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English Prayer

Hannah Milette D. Tiamson

Lord our Father,
We gather here today to thank you for another day to live. Bless the ones
who do their duty in service to protect us like the soldiers battle ready for war.
Bless the souls of the departed and may they rest in the paradise of heaven. Give
strength to the fallen heroes who are now a shell of their former selves,
permanently scarred by cruelty. Guide the young who no not of the hardships the
are about to face when they are called to serve. Our faith and theirs lies in your
hands o Lord. May we find peace in the future you plan. Amen.
“I want to be a medic. I figure I’ll be saving people not killing.” - Desmond T.
Doss
Desmond Thomas Doss is a combat medic in world war II who refuse to wield a
weapon. He was twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal for actions in Guam and the
Philippines. Doss further distinguished himself in the Battle of Okinawa by saving
75 men in a single night, becoming the only conscientious objector to receive the
Medal of Honor for his actions during the war.
He was born in Virginia to William Thomas Doss, a veteran himself, and Bertha
Edward Doss. His mother raised him to be a devout Seventh Day Adventist and
instilled Sabbath-keeping, nonviolence, and a vegetarian lifestyle. He grew up in
the Fairview Heights area of Lynchburg, Virginia, alongside his older sister
Audrey and younger brother Harold.
Doss refused to kill an enemy soldier or carry a weapon into combat because of his
personal beliefs as a Seventh-day Adventist. He consequently became a medic
assigned to the 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 307th Infantry, 77th
Infantry Division.
While serving with his platoon in 1944 on Guam and the Philippines, he was
awarded two Bronze Star Medals with a "V" device, for exceptional valor in aiding
wounded soldiers under fire. During the Battle of Okinawa, he saved the lives of
50–100 wounded infantrymen atop the area known by the 96th Division as the
Maeda Escarpment or Hacksaw Ridge. Doss was wounded four times in Okinawa,
and was evacuated on May 21, 1945, aboard the USS Mercy. Doss suffered a left
arm fracture from a sniper's bullet and at one point had seventeen pieces of
shrapnel embedded in his body. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his
actions in Okinawa.
Doss died in March 23, 2006 of health complications he got during his service.
In world war II there was this event remembered as D-day. It the invasion of
northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy by the Allied forces.
There was a clock that was used to release nuclear missiles when midnight strikes.
Now the D-day clock is use as a figurative saying to the time before a war starts. It
now became a clock that can never be stop but can be altered. As of 2020 it is only
100 seconds to midnight.