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Offline daimian

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R.i.p Desmond Doss
« on: July 03, 2006, 02:12:19 PM »
a little late but i just heard.link to his story
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Offline detch01

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R.i.p Desmond Doss
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2006, 02:59:15 PM »
An amazing man.




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R.i.p Desmond Doss
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2006, 03:11:22 PM »
Glad to be known of his story.
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R.i.p Desmond Doss
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2006, 03:34:10 PM »
A very good man. There are few like him. and RIP.
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R.i.p Desmond Doss
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2006, 04:06:47 PM »
An amazing man.


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Offline ChickenHawk

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R.i.p Desmond Doss
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2006, 04:51:20 PM »
Got the book and saw the documentary.

A true hero and a good man.



There is an account of someone similar in the Wehrmacht.
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Re: R.i.p Desmond Doss
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2006, 08:19:17 PM »
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a little late but i just heard.link to his story


He died?
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Re: Re: R.i.p Desmond Doss
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2006, 08:45:45 PM »
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He died?


In March, this year.

BTW... there's a documentary...
http://www.desmonddoss.com/
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R.i.p Desmond Doss
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2006, 11:34:57 PM »
Wow...He was the very epitome of the phrase "...love thy neighbor."

A great man.
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