The Medical Cadet Corp is a program of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It started in the 1930s in the United States with the intention of preparing young men of draft age for military service in non
Medical Cadets coat of arms
Medical team at work during WWII.
2nd Lieutenant James F. Osborne MCC Instructor Jan '51 - Jan '53 SDA Academy, Lodi CA
Corporal Doss receiving the Medal of Honor from President Harry Truman on October 12, 1945
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.
Medical Cadet Corps
…In 1950 a 10-day summer camp training program was held at Grand Ledge, Michigan on the Michigan Conference camp meeting grounds. Named for Desmond T. Doss, the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor, this camp became an annual event until about 1970. Doss himself frequently attended…
Doss, photographed prior to receiving the Medal of Honor in October 1945
Doss on top of the Maeda Escarpment, May 4, 1945