Mel Gibson's film "Hacksaw Ridge" is an excellent film about an inspiring man: Desmond Doss.

I've not been a big fan of Mel Gibson, but "Hacksaw Ridge" is certainly a credit to his skill as a director.  We all fall down, and all have the chance at redeeming ourselves.

A very moving and inspiring story, and the battle scenes are right up there with the D-Day slaughter fest from "Saving Private Ryan".

Here is the real Desmond Doss, who, atop a 100 foot cliff, all by himself (his platoon having been driven back by a counter-assault from the dug-in Japanese), crept around finding wounded brothers and lowering them down to medics waiting below.  All the while dodging enemy soldiers who were going around bayonetting every fallen Yank, just to make sure he was dead.  In one night, this CO-- who refused to pick up a gun-- and was court-martialed because he also refused to be discharged as a Section 8-- found and lowered and saved 75 men.  For this President Truman awarded him the Medal of Honor.  A true hero.