that has been billed as a true story.
Mel Gibson, who directed it, said outright that it wasn't a true story.
Gibson failed to cover Doss's service in Guam and the Philippines that had happened earlier. He was decorated for actions in both of those places.
Gibson said that if he covered it totally truthfully he felt that the public would think Doss's actions were so far over the top that nobody would believe the movie.
It certainly wasn't a case of puffing things up. It was a clear case of deflating the truth.
Personally I consider Desmond Doss to be one of my personal heroes, partly for his actions in the $hit, but mainly because he had the balls to stick with is convictions.
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