PETA honors Desmond Doss for being lifelong vegetarian

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) - An animal rights organization will be honoring a Lynchburg hero Tuesday. PETA will be presenting a plaque to honor Desmond T. Doss posthumously for being a lifelong vegetarian.

Doss, best known for saving 75 people during the battle of Okinawa, was a Seventh Day Adventist. His believed he should not take any life, including that of an animal, according to PETA.

On Tuesday, February 7, Doss' birthday, a plaque will be presented to the Desmond T. Doss Christian Academy.

Doss is the only conscientious objector to receive the Congressional medal of honor.

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"Hacksaw Ridge," the film about Doss, has been nominated for six Academy Awards including best picture, best director, and best actor.