watched a war movie last night:

"gin-san - shitpost specialist" (gin-san-) 07/30/2017 at 11:30 • Filed to: MOVIES

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I don’t know how much the story was exaggerated or altered but saving 75 people from the battlefield by yourself while unarmed is completely heroic and totally nuts. Heroically nuts.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > gin-san - shitpost specialist 07/30/2017 at 11:40

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far as i know the story is true.. how it happened exactly is probably different from the movie tho.... either way.. was a surprisingly good movie... tho i hated the first half hour

and yeah.. dude was a hero

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > gin-san - shitpost specialist 07/30/2017 at 11:43

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Well, the details might be questionable, but the framework is all correct. He never carried a gun in combat, he did stay behind to tend to the wounded after evac, he was single-handedly responsible for saving 75 men.

However, after re-reading his MoH Citation, if anything the movie downplayed what he did, as he did quite a few more absurd things after the events of hacksaw ridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Doss

DipodomysDeserti > gin-san - shitpost specialist 07/30/2017 at 12:45

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It was directed by Mel Gibson, director of some of the most historically innacurate films ever made.

Spoon II > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP 07/30/2017 at 13:44

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Yeah, it might seem unbelievable, but that’s not even the craziest war heroics out there. Here’s a few: http://www.cracked.com/article_17019_5-real-life-soldiers-who-make-rambo-look-like-pussy.html

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > Spoon II 07/30/2017 at 14:38

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I dunno, all those guys went into battle with a gun. Doss went into battle with a roll of gauze.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 07/30/2017 at 18:03

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The movie has a really slow start - I did wonder at what point this guy was going to see battle.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > DipodomysDeserti 07/30/2017 at 18:17

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I don’t think I’ve seen any of his historical movies, like Braveheart or The Patriot, so I wasn’t aware of that. After doing some googling..... yeah, I see what you mean.

DipodomysDeserti > gin-san - shitpost specialist 07/30/2017 at 18:21

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Braveheart is still a fantastic film. Definitely worth a watch despite the inaccuracies. The Patriot is awful.