Desmond Doss's personally-owned and -used crosscut hand saw with open wooden handle, measuring 19.75″ in length, marked on the handle, "25-01-9900," and signed on the blade in black felt tip, "Desmond Doss, CMH." Affixed to the handle is an impressed bronze ID tag, "Desmond T. Doss, Medal of Honor, Personal Effects—Artifacts, 027." In very good condition, with expected signs of use and age. Accompanied by a letter of provenance from his pastor and longtime friend, Les Speer.
Doss served as a combat medic with the 77th Infantry Division in World War II, and famously saved 75 men during the Battle of Okinawa. His heroic actions not only earned him the unique distinction of becoming the first and only conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor during World War II, but his story was later vividly retold in the Oscar-winning 2016 film Hacksaw Ridge. Following the war, Doss and his wife Dorothy moved to a small farm on Lookout Mountain in northern Georgia, not far from the Wildwood hospital where he was receiving treatment for PTSD. Shortly before his death in 2006, Doss sold his small mountain farmstead and modest possessions at auction This hand saw, among a select handful of items he signed at auction, represents a fitting and palpable reminder of Doss's remarkable actions at Hacksaw Ridge. Proceeds will go entirely to the Medal of Honor Heritage Center.
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