Chattanooga National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the center of the city of Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Administered by the United States Department of Vet
Entrance to Chattanooga National Cemetery
Monument and graves of the Civil War Medal of Honor recipients who took part in the Great Locomotive Chase
Graves stretching to the top of the hill in the center of the cemetery
View across the cemetery to Lookout Mountain, the site of one of the battles in 1862
Desmond Doss
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Desmond Thomas Doss was a United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic with an infantry company in World War II. Due to his religious beliefs, he refused to carry a weapon.
Chattanooga National Cemetery
…Ray E. Duke, for action in the Korean War. Also, recipient of Republic of Korea's version of the Medal of Honor (the Merit Taegug Medal) Corporal Desmond Doss, for action in World War II, the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor. Private William F. Zion, USMC, for action in the Boxer…
Doss, photographed prior to receiving the Medal of Honor in October 1945
Doss on top of the Maeda Escarpment, May 4, 1945
Desmond Doss' grave
Corporal Doss receiving the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman on October 12, 1945