Tositapahtumiin perustuva tarina Yhdysvaltain armeijan ensimmäisestä urhoollisuusmitalin saaneesta aseistakieltäytyjästä. Desmond T. Doss haluaa auttaa isänmaatansa toisen maailmansodan syttyessä ja liittyy armeijaan, mutta uskonnollisesta vakaumuksestaan johtuen mies ei voi koskea aseeseen. Doss joutuu taistelemaan läpi oikeuden päästäkseen rintamalle, jossa hän todistaa lopulta urhoollisuutensa pelastamalla yli seitsemänkymmenen sotilaan hengen.
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight schools. However, the flight schools have extremely demanding, harsh training, and once they finally become pilots, they must become suicide bombers and give their lives for their homeland.
The greatest taboo of the Battle of Okinawa were Guerrilla units composed of boy soldiers. Until now, not even the Japanese people knew the full scope of these secret troops, and survivors have been afraid to share their tragic details. Okinawa became the bulwark to protect the Japanese mainland toward the end of World War II. After the Americans landed, a violent battle ensued resulting in the loss of over 200,000 lives – many of them civilian. This documentary uncovers Japan’s deepest secrets concerning the Battle of Okinawa, and also sounds alarms about modern Japan’s recent steps toward remilitarization.
A propaganda short film produced by the US Navy in 1945 about the naval engagements of the invasion of Okinawa.
By mid-1945, Hitler is dead and the war has ended in Europe. Halfway around the world, however, the fighting is still going strong on a small island in the Pacific. Okinawa was the site of the last battle of the last great war of the 20th century, with a casualty rate in the tens of thousands. Through it all, military cameramen risked their lives to film the conflict, from brutal land combat to fierce kamikaze attacks at sea. See the footage they captured and experience this intense battle the way the soldiers saw it -- in color.