In this affidavit, Ralph E. Baker describes how Private First Class Desmond Doss continued to give medical assistance after he was wounded himself. This event on May 21, 1945, and Doss’s actions in the weeks surrounding it, earned him the Medal of Honor.
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 became the first conscientious objector to earn the Medal of Honor.
