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Ep 27 – Hacksaw Ridge – A Tribute to Desmond Doss and Andrew Garfield’s Performance

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In this episode, we discuss Hacksaw Ridge, southern accents, our love for Andrew Garfield and our hopes that Desmond Doss gets one moah.

Part of our WW2 in the Pacific series: Explore more films and series on the Pacific theatre →

Recommended documentary

In preparation for this podcast, we watched the documentary The Conscientious Objector, which is available on YouTube and features interviews with Doss and those who knew and served with him. Highly recommend.

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