I've met Desmond Doss several times. He is an American hero.
He did not object to serving in the war in any capacity, except that he did not want to kill anyone.
That was the official position of the Seventh Day Adventist church at the time of WWII, and he was being true to his religious beliefs while helping out any way he could.
Thats interesting. I have some 7th day adventist in my family. Yeah its quite a hoot having Adventist and Catholic family memebrs mix lol. BUt anyway I never knew that there was a pacifist tradition in the Adventist church. Learn something new everyday
Excellent comment, wonderful addition to the thread, thank you.
I do think that is what the CO policy was created for. For those who truely had a religious belief that did not jive with "bearing arms". At the same time, those who felt that way found other ways in the military to serve their country and not by running off to Canada.
PS I know many ended up in CA and that was because they couldn't prove they were really a CO which meant they wanted to avoid service to our country.
He sounds like a hero to me.
"He did not object to serving in the war in any capacity, except that he did not want to kill anyone"
A guy like that, you believe his claim to CO status.
" those who sign up for military service under false pretenses and then wriggle out of the duty by offering politically convenient excuses to avoiding taking up arms on behalf of their country."
A guy like that, you don't believe his claim to CO status.
I also have met and talked at length with Mr. Doss.
He is the real deal and a more humble man could never be found. He has a severe hearing impairment because of all the medicines but never complained.