This documentary uses interviews with Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Delbert Doss and other veterans who served with him to tell the story of a man whose religious convictions forbade him from carrying a gun or killing anyone but who wanted to do what he could to help the U.S. in WWII; so he persisted in becoming a medic despite superiors who didn't want him, and he treated and carried wounded soldiers to safety under mortar and machine fire despite being wounded himself. (At this point Id like to recommend the book "Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty which contains the story of Delbert Doss and other Medal of Honor winners from various U. S. wars; truly inspiring .