Mechanical failure struck Louie’s plane crashed somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Then one peaceful day, Louie and his crew were called to complete a search and rescue mission. Japanese bombers also attacked an American base on an island where he was stationed. He and his crewmates made other dangerous bombing raids over Pacific islands. Over the next few weeks, Louie watched the machinations of war take the lives of other Air Corpsmen, sometimes through battle, sometimes through mechanical failures. Then, on December 23, 1942, they took part in the bombing of a Japanese base on the island of Wake Atoll. Stationed in Oahu, Hawaii, Louie and his crewmates joined in the fight against Japan that was taking place all across the Pacific Ocean (referred to as the “Pacific Theatre”).Īt first, Louie and his crew passed idle days waiting for battle. He trained as a bombardier, flying in the clunky but powerful B-24 Liberator planes. In September 1941, Louie was drafted and eventually assigned to the Army Air Corps. Part II: Louie’s Military Career as a BombardierĬhapters 6–11 relate the beginnings of Louie’s WWII career in the American military. However, when WWII started, Louie found himself training to be a bombardier in the Army Air Corps of the United States instead of training to be a track star. He competed alongside Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics in Germany and planned to compete again in the 1940 Olympics scheduled for Tokyo, Japan. Nicknamed the “Torrance Tornado,” he became a high school phenomenon and eventually earned a spot on the U.S. Louie excelled and soon gave up his delinquent exploits in favor of running circles around a track. Seeing Louie’s talent for running away after a crime, Pete forced Louie to join the track-and-field team at school. Pete, Louie’s older brother, became concerned. He ran small scams and vandalized property. He stole anything he wanted-mostly food, money, and whatever else he could find. He started smoking when he was 5 years old and drinking when he was 8. Growing up in Torrance amidst poverty and anti-Italian bias, Louie got in the habit of running outside the law. Born in 1917, Louie Zamperini was the child of Italian immigrants. Part I: Louie’s Youth and Young Adulthood in Torrance, CaliforniaĬhapters 1–5 introduce an average boy who would become a remarkable man. Unbroken covers five primary periods in the life of Louis “Louie” Zamperini: Part V Chapter 36: The Body on the Mountain.Part IV Chapter 32: Cascades of Pink Peaches. Part IV Chapter 29: Two Hundred and Twenty Punches.Part IV Chapter 20: Farting for Hirohito.Part IV Chapter 19: Two Hundred Silent Men.Part IV Chapter 18: A Dead Body Breathing.Part III Chapter 16: Singing in the Clouds.Part III Chapter 15: Sharks and Bullets.Part II Chapter 11: “Nobody’s Going to Live Through This”.Part II Chapter 9: Five Hundred and Ninety-four Holes.Part II Chapter 8: “Only the Laundry Knew How Scared I Was”.Part I Chapter 1: The One-Boy Insurgency.
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