Author: markobmascik

This “engrossing” (The Wall Street Journal) national bestseller and true “heartbreaking tale of tragedy and redemption” (Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers) reveals how a discovered diary–found during a brutal World War II battle–changed our war-torn society’s perceptions of Japan. May 1943. The Battle of Attu–called “The Forgotten Battle” by World War II veterans–was raging … World War II veterans–was raging on the Aleutian island with an Arctic cold, impenetrable fog, and rocketing winds that combined to create some of the worst weather on Earth. Both American and Japanese forces tirelessly fought in a yearlong campaign, with both sides…