Doss Jr., the couple’s only son, was born in 1946. But for about five years after World War II, Desmond was confined to a hospital as he battled tuberculosis. Dorothy had a young son to take care of ...

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine of Virginia celebrated yesterday unanimous U.S. Senate passage of their bill to rename the Lynchburg VA Clinic after Private First Class Desmond T. Doss. Doss ...

NEW ORLEANS -- When Desmond Doss climbed up Hacksaw Ridge -- a 400-foot-high escarpment on the island of Okinawa with a wall of dug-in Japanese soldiers at the top -- he carried his Bible, his combat ...

LYNCHBURG —Friday’s weekly Support the Troops Rally at Monument Terrace had a special meaning, as the Lynchburg Area Veterans Council celebrated the city’s fourth annual Desmond T. Doss Day. In 2019, ...