Infantry men who once ridiculed and scoffed at Desmonds simple faith and refusal to carry a weapon owed their lives to him. In the midst of a fierce firefight on Okinawa that felled approximately 75 men from the 1st Battalion; Private Doss refused to seek cover and carried his stricken comrades to safety one by one. This and other heroic acts earned him the highest honor America can bestow on one of her sons - the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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2 of 8 people found the following review helpful. IncompleteBy Eve B.This is; unfortunately; the only book of Jewish Medieval thought for the secular reader; that I know of. As such; it's a valuable source; but it's incomplete.5 of 7 people found the following review helpful. A small classicBy Shalom FreedmanThis study of Jewish life at the end of the Middle Ages was when it was first published in the early sixties considered a breakthrough work. The late Yaakov Katz was for many decades one of the outstanding students of Jewish social life. This work is a model of clarity in both conception and writing.
