prisoners of war

Louis Zamperini was a spirited youth who found his groove in running. So good was he that he decided he was going to run in the 1936 Olympics -- just a couple of years away. That's a lot of determined training. And he did it. The determination and self discipline required for this accomplishment would serve him well just a few short years later. Unbroken is the story of Zamperini's service in the Pacific Theater of WWII, especially his survival of the Japanese POW camps.
Zamperini served with the air corps and in 1943 his plane was shot down. He and two comrades survived the crash and

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand is not just for WWII history buffs, but also for those who like survival stories and master storytelling.

When teenager Louis Zamperini from Torrance, California, decides to turn his delinquency into a life with purpose, he devotes himself to running and breaking as many track records as he can. His athletic prowess not only earns him the name “Torrance Tornado”, it qualifies him to compete in the 1936 Olympics. Later, America’s entry into WWII stops him in his tracks. As a B-24 bombardier, he knows an