he hears God call him through the voices of the wounded crying out the camera cuts to a shot of him running directly into the artillery barrage. Private Doss didn't need a weapon. He had the greatest Shield in all creation.

@alaneskew2664

2 жыл бұрын

Even a surviving Japanese sniper can attest to that his weapon malfunctioned every time he tried to shoot Doss

FYI: it wasn't just one tunnel system.. the entire hill was honeycombed with tunnels.. that's why it was so hard to take, and what you see in the movies is only the tip of the ICEBERGE of what Doss actually did, but they left out a lot because they were not sure people would believe what he actually did .

Your reaction to this movie will stay with me as part of a true reaction, you wear your heart on your sleeve and may God Bless you my friend , thank you from Tasmania Australia

"We Were Soldiers" is another great movie you should check out...

You have the best reactions

Most legit reaction I've seen, well done. Please continue the band of brothers series 🤞

@Diegesis

2 жыл бұрын

Ep 4 should be up tomorrow barring copyright issues

@johnstephennaylor

2 жыл бұрын

@@Diegesis looking forward to it 😁

Thank you for making this in two parts ❤️

Love you're reactions !!!!!

My father was on Okinawa at a place called Sugarloaf. He was not far from Hacksaw

I like watching your reaction as it is genuine compared to many other channels.

Great review, I can't say I have seen a more emotional review of a movie before and was actually a little worried for you for a moment LOL. Its a great movie and he is a real hero.

Desmond Doss was the first conscientious objector to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.

I love your videos. Pure emotion.

Makes you respect our military and our vets a lot more!

I grew up on Marine Corps bases. My Brother and I used to “play” on the obstacle courses when they weren’t in use.

Watching your reactions to this and also Band of Brothers as I watched several times and also visit Bastogne and places near Nijmigen or Arhnem where operation Market Garden took place was very inspiring and being there... Seeing still bullet holes in that bridge... But the highlight was when I found out that my grand dad was there... WIth Polish tank division with Gen. Maczek... Fighting in Holland... I'm still trying to find more infromations about where he was excatly.

What Desmond Doss did was truly amazing and all inspiring. But so was what his girlfriend Dority did. The way she supported him and had his back and knew the kind of man he was. In today’s world this is a rare thing. Women like this I was rare as magical unicorns with wings, only exist in stories and in past generations this is not the relationship between men and women anymore. This magical sacred bond has been destroyed.

Good job Ari, this is another tough movie to get through. Not an SDA fan for personal reasons but very much a Doss fan. His specialty was the same as my dad but he did it without any self defense weapons. My father, a Navy Corpsman, experienced this for six different campaigns. One cost him his best friend and Corpsman buddy's life. He suffered from survivors guilt for the rest of his life. As for Saving Private Ryan I wouldn't let him see this to prevent him from going through it again. I can only imagine what going through this unarmed would be like.

Watching your video - watching Hacksaw Ridge for the first time .. it gets you doesn’t it? I saw it in the theater and then waited patiently till was available on DVD. I have watched at home several times already and there are scenes in there, especially when he stored the battleground looking for the alive but wounded .. I always have a towel ready. It’s only a movie, I tell myself but it does get me all the time.

I watched this yesterday and soon as I seen you reacted to it I was like yup time to watch her cry lol

Amazing inspirational story.

The interview at the end might be my favorite part.

The grenade enema reaction was great. Knew that was coming

The movie “we were soldiers” is another good movie ya should watch

I just finished watching the movie and i couldn't stop my tears. This movie was just so so good.

Mel Gibson said that there were MANY MORE THINGS done by Desmond Doss that he had to leave them out of The Movie, because no one would believe they were TRUE.

GREAT reaction 😭😭😭

That was a great movie I never heard of it, you are a very special person, a beautiful spirit you possess. Your reaction made it so more real.....

There used to be people of integrity that knew when to man up and admit when they were wrong. I miss those days.

Quite possibly the bravest man who ever lived.

