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Jan 26, 1917 Olean, New York, United States Died on 06 Jul 2014 (aged 97)
Italian-American middle distance runner
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About Louis Zamperini
- Louis Silvie Zamperini (January 26, 1917 – July 2, 2014) was an American World War II veteran, a Christian evangelist and an Olympic distance runner.
- He took up running in high school and qualified for the US in the 5,000 m race for the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
- In 1941, he was commissioned into the United States Army Air Forces as a lieutenant.
- He served as a bombardier in B-24 Liberators in the Pacific.
- On a search and rescue mission, mechanical difficulties forced Zamperini's plane to crash in the ocean.
- After drifting at sea for 47 days, he landed on the Japanese occupied Marshall Islands and was captured.
- He was taken to a prison camp in Japan where he was tortured.
- Following the war he initially struggled to overcome his ordeal. Later he became a Christian Evangelist with a strong belief in forgiveness.
- Since 1952 he devoted himself to at-risk youth which his family continues today.
- Zamperini is the subject of three biographical films: Unbroken (2014), its sequel Unbroken: Path to Redemption (2018), and Captured by Grace (2015).
