My most notable award was because of my service on Hacksaw Ridge between April and May of 1945, when I saved what is estimated to be 75 lives and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour. In addition, for my service in the Philippines and Guam in 1944, I was awarded two Bronze Star Medals with a "V" device. Some of my other decorations are a Purple Heart with two Oak leaf clusters, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with arrowhead device and 3 3/16" bronze stars, World War II Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal with 1 3/16" bronze service star, Army Presidential Unit Citation, and the Meritorious Unit Commendation.
I have also received many other honours and recognitions such as having a portion of US Route 501 near Peaks View Park named "Pfc. Desmond T. Doss Memorial Expressway." Local veterans of the area honour me by decorating the signs marking this portion of road several times during the year, particularly around patriotic holidays. In addition, in 1951, Camp Desmond T. Doss was created in Grand Ledge, Michigan to help train young Seventh-day Adventist men for service in the military. The camp was active throughout the Korean and Vietnam Wars before the property was sold in 1988. In the early 1980s, a school in Lynchburg was renamed Desmond T. Doss Christian Academy. The school was founded by the Lynchburg Seventh-Day Adventist Church, my own home church during my years in Lynchburg. The church wanted to honour me for standing strong in my faith despite facing great adversity. Also, on July 10, 1990, a section of Georgia Highway 2 between US Highway 27 and Georgia Highway 193 in Walker County was named the "Desmond T. Doss Medal of Honor Highway." I appeared before the Georgia House of Representatives on March 20, 2000, and was presented a special resolution honouring my heroic accomplishments on behalf of the country. On July 4, 2004, a statue of me was dedicated at the National Museum of Patriotism in Atlanta, Georgia, which remained until the museum's closure in July 2010. Another honour I have received was a statue of me was dedicated at Veterans Memorial Park in Collegedale, Tennessee in May of 2007. Also, in July 2008, the guest house at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., was renamed Doss Memorial Hall. On August 30, 2008, a two-mile stretch of Alabama Highway 9 in Piedmont was named the "Desmond T. Doss Sr. Memorial Highway." Lastly, on May 7, 2019, the U.S. Army Health Clinic-Schofield Barracks in Hawaii was renamed the Desmond T. Doss Health Clinic in honour of my service.
Those are some of the greatest honours and recognitions I have received throughout my lifetime. To this day, I still receive many honours through different foundations that are under my name to continue my legacy.
Those are some of the greatest honours and recognitions I have received throughout my lifetime. To this day, I still receive many honours through different foundations that are under my name to continue my legacy.