This endorsement from the commander of the 77th Infantry Division, Brigadier General Edwin H. Randle, approved awarding the Medal of Honor to Private First Class Desmond Doss. The award recommendation would go on to the commander of the 24th Corps for his approval. Doss was recommended because “no matter how heavy the fire he remained and cared for the wounded regardless of consequences or danger.”
Doss was a conscientious objector during World War II. He entered the military, but refused to kill enemy soldiers or carry a weapon because of his religious beliefs as a Seventh-day Adventist. He served in a non-combatant role as a medic. He received his Medal of Honor on November 1, 1945, for his heroic action assisting injured soldiers near Urasoe-Mura, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. Doss became, at that time, the only conscientious objector to ever to earn the award.
