we can see now with what's going on. >> you wrote about a guy named dustin kirby, got the name doc kirby because he was a trauma medic in the navy. you highlighted his struggles from a single bullet wound to the jaw. tell me about why. >> so i was interested in doc because he represents a class or a cohort of veterans that have served our country intensely since 2001. he joined after the attacks on 9/11. he wanted to go to war. he went to iraq twice and on the second tour he was in a place where they -- to use the euphemism, in an economy of forced mission. that means they had not enough marines. they did their very best against who we now know were sort of the advanced guard of the islamic state. doc suffered a terrible wound after saving other lives. he was shot through the mouth. in some ways doc to me, 12 years later -- he was shot in 2006 and had a journey through