LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) -- War hero Desmond Doss' 100th birthday would have been February 7, and students at the Desmond Doss Christian Academy celebrated! Doss was a medic during WWII and a ...

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The Coolidge Medal of Honor Heritage Center provides classes for public and private school students and participants in the City’s Community Recreational Centers. One of the most successful lessons ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Celebrating a hometown hero, that is what the city of Lynchburg is doing Saturday during Desmond Doss Day. Doss was a Lynchburg native and served as a medic during World War II. 10 ...

Memorial Day is more than just the unofficial start to summer. It serves as a day of remembrance for those brave soldiers who ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - A crowd gathered outside a small house in Lynchburg Monday morning. But one man in the crowd saw Monday a little differently from the rest. “This is incredible. This is simply ...

“Hacksaw Ridge,” a harrowing biographical war film about American pacifist and Medal of Honor recipient Desmond Doss, received no shortage of accolades this film awards season. Selected as one of the ...

Desmond Doss is different from many war heroes. His peers who were also awarded with the Medal of Honor understood the violence of war and accepted what they felt was necessary to be victorious, to ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — For the 1,141st week in a row, veterans and families gathered at Monument Terrace for the Troops Rally, but this Friday, it was even more special. Here in Lynchburg we've got ...

Desmond Doss, named for a U.S. Army corporal who served as a combat medic in World War II and whose story was well-documented in the 2016 movie “Hacksaw Ridge,” did his late namesake proud Saturday ...

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - The Desmond T. Doss Health Clinic-Schofield Barracks here began preparing for a global pandemic as COVID-19 rapidly spread across the planet, before it ever hit the ...