Louis Zamperini

• Louis Zamperini was an Olympic runner for the United States and was planning to run in the 1940 Olympics before they were cancelled.

• He gave up his running career for a position as a bombardier in the Air Corps.

• When his plane flew out to find other another missing plane, his plane crashed, killing 5 out of 8 men.

• After 33 days on the Pacific Francis “Mac” MacNamara died.

• Zamperini and Russell Allen “Phil” Phillips survived for 47 days on the Pacific before they were found by a Japanese warship and sent to separate POW camps.

• At the camp, Zamperini was tormented by a man called the "Bird" due to his fame.

• After the Allied Powers dropped the bomb on Hiroshima, they planned to free all of the POW's.

•Zamperini was released from his POW camp on September 5th, 1945.