Mark Obmascik has written more than a war story.  Doctor Nobou Tatsuguchi and Dick Laird are the central characters of this story of duty, desperation, hurting and healing.  This is a heart-wrenching but ultimately redemptive story of two World War II soldiers – a Japanese surgeon and an American sergeant – during a brutal Alaskan battle in which the sergeant discovers the medic’s revelatory and fascinating diary that changed our war-torn society’s perceptions of Japan.  Obmascik, son of a Marine, discusses with host Jim Fausone a story he never expected to write.