Desmond T. Doss. Self: Medal of Honor. Desmond T. Doss was born on 7 February 1919 in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. He was married to Frances Duman and Dorothy Pauline Schutte. He died on 23 March 2006 in Piedmont, Alabama, USA.
Hollywood had been knocking on Doss's door for many years, but Doss wasn't interested. “He didn't want to mention his life in the war,” Benedict explains. But when Benedict insisted on making a documentary about his life, Doss finally agreed. Then Benedict spent the next three years ...