Biography
Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive
2014·317 pages
The true story of Olympian Louis Zamperini, from his delinquent youth and athletic triumphs to surviving a WWII plane crash, weeks adrift at sea, and brutal years as a Japanese POW.
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The true story of Olympian Louis Zamperini, from his delinquent youth and athletic triumphs to surviving a WWII plane crash, weeks adrift at sea, and brutal years as a Japanese POW.
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On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrig...
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Graphic plane crash, shark attacks, starvation, and repeated POW torture scenes
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Themes of faith, redemption, and forgiveness emphasized in later chapters
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Depicts WWII Pacific combat and Japanese POW camp experiences
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Extreme physical and psychological abuse, torture, starvation, and captivity cruelty
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