My father served in a place he will NOT talk about. Someoplace we should not have even been. Vietnam. He avoids the woods (forests) like cray cray after being in the jungle for so long. He once said the worst part was night sentry duty.

this movie does one of the best jobs showing the horrors of war

If you're interested in the pacific theatre of WW2 and want to know just how brutal it was, I highly recommend listening to Dan Carlin's "Supernova in the East" series of podcasts.

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

No, most of the dead were left where they fell and recovered later due to the difficulty involved with trying to retrieve them during the events unfolding. 4th Ideal of the Warriors Ethos "I shall never leave a fallen comrade". It's why dog tags are recovered from bodies leaving a single one on the body for identification, it allows them to take record of the dead and make it possible to have accountability when recovering the body later. Sadly it's also the most efficient way to do it despite how badly it might tear you up to leave the body where it lies.

Desmond doss is warrior of Christ.he had so much faith!

You should watch wind talkers! Another pacific theater movie. About Navajo code talkers

I like watching movies I’ve seen with You. I know what’s going to happen but I relive the emotions. Thanks👍

i LOVE watching you watch war flicks! 💕

this movie is juss so good like the emotion it brings is just ........

Great reaction, you just earned my subscription.

Excellent review. Hacksaw ridge is a life giving film

The intro to this movie always reminds me of that line from Fury: "Ideals are peaceful. History is violent." This is a hard movie to get through (and insane to realize that this is the watered-down version of what actually happened...Doss's actual MoH citation reads like an 80s action movie script), but it's definitely one of the better visual representations of just how insanely brutal combat was in the Pacific theater. Seems like each major war (or in the case of WWII, each major theater of the war) gets one good movie or show based off true stories that really represents the horror of it well: WWI has 1917 D-Day landings have Saving Private Ryan (the movie isn't based on true events, but it does do a hell of a job with the landing at Omaha Beach) The rest of the Western Front of WWII is covered well by Band of Brothers (and Schindler's List, for the non-combat horrors and atrocities of that time) The Eastern Front (Nazi Germany invading Russia in WWII) has Enemy at the Gates The Pacific theater of WWII has Midway, Hacksaw Ridge, & the show The Pacific Vietnam has We Were Soldiers Somalia (mid-90s) has Black Hawk Down Afghanistan has Lone Survivor Iraq (post-9/11 Iraq invasion) has Generation Kill I can't really think of anything for Korea or the Desert Storm/Desert Shield war with Iraq (well, there's Jarhead, but that wasn't really a great look at what that war was like...or even that good of a movie) They're all hard to get through, but they all tell stories that should be told often and loudly, that we can learn from them and work to avoid the necessity of repeating those situations.

@TheTerminatorCarrot

2 жыл бұрын

Agree with everything you said... except what you said about Jarhead. It was a great movie on how the psyche of a soldier can be negatively impacted when he is not allowed to do the job he volunteered & trained for. It was marketed as a generic military action movie, and because of that, its reputation suffered. Seems to me that the way many viewers felt about Jarhead is a parallel to how a lot of guys felt in 1991 - like they were promised something, then denied that something. Of course, taste & opinion is subjective and I do get why people didn't enjoy it - they weren't given what they were promised. (sorry for the wall of text lol)

@anonomas6126

9 ай бұрын

Pork Chop Hill (1959) k-war movie The Heroes of Desert Storm (1991) Desert storm movie

In Saving Private Ryan we don't know anyone during the opening scene and so we have less personal stake invested in their survival. In Hacksaw Ridge we have gotten to know many of the characters for most of the movie before we watch them get wounded and killed in terrible ways.

The world needs more souls like Desmond

This was a tough one. You finally just broke. I was wandering how long you were going to fight it. His story is amazing!!

Ok I'm absolutely in love with this woman. Love her

Love watching these reactions. She should watch Black Hawk Down

For ur military numbers of men.full strength. Team is 2-5. Squad is 10. Platoon is 40. Company is 160. Battalion is 160, with attached artillery and mortars, 200. Brigade is that, times 4. So the 96th and their unit was either a company or battalion. And only 32 came down! A division is 6000-8000

There’s a reason these people are called the Greatest Generation